Reed Harris: ‘It’s pretty great’
“When I started the WEC, we thought we’d maybe do one show,” Harris told MMAjunkie.com. “To be sitting here today…
“When I started the WEC, we thought we’d maybe do one show,” Harris told MMAjunkie.com. “To be sitting here today and have something that I was involved in become part of the biggest sports company in the world is very satisfying.
“It’s kind of like when your kids go to college. At first, you’re concerned, but then after they leave, it’s pretty great.”
“This is something we’ve been planning for a while. They way we talked about it when we did the planning was that our fights were so good and so dynamic that these guys had to get on the big stage and open this up to all the MMA fans in the world. There’s no bigger stage than the UFC.
“We knew that we would need to grow the UFC brand, as well. What better way than to add these two weight divisions, and as Dana said possibly even another weight division at some point.”
“The thing that I’m most proud of is that no one has argued with me that these guys aren’t ready to go to that next level. Everyone is saying Jose Aldo, Urijah Faber, Dominick Cruz, all these guys are ready to show their skills on the world’s biggest stage, which is the UFC.”
“At this point, I’m not able to discuss my role because we’re going to focus on November and December. Now these fights take on a whole new importance – obviously for the fighters and our organization.
“In November, we’ve got Takeya Mizugaki fighting Urijah Faber at WEC 52 … We’ve got two title fights in December at WEC 53 … I think in January we’ll probably announce what I’m doing.”