WEC 43 post-poned
WEC 43, originally slated for Sept. 2 in Youngstown, Ohio, has hit a bit of a snag and will be…
WEC 43, originally slated for Sept. 2 in Youngstown, Ohio, has hit a bit of a snag and will be pushed back to Oct. 10 and moved to a different venue. The fight card, however, will remain intact with a main event bout pitting Donald Cowboy Cerrone against Ben Henderson to declare a WEC interim lightweight champion.
In fact, the main event remaining intact was a key reason for the delay.
According to Ben Henderson’s manager, Jason Genet, (Henderson) had a slight physical issue that he had to deal with and the WEC and Cerrone were gracious enough to give us a little more time to make sure he’s 100-percent ready.
Genet said that he would rather not discuss the specifics of the injury.
Cerrone told MMAWeekly.com, It sucks that we can’t do it on Sept. 2 like we planned, but I’m just glad that we’re still gonna do it in October. I bet (current WEC lightweight champion Jamie) Varner is excited he gets to hold onto his belt a little bit longer.
WEC officials were not immediately available for comment at the time of publication, but later issued a press release confirming the postponement and a change of venue.
