In an interview with mmajunkie.com WEC President Reed Harris has said that a WEC PPV will only be used for a “major event or two per year,” he also reiterated that they still plan to be mainly seen on  Versus. This is a good thing for all parties involved because it makes the PPV card seem more like a special event  and help not make their fan base pick and choose between UFC and WEC. So Friends, Romans and countrymen, put down your e-pitchforks and torches.

There has been much grumbling about the current going price of the PPV, $44.99. Some say that a WEC show is not worth it due to its smaller scale. Fans  will also have a UFC show to order also. That’s about 100 bucks in one month that you would be giving Zuffa. I will admit 45 bucks is high for me, if they dropped it to $30 I would buy that in an instant . The fact that they want $50 isn’t that out of the ordinary for the PPV market. WWE charges the same for their PPV, Boxing charges the same or more in some cases. $50 is the standard for the market. If Zuffa wanted to try something interesting they could offer a package deal of say UFC XX, XX and the WEC show for a reduced price like $100 for all three. WWE does the same thing with their Road to Wrestlemania package.

This also could be a huge blessing for WEC. With PPV will come more adverts from Zuffa which will then draw more people to the WEC name and hopefully transfer to more viewers for the Versus shows. This could become a coming out party of sorts for WEC, imagine the WEC having their own countdown show. Yes, they did have one previously for the Brown Faber II fight but that was so long ago. WEC deserves this, in all honestly since I started watching them (WEC 43), they have not had a boring card. I may not know all the guy’s names and their backgrounds but I’ll be damned if by the end of the show I’m not looking them up. In a perfect world, EVERYONE would purchase this PPV. I saw a tweet the other day about this subject and it made a great point in that we watch UFC with a group of friends but the WEC by ourselves?

The card the WEC has constructed for this event is of the highest quality. You have two title fights and Mike Brown up against Manny Gamburyan for a possible shot at the winner of Faber Aldo. All these fights could easily be the headline of a WEC card or at least a co-headliner. The WEC is giving away three big fights in one show instead of playing it safe and spreading them out across various Versus cards. Also for the people who complain that WEC fighters are under paid will likely see a nice pay increase. That is, if you order the show and do that whole supporting your fighter thing.

So friends, Romans, and Countrymen put down you pitch forks and invite your friends over and show them the WEC.

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