And the point of my original comments was the fact that the writers of this staff obviously know nothing other than UFC…If I wanted writers who didn’t know or care anything about the WEC, Strikeforce, or Affliction, I’d just go to UFC.com

And Josh, and some of the others on the site, I know you report on more than just the UFC, but Garrett and Curtis apparently don’t even know about the WEC.

They have three weight classes, I don’t think it would be to hard for bloggers/writers of an MMA site to remember which ones they are.

I’d love to see the UFC lightweight champ take on the WEC lightweight champ, but B.J. would be +800 going into that fight, easily, and there’s a reason for that. He’s a way better fighter.

Anyways, I never listed Varner v. Penn in my list, but if the same Penn that showed up to fight GSP showed up to fight Varner, I’d bet on Jamie to prove just how good the WEC LW’s really are.

And if you try to say that GSP is just so much better than everybody else, than obviously Fitch, Hughes (back then), Serra, and Koscheck are all that much better than BJ because they didn’t get dominated by GSP the way Penn did.

Also, I’m sure Thiago Alves will put up a much better fight than Penn ever could have.

WEC is putting on its 40th show, and back when UFC was putting on its 40th show, they had about the same name recognition as the WEC does now. Because Zuffa owns both, while the WEC continues to have a LW division, I would never count them out against UFC LWs.

If you really think that Varner is the same quality of fighter that B.J. is, then you should pass the joint over this way.

Varner has defended his title once more than B.J., but that’s beside the point, too.

The WEC 155 pound division is exciting. That doesn’t mean it’s good.

On some nights, King of the Cage is more exciting than the UFC. Does that mean I’d watch Bobby Hoffman over Nogueira? Of course not.

With BJ Penn’s lackadaisical attitude towards his own division, having been champ since January ’08 and only defending his belt once. Whereas, fighters like Silva and GSP have defended 3 times.

In Varner’s last two fights, he showed the stamina level of a champion, throwing everything he had at the iron chin of Hicks, and not stopping until Hicks finally dropped. Then he went on to fight Cerrone in a 5 round war of attrition that went on to a technical split decision due to an illegal knee to a downed opponent.

I can guarantee you that Varner v. Hicks was just as entertaining of a squash as Penn v. Stevenson, Varner v. Cerrone was more entertaining of a war than Penn v. Sherk, and Varner v. Cerrone II (their rematch because the fight ended early) is going to provide the viewers with much more of a fight than Penn v. Florian.

And maybe the writers should pay attention. Since dropping WW, LHW, and MW, WEC 39 had 2 LW bouts on the 4 bout main card. WEC 38 had a LW championship bout. And while the WEC still had those heavier classes, WEC 36 had a LW FOTY candidate bout.

With Kampmann’s besting of Condit, it is apparent that UFC WW’s were better than the WEC’s, and it was never even questionable that the MW’s and LHW’s were up there with the UFC’s caliber. Yet, there is a reason why the WEC still has a LW division. And I’m not afraid to say that when I want to see a LW bout, I’d rather see it in a WEC cage than a UFC octagon.

Not to say that guys aren’t good, but they’re not “top tier.”

The top tier of a division is made up of the guys in the top five, or that are at least competitive with the top five. Put Varner, Cerrone, Hicks or any of the others in the WEC against a top five lightweight, and they’d be absolutely massacred.

Now, do I want Junie in the WEC?

No. I want Junie to disappear. He’s bad for the sport, and he’s not a good enough fighter to make his incredibly annoying attitude worthwhile. But that’s just my opinion, and it doesn’t hold much weight on what Dana actually does.

If the division was perfect and did not need tweaking, then we would have remembered how great the fights are, the top fighters, or even the champ… There is a reason they are in the WEC and not the UFC.

Revamp things!

Garrett, how did you know his name was Ryan?