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WEC officials still mum on pay-per-view future, plan five more 2010 cards on Versus

WEC officials still mum on pay-per-view future, plan five more 2010 cards on Versus
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The WEC took a major risk with this past weekend's "WEC 48: Aldo vs. Faber" event.

Company officials obviously had the unenviable challenge of trying to determine the best way to do the unthinkable: convince consumers to pay for a product they were used to receiving for free.

Initial estimates from various media outlets have suggested WEC 48 did between 150,000-200,000 buys, though WEC officials have declined to comment on the subject. Nevertheless, it's back to Versus in June for the first of five more 2010 fight cards, and UFC/WEC president Dana White said it will be business as usual.

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Post #1   4/28/10 1:22:25PM   
 
 
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