The cancellation of the World Extreme Championship 39 main event between champion Carlos Condit and challenger Brock Larson could mark the end of the welterweight division in the WEC.Condit (22-4) suffered a sprained wrist serious enough that he has pulled out of his scheduled title defense at WEC 39 on March 1 in Corpus Christi, Texas. In their first meeting in August 2007, Condit submitted Larson (24-2) with an armbar in two minutes and 21 seconds.
But the bigger news is that the WEC will wipe out the welterweight division and move the top fighters in the division to the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Condit could be transferred to the UFC as soon as April 1 at UFC Fight Night 18.
The welterweight division is the WEC's heaviest weight class. The promotion last month phased out the middleweight and light heavyweight divisions. The removal of the welterweight division will leave lightweight as the only division remaining in both the WEC and the UFC.
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