Frank Curreri, WEC - Fighters constantly jockey for the slightest edge over their competitors. Even in their sleep.

BJ Penn and Rich Franklin have been known to recharge nightly in hyperbaric chambers during training. Miguel Torres often hunkers down in his gym for weeks on end, separating himself from distractions and steeling his spirit for battle. Donald Cerrone used to catch his shuteye in a room atop Greg Jackson’s martial arts school in New Mexico.

Frank Curreri, WEC - Image may help a fighter pay the rent, but it won’t win him many scraps.

Until recently, Chad George acted like it did.

Some of the greatest fights in the history of World Extreme Cagefighting® will be available on one, action-packed DVD and Blu-Ray®. Image Entertainment, Inc. (OTCQB: DISK), one of the largest independent home entertainment distributors in North America and acknowledged pioneer of the multi-billion dollar optical disc industry, announced today that it will release the “BEST OF WEC” on Tuesday, Sept. 7.

World Extreme Cagefighting® announced today the signing of undefeated lightweight fighter Tiequan “The Mongolian Wolf” Zhang of Beijing, China. Zhang, who will take on The Ultimate Fighter® alum Alex Karalexis in his debut on Sept. 30 in Broomfield, Colo., becomes the first fighter from mainland China to fight in the WEC.

Mark Daniels, Boston Herald - After seeing the tens of thousands of fans turn out this past week for UFC 118 and the UFC Fan Expo it was only natural for WEC lightweight and Boston native Alex Karalexis to get the itch to fight in his hometown on the big stage.

The 32-year-old fought his first four professional fights for the Bay State’s first ever local MMA promotion, Mass Destruction, before taking part on the first season of the Ultimate Fighter.

Jim Humphrey, MyTownCrier.ca - There are two different types of fights World Extreme Cagefighting featherweight Mark Hominick finds himself in. The first is when he steps into the cage as a top contender in the WEC and the second is his fight to help youth throughout the province overcome their various challenges.

Dan Robson, Canadian Press - Mark (The Machine) Hominick walked into a Toronto youth shelter looking more like a golfer than a bruising cage fighter.

Frank Curreri, WEC - If you have followed the career of Antonio Banuelos, current teammate and former roommate of Chuck Liddell, then you may have noticed the 5’3 fighter’s ongoing love affair with body ink. The many symbols and words that adorn the bantamweight’s body are the result of a unique tradition he began with his MMA debut nine years ago: After every fight, win or lose, Banuelos adds another tattoo.