Friday, January 15, 2010 - by Jeff Cain
MMAWeekly.com first broke the news that World Extreme Cagefighting was planning a reality show loosely based on the UFC’s “The Ultimate Fighter” in November 2008. It’s been 14 months, but the organization still plans on making the reality show a reality.
"From the beginning (a reality show) was something always in our plans," said WEC vice president Peter Dropick in that 2008 interview. "Versus, we're in discussions with Versus. We're looking right now at trying to figure out what we're going to do exactly.
"We've got a lot of ideas. We want to find ways similar to the UFC to showcase our fighters on a more consistent basis,” he added. “I don't know if we'll do exactly what the UFC did with ‘The Ultimate Fighter,’ but we do have plans for a reality show of some nature."
At the WEC 46 post-fight press conference, WEC General Manager Reed Harris confirmed that a reality show is still in the plans.
“We’ve made some progress. We’ve had a number of meetings and obviously talked to Versus, which is the home of the WEC,” said Harris. “At this point there’s nothing concrete, but we’re still working towards that.”
No timetable has been set, but don't be surprised to see a WEC reality show on Versus sometime in 2010.
MMAWeekly.com first broke the news that World Extreme Cagefighting was planning a reality show loosely based on the UFC’s “The Ultimate Fighter” in November 2008. It’s been 14 months, but the organization still plans on making the reality show a reality.
"From the beginning (a reality show) was something always in our plans," said WEC vice president Peter Dropick in that 2008 interview. "Versus, we're in discussions with Versus. We're looking right now at trying to figure out what we're going to do exactly.
"We've got a lot of ideas. We want to find ways similar to the UFC to showcase our fighters on a more consistent basis,” he added. “I don't know if we'll do exactly what the UFC did with ‘The Ultimate Fighter,’ but we do have plans for a reality show of some nature."
At the WEC 46 post-fight press conference, WEC General Manager Reed Harris confirmed that a reality show is still in the plans.
“We’ve made some progress. We’ve had a number of meetings and obviously talked to Versus, which is the home of the WEC,” said Harris. “At this point there’s nothing concrete, but we’re still working towards that.”
No timetable has been set, but don't be surprised to see a WEC reality show on Versus sometime in 2010.