Programming alert: WEC 46 'Varner vs Henderson' replay on Versus tonight (Jan. 25) at 11 p.m. ET

by Jesse Holland on Jan 25, 2010 2:46 PM EST

For those of you who didn't catch Ben Henderson's upset win over Jamie Varner back on January 10, Versus will air the replay of WEC 46: "Varner vs. Henderson" tonight (Jan 25) at 11 p.m. ET.

The card saw Varner cough up his 155-pound strap to the out-of-nowhere Henderson after "C-4" imploded under a "Smooth" guillotine in round three of their main event. Also in action, former WEC Featherweight Champion Mike Brown got back to his winning ways by taking a bite out of Anthony "Cheesesteak" Morrison.

WEC 47 attracted 640,000 viewers for "Varner vs. Henderson," which took place from the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, Calif., earlier this month. It was a nice ratings bump -- and significantly more than the recent numbers the promotion and the network have been pulling in.

By comparison, WEC 45: "Cerrone vs. Ratcliff" -- the promotion's final event of 2009 -- managed to only bring in 330,000 viewers. And the network likely has the "California Kid" to thank for the meaty chunk of additional viewers.

Urijah Faber made his return to the blue cage against Raphael Assuncao, submitting the Brazilian in an exciting, fast-paced war that had the fans screaming for more and helping the promotion bring in the most viewers for a WEC event since the Versus and DirecTV fallout.

Now you can watch it all go down once more tonight at 11 p.m. ET.

For complete WEC 46 results and blow-by-blow coverage of the main card action click here and here.

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For the fans.

Is there currently any other fighter who the fans hate as much as Varner?

"If we fight for money, I'll stop hitting you when you ask me to. If we fight for honor, I'll stop hitting you when i feel like it." - Rickson Gracie

by ---Cole--- on Jan 25, 2010 2:53 PM EST reply actions

Varner is definitely at the top of the list as pound for pound #1 d-bag.

by leerage on Jan 25, 2010 3:05 PM EST up reply actions

Just skip the BS and go straight to the third round.

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by P-Dub on Jan 25, 2010 3:17 PM EST reply actions

definitely huge douche

Couldn’t believe his fake injury Bs he pulled again last fight! Like come on man! Hey, get some respect and have some self dignity! Geez

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by daniel worby on Jan 25, 2010 3:39 PM EST via mobile reply actions

showtime's got a card to

i was looking on my comcast guide and it looks like showtime is having replays tonight tomorrow and maybe every night until the big event this weekend. i think there replaying shamrock vs cing le and maybe lawler vs sheilds and aa vs rogers, i can only preview a couple days forward so i hope they show something everynight!

"When they took away headbutts, I had to learn some skills." Mark Coleman

by DrewMoney$$$ on Jan 25, 2010 4:57 PM EST reply actions