Damacio Page, on the “Savage Dog Show,” responding to a WEC official’s comment that WEC fighters will be winning all of the postfight bonuses after the WEC-UFC merger:

“Oh yeah, I count on that. I know the small guys are going to go in there and take those bonuses. I think it’s just going to help the UFC in general because all the big guys, they’re going to want that money too. They’ll be like, ‘These little guys are just jacking us on all this cash. Let’s get that cash back.’”

Watching a television program that’s already been cancelled can be a depressing experience. What happens to the talent -- in this case, WEC play-by-play man Todd Harris? Will the ring girl not named Brittany Palmer ever find a job as satisfying? What happens to the gaffer? (The UFC, no matter how large it grows, will never need two gaffers. In fact, I question the need for one.)

Sympathy for the working man might cloud your enjoyment of WEC 52, airing Thursday, but there are a few stories that will see resolution when the company’s roster is ported over to the UFC beginning next month; UFC 122, airing on a tape-delay Saturday, has at least one bout with title implications. Between the two, there are at least ten good fights with a zero cover charge over the next several days. Remember that when you’re asked multiple times to see “Unstoppable.”