WEC 43

WEC 43: Cerrone vs. Henderson
A poster or logo for WEC 43: Cerrone vs. Henderson.
Information
Promotion	World Extreme Cagefighting
Date	October 10, 2009
Venue	AT&T Center
City	San Antonio, Texas
Attendance	5,176
Total gate	$297,990
Event chronology
WEC 42: Torres vs. Bowles WEC 43: Cerrone vs. Henderson WEC 44: Brown vs. Aldo

WEC 43: Cerrone vs. Henderson was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting on October 10, 2009 at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.

The event was scheduled to take place on September 2, 2009 at the Covelli Centre in Youngstown, Ohio. However, due to headliner Benson Henderson having eye surgery, the event was later rescheduled.

The main event was expected to be a WEC Lightweight Championship bout between current champion Jamie Varner and challenger Donald Cerrone. This was to be a rematch of their bout at WEC 38 which ended in a controversial technical split decision, but Varner was deemed medically unable to return to competition. Instead, the WEC had Cerrone face Benson Henderson, for the WEC Interim Lightweight Championship, with the winner fighting Varner in a title unification bout when he was medically cleared. The Varner/Cerrone rematch would later take place at WEC 51 the following year (though after Varner lost the title), where Cerrone won by unanimous decision.

A previously announced bout between Alex Karalexis and Anthony Pettis has been cancelled due to an injury suffered by Karalexis while training. The fight was rescheduled for WEC 48, where Pettis won via submission.

Mark Hominick was expected to face Deividas Taurosevičius at the event, but was forced from the bout with an injury and replaced by Javier Vazquez.