WEC 43: Cerrone vs. Henderson is an upcoming mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting scheduled to take place on October 10, 2009 at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.
Background
The event was scheduled to take place on September 2, 2009 at the Covelli Centre in Youngstown, Ohio. However, due to headline Ben Henderson suffering an injury, the event was later rescheduled.
The main event was expected to be 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 will have Cerrone face Ben Henderson, for the WEC Interim Lightweight Championship, with the winner slated to fight Varner in a title unification bout when and if he is medically cleared. A previously announced bout between Alex Karalexis and Anthony Pettis has been cancelled due to an injury suffered by Karalexis while training.
Official fight card
Main Card
* Interim Lightweight Championship bout: The United States Donald Cerrone vs. The United States Ben Henderson
* Lightweight bout: The United States Richard Crunkilton vs. The United States Dave Jansen
* Bantamweight bout: The United States Damacio Page vs. Japan Akitoshi Tamura
* Featherweight bout: Brazil Rafael Assuncao vs. Canada Yves Jabouin
Undercard
* Lightweight bout: The United States Anthony Njokuani vs. The United States Muhsin Corbbrey
* Bantamweight bout: Brazil Rafael Rebello vs. The United States Scott Jorgensen
* Featherweight bout: Brazil Wagnney Fabiano vs. The United States Erik Koch
* Bantamweight bout: The United States Eddie Wineland vs. The United States Manny Tapia
* Bantamweight bout: The United States Charlie Valencia vs. The United States Coty Wheeler
* Featherweight bout: Lithuania Deividas Taurosevicius vs. Canada Mark Hominick
