Conclusions
Here are the combined records of WEC transplants against their UFC counterparts:
Bantamweight: 7-0
Featherweight: 7-2
Lightweight: 5-5
Grand Total: 19-7
Next time you're in the middle of a debate over whether the WEC is finding success or failure in the UFC, your answer can be...neither. At least not yet.
It turns out that life and reality are a little more complicated than some bar debaters and comment threaders would have it be. Although the WEC transplants have posted a very strong record thus far, it is hard to tell for sure with fighters having only one or two contests apiece under their belts at this point. To compound the issue, most of these wins clearly are coming in the lower two weight classes they dominate, and have come against competition that has thus far been, with some exceptions, uninspiring.
That is beginning to change, however, and several fighters on this list will soon receive tougher tests. Those who have yet to fight a UFC opponent—including the promotion's biggest guns in Cruz, Faber and Jose Aldo—should get that opportunity soon.
Bottom line: So far, so good for the WEC refugees. But this group will soon begin to wade into much deeper waters.