Mark Hominick back in the WEC

Mark Hominick (16-8), a former UFC and WEC fighter from London, ON, who was slated to fight at Affliction: Trilogy, has signed a multi-fight deal with World Extreme Cagefighting and will debut at the organization’s WEC 43 show on September 2.

UFC president Dana White mentioned the signing during Friday’s media call, although no opponent has been scheduled for the featherweight bout.

Hominick returns to the WEC after a 19-month break, having last fought for the organization at WEC 32, where he suffered a first-round submission loss to Josh Grispi. He suffered a submission loss to Rani Yahya in his WEC debut at WEC 28.

Hominick also went 2-0 in the UFC with impressive wins over Jorge Gurgel and Yves Edwards and has won three of his last four fights, including a second-round submission victory over Savant Young at Affliction: Banned in July 2008.

White also revealed that L.C. Davis and Javier Vazquez have also signed WEC contracts while Paul Daley, Ben Rothwell, Chase Gormley, Dan Lauzon and Rafaello “Tractor” Oliveira are now with the UFC. Lauzon will likely face Oliveira at UFC 103. Both fighters were originally on the Affliction: Trilogy card, with Lauzon scheduled to face Hominick’s London training partner Chris Horodecki and Oliveira set to meet Takanori Gomi.

Oh, and White has no interest in re-signing former UFC and Affliction heavyweights Tim Sylvia and Andrei Arlovski. No kidding.