This past Saturday's "WEC 48: Aldo vs. Faber" event benefited from a promotional push from its sister promotion – the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

As MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) previously reported, the reason was simple: to get some preliminary fights on Spike TV as a teaser to the WEC's first-ever pay-per-view event, the WEC branding had to be stripped.

But what about a next step in the UFC-WEC relationship? Could we ever see UFC and WEC fighters competing on the same card?

After the event, MMAjunkie.com spoke to UFC president Dana White about the possibility. In his usual manner, White didn't give a definitive answer – but he also didn't deny a co-promoted show could be on the horizon.

"We know what we're doing," said White, who replaced WEC General Manager Reed Harris as fight-week promoter for the show. "We've got some plans, and as we start to go global and move into all these other countries, there's a long-term gameplan for this thing. I just can't tell you guys what it is."

While much pre-event speculation focused on the possibility of a long-rumored (but long-denied) UFC-WEC merger, White said

the success of WEC 48 should prove that the organization has a solid future of its own on PPV.

"Tonight was the first night, and it was a home run in every way, shape and form," White said. "Those (PPV 'buy') numbers come in Monday, but I'm feeling confident about it. There's a lot of ways for us to gauge – through the website and a number of other things – on the number that we think we're going to do.

"If the polling that we've done is correct, it's going to be a good night."

Of course, if the WEC, which focuses on the sport's lighter weight classes, proves self-sufficient on pay-per-view, a co-promoted WEC-UFC show would appear less likely. Why mix the promotions when each proves successful on its own?

Regardless of what happens in the future, White said the setup used for this weekend proved a wise choice.

"I think it was all the right decision," he said. "No matter what that number is on Monday, I know I did everything the right way."