Main Event – WEC Featherweight Title
Mike Brown (143.5) vs Urijah Faber (143.5)
Cub Swanson (144) vs Jose Aldo (144.5)
James Krause (155) vs Donald Cerrone (155)
Josh Grispi (145.5) vs Jens Pulver (144)
John Franchi (145.5) vs Manny Gamburyan (144)
Kyle Dietz (134) vs Rafael Rebello (134.5)
Anthony Pettis (156) vs Mike Campbell (155)
Antonio Banuelos (135.5) vs Scott Jorgensen (134)
Noah Thomas (134.5) vs Frank Gomez (136)
Seth Dikun (136) vs Rolando Perez (135.5)
Mike Brown crushed the aura of “invincibility” that Featherweight Champion Urijah Faber had built, landing two huge punches that floored the Champion, the second punch hit Faber so hard, that his feet flew up in the air and he landed on the back of his head, Brown followed up with a few punches on the ground, the referee had seen enough, stopping the fight in the first round. Paulo Filho failed to make weight, so his Middleweight belt was not on the line against Chael Sonnen, which turned out to be a good thing for Filho as he plodded around the ring looking for a takedown against an Olympic caliber wrestler in Sonnen. Filho looked like he wanted to be somewhere else, and Sonnen didn’t really press the attack, resulting in a 3 round “borefest” won unanimously by Sonnen. Leonard Garcia showed the perfect gameplan to defeat Jens Pulver, letting Pulver come forward and then counterpunch through the weak defense of Pulver, Garcia showed great power, and he may get the next crack at new Champ Mike Brown
Lightweight champ Jamie Varner only needed 2 minutes to stop the tough Marcus Hicks, and retain his WEC Lightweight belt. Hicks scored a couple of nice takedowns early, but couldn’t keep the wrestler Varner on the mat, Varner then unleashed a barrage of punches and knees that had Hicks out on his feet, Hicks would not fall, and Varner continued to pound away until he finally fell.Steve Cantwell avenged an earlier loss to Brian Stann, with a nice display of striking, outpunching the less mobile Stann before stopping him in the second round, capturing the WEC Light Heavyweight title. Hiromitsu Miura showed the heart of a warrior, pushing Carlos Condit to the limit before being stopped in the 4th round of their WEC Welterweight Title bout. Miura showed beautiful Judo throws to counter the Muay Thai clinch of Condit, and scored from Condit’s guard as well, But the Champion was too much for him showing great positioning on the ground as well as nice kicks and punches, this fight was a good one.
3 WEC belts will be on the line tonight at the Hard Rock Casino in Las Vegas. Lightweight Jamie Varner will make his first title defense against Marcus Hicks, Varner defeated Rob McCullough by TKO in the third round to win the title. Hicks has won all 3 of his WEC bouts by submission. Also making his first title defense is Brian Stann, who won the Light Heavyweight Title with a first round KO over Doug Marshall, Stann also holds a victory over tonights opponent Steve Cantwell, who has rebounded from the loss to Stann with two straight victories. Carlos Condit brings his slick submissions, and Muay Thai style striking to face Hiromitsu Miura in a Welterweight Title fight. Condit has fought 4 tough opponents in his WEC career, and won them all by way of submission, he is ranked in the top ten by most MMA publications, he is facing a strong striker in Miura, who dropped down fron the 185lb division in his last fight, a TKO over Blas Avena. Also on the main card Brian Bowles vs Damacio Page, and Micah Miller vs Josh Grispi. A Welterweight fight between Carlo Prater and Brock Larson is not scheduled for the main card, but should be.
Featherweight Urijah Faber dominated Jens “Lil Evil” Pulver over 5 rounds to retain his WEC title. Faber showed great quickness, never allowing Pulver to land his power shots, while landing big punches and kicks of his own, Read on …
Jens “Lil Evil” Pulver will take on “The California Kid” Urijah Faber in a WEC Featherweight title fight on June 1st. Pulver made a name for himself in the UFC and Pride Lightweight divisions, usually against much larger opponents. Read on …
Brian Stann landed a perfectly timed left hook to knock champion Doug Marshall flat on his face, he then followed up with a few punches, and just like that he is the WEC Light Heavyweight Champion only 7 fights into his MMA career. The two fighters clinched early into the first round, when Marshall began swinging wildly at his much larger opponent, some landed to the face of Stann, he fired back with the left and it was all over.Chael Sonnen dominated Brian Baker to win in the Middleweight division. Sonnen ground and pounded Baker mercilessly, taking 2 10-8 rounds on the judges scorecard, but couldn’t put him away. Marcus Hicks and Richard Crunkilton also got wins.
Urijah Faber choked out Jeff Curran in the second round to retain his Lightweight Title. This guy is so good , that he gave up a mount, and his back to Curren, Read on …
Veteran Chael Sonnen will face WEC Middleweight Champion Paulo Filho on Dec 12th. Sonnen is an excellent grappler, and is well versed in submissions, he has faced a who’s who list of fighters Read on …
“El Dirte” Joe Doerksen will face Ed “Short Fuse” Herman in a Middleweight battle at UFC 78 on 11/17/07. Doerksen is filling in for David Terrell, who suffered an ankle injury while training for the bout. Doerksen submitted Herman in their previous bout which was in 2004. Herman won his last bout, a submission win over Scott Smith. Doerksen was stopped in his last bout, by Paulo Filho in a WEC Middleweight title bout
World Extreme Cagefighting results from 9/5/07 Read on …
Jens “Lil Evil” Pulver will have to wait awhile to make his 145 lb debut in the WEC. Pulver injured his knee during a grappling drill, and will be unable to fight Cub Swanson on Sept 5th. His debut was highly anticipated by the MMA community, as he is a natural 145 pounder, as opposed to the 155lb Lightweight division he was fighting in for the UFC. A alternate opponent is being sought for the well rounded Swanson.
Jens Pulver will make his WEC debut in the 145 lb Featherweight division against contender Cub Swanson. The event will also feature WEC Lightweight(155lbs) champ “Razor” Rob McCullough against contender Richard Crunkilton. WEC Bantamweight(135lbs) champ Chase Beebe will make his first title defense against Rani Yahya. This event will be live on Versus tv.
Brazilian Paulo Filho overwhelmed veteran Joe Doerksen to win the WEC Middleweight title in Las Vegas on Sunday night 9/5/07. Read on …