Total MMA Radio: WEC Preview
Posted by Jonathan Snowden on 2nd August 2008
Dave Walsh, Marc Staehling, Chris Henderson, and Dave Walsh’s dog bring you a preview of tomorrow’s WEC show.
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New episodes of WEC WrekCage begin this Wednesday.
Posted by Marc Staehling on 4th June 2008
New Episodes debut June 4th
Unlike its sister-promotion the UFC, the WEC has no on-demand, on-line video service where preliminary fights that don’t make air, are made available to the public. What they do have, is a contract with Versus not only for live events, but for WEC WrekCage, where previously un-televised bouts are seen for the first time. This Wednesday marks the debut of a new three-episode run.
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WEC: View from the balcony
Posted by Iain Liddle on 2nd June 2008
By Andrew Rosebrock
Thoughts from the balcony (literally, our seats were in the very first row of the upper tier):
Unfortunately I missed the first two fights, which included sadly Pequeno Nogueira’s debut. Perhaps that’s just as well, as the clips shown later in the night made it look like Pequeno took a pretty bad beating.
My friend Jameson and I made it to our seats just in time to catch the beginning of Alex Serdyukov vs. Luis Sapo.
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WEC: Faber vs Pulver LiveBlog
Posted by Dave Walsh on 2nd June 2008
So, WEC is upon us now, and it is a great card with two huge title fights live from the Arco Arena on VERSUS. After EXC last night this is like dying and going to heaven. Join us on AIM @ FaberByHairProduct.
Dave Walsh and Alan Conceicao will be blogging live for your pleasure (or displeasure) tonight.
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TONIGHT: Faber vs Pulver
Posted by Dave Walsh on 1st June 2008
By Dave Walsh
In just a few hours Jens Pulver takes on Urijah Faber in a fight that honestly, I’ve been looking forward to for over a year now. While last night was a night of sloppy fighting with poor stoppages and very little displayed in the way of skill, tonight fight fans will be treated to a great looking card. Topping off the card are two title fights; as the 135lbs and 145lbs titles will be defended respectively. While there is excitement over Miguel Torres making his defense of the Bandtamweight (135lbs) title, the big one is Featherweight (145lbs). Read the rest of this entry »
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WEC: Faber vs.Pulver - Liveblog tonight!
Posted by Iain Liddle on 1st June 2008
So the crazy MMA calendar has thrown up two high-profile events in two days and as such you’re all being treated to two liveblogs in two days.
Join us from near fight time for live results and thoughts on all the main card action.
In the meantime, go and read significantly fewer headlines than yesterday relating to tonigh’s event. You can also watch some highlights from the post-fight Elite XC press conference where there was an altercation between a very smart man in Brett Rogers and a not so smart in Kimbo.
Picture credit goes to Combat Lifestyle.
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WEC 33 Round-by-Round
Posted by Kendall Shields on 27th March 2008
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In a tragic turn, Paulo Filho’s enthusiasm for drugs has taken from me the only fight on this card where I knew both fighters. I’m pretty sure I’ve watched every WEC card on Vs., but I have some kind of a mental block that prevents me from remembering pretty much anything that has happened on any of them, excluding Urijah Faber’s matches, Filho vs. Sonnen, and the smooth, smooth voice of Joe Martinez, so all of these fighters are new to me each time. It’s an Oliver Sacks situation.
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WEC: To Feed Or Not To Feed?
Posted by Bill Thompson on 23rd March 2008
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By: Bill Thompson
We are just a few days away from what will be yet another, at the very least, good card from World Extreme Cagefighting, WEC. On the larger MMA scale of fans drawn and monies earned the WEC has yet to become a player, but on the more important scale of fights waged and action provided the WEC has already skyrocketed to the top of the MMA ranks in my book. There is no denying that organizations like the UFC and Pride can always lay claim to having great fighters, important cards, and a high standing within the minds of MMA fans. However for a lot of fans, myself included, some smaller organizations are able to draw you in with great talent, good matchmaking, and an intangible sense of belonging or an almost clique like nature that isn’t found in the bigger orgs. For the longest time my number one MMA organization in the world was Shooto. Shooto could lay claim to putting on exciting cards with great fights, and a great combination of known and up and coming talent. Shooto also left you with that feeling that you were involved in something big that not everyone else was in on and as a result it was something special. I lost that feeling with Shooto a few years ago as a rapid loss of talent led to its fall from the top of the ranks in my eyes. Now a new promotion has come along to once again give me that old Shooto feel of yore, and that is the WEC. With their focus on the lower weight classes, their action packed cards and their nice mixture of young and veteran talent they are currently providing the best action in MMA. However there are some decisions that need to be made about the WEC by their parent company, Zuffa. Is the WEC its own separate entity or is it simply a feeder system for the UFC?
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Zuffa’s Asian Influx
Posted by Marc Staehling on 19th March 2008
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With the recent confirmation of the North American Debuts of Korea’s Dong Hyun Kim, and Japan’s Yoshiyuki Yoshida at UFC 84, I thought it would be appropriate to take a glance at last few years of international(Asian) acquisitions made by the UFC and WEC.
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WEC Liveblog
Posted by Jonathan Snowden on 14th February 2008
Manny Tapia Vs. Antonio Banuelos
135! You better push the pace. These guys are the size of women. Just saying. Tapia is from Chino like Ryan from the OC. He is, therefore, hard. Banuelos is from Chuck Liddell’s camp and Chuck and Hackleman are in his corner.
This is like the quintessence of POWPOWPOW. Brock Lesnar is as big as both of these guys combined. This is a slick little fight. Banuelos wins the first round by the narrowest of margins.
Put my kid to bed during Round 2. Sang Wheels on the Bus and Old McDonald.
Manuelos is getting tired and Tapia is frustrating him by avoiding his takedowns.
Split Draw. I can live with that as both guys had their moments. Good fight.
Score correction. Apparently Tapia was the actual winner. Screwjob finish. How much you wanna bet Cecil Peoples had some Cheeto residue on his scoring card?
WEC BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP BOUT:
CHASE BEEBE VS. MIGUEL TORRES
Title fight between the best woman sized men in North America! They talk to Urijah Faber. Gay fighter or gayest fighter? One guy is giving the other guy a valentine’s gift, what the hell? Kind of your classic wrestler v. BJJ matchup. Torres needs a sub to win. Beebe is wearing a shirt with skulls on it. Bold choice. The ring announcer is awesome. Beebe doesn’t have one loss, he has one taste of defeat.
This is like watching insects fight. Torres is in an open guard with Praying Mantis legs. Torres is an angry dude even in victory. He has hella ne waza. Torres wins with an Anaconda choke that he somehow turns into a SUPER guillotine. He’s one to watch!
FEATHERWEIGHT BOUT:
HIROYUKI TAKAYA VS. LEONARD GARCIA
Takaya’s nickname is Evil Fist. That is awesome. This should be a real good fight. Garcia destroys him with leg kicks and then drops him with a straight right. Garcia is so happy to be at his natural weight.
WEC LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP BOUT:
ROB MCCULLOUGH VS. JAMIE VARNER
Razor Rob has great hands. Varner is a good wrestler, but isn’t much of a submission guy. I see this lasting a bit and Rob eventually catching him with something. Varner is wearing headphones to the ring. Isn’t that his music playing? Is he listening to Tony Robbins?
Varner takes the first round, winning the standup and scoring several takedowns. He looks gassed though, so the fight could get ugly for him next round.
Varner wins the second round too. Not much happening and the crowd is turning.
Just as I say that, they go balls to the wall. Varner gets hurt by a left hook but manages to recover with the help of a convenient timeout to recover his mouthpiece. Then Varner murders him and Mazzagatti lets Rob take a beating before finally stopping the fight. Mazzagatti is so terrible. Someone will die as he watches awestruck.
WEC WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP BOUT:
CARLOS CONDIT VS. CARLO PRATER
Carlos Condit is maybe Zuffa’s 9th best WW. Prater holds a win over Condit and is supposedly Brazillian. I don’t see it or hear it. I call bullshit. Prater comes out to Rush’s Tom Sawyer. He should be automatically awarded the first round on the strength of song selection. Condit appears to have his parents in his corner. The announcer asks the crowd if they are ready. I would say they are. Very ready.
Prater scores with a beautiful judo throw but then has to defend, defend, defend. Carlos ends it early with a tight guillotine. OK, Condit is Zuffa’s 7th best WW. We see his Dad and it is not the guy from his corner. Who is the other old man? I must know.
Great show. Show of the Year so far!
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