WEC 47 Bowles vs Cruz Weigh-in Results
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WEC 47 will take place tomorrow night live from Columbus, Ohio. The fighters taking part in the event weighed in earlier tonight an below are the official numbers. The event will air live on Versus tomorrow night at 10PM EST.
Main Televised Card
-Brian Bowles (134.5) vs. Dominick Cruz (134)
-Joseph Benavidez (135) vs. Miguel Torres (134.5)
-Jens Pulver (145.5) vs. Javier Vazquez (145)
-L.C. Davis (144.5) vs. Deividas Taurosevicius (145)
-Karen Darabedyan (156) vs. Bart Palaszewski (155)
Preliminary Card
-Chad George (135.5) vs. Scott Jorgensen (135)
-Erik Koch (144) vs. Chad Mendes (145)
-Danny Castillo (155.5) vs. Anthony Pettis (154.5)
-Leonard Garcia (145) vs. George Roop (145.5)
-Courtney Buck (145) vs. Fredson Paixao (144.5)
-Bendy Casimir (155.5) vs. Ricardo Lamas (155)
Daily Fix: January 18th
Not much to report on in this second installment of the “Daily Fix.” The article today features GSP and the WEC.
GSP
GSP did an interview with Ariel Helwani yesterday where they got to talking about GSP moving up to middleweight. Here is the video:
WEC 47
A few fights were confirmed today to be taking place at WEC 47 on March 6th, in Columbus, Ohio. Former bantamweight champion, Miguel Torres, will be looking to rebound from his title fight loss to Brian Bowles when he takes on Joseph Benavidez. Jens Pulver was also added to the card, he will be taking on Javier Vazquez. This card will be broadcast on Versus live March 6th.
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Brian Bowles Shocks the MMA World in First Round KO over Miguel Torres
A quick check over at Best Fight Odds shows a $100 bet on Brian Bowles earning you somewhere around $300 if you would have dared to put your money on the underdog before the bout at the Hard Rock in Las Vegas, NV.
Brian Bowles looked good right from the get go stunning the WEC champ right off the bat. It looked like a small bit of luck though as Miguel Torres started handing out his own beating over the challenger.
Towards the middle of the first round Torres unleashed a flurry on Bowles and was caught with a short right which sent him crashing to the mat. All it took was a few more punches to his downed opponent and Bowles had shocked many by becoming the new WEC bantamweight champion.
WEC 41: Brown vs. Faber 2
Main Card
- Featherweight Championship bout: Mike Brown vs. Urijah Faber
- Featherweight bout: Jose Aldo vs. Cub Swanson
- Lightweight bout: Donald Cerrone vs. James Krause
- Featherweight bout: Jens Pulver vs. Josh Grispi
Undercard Bouts
- Featherweight bout: Manny Gamburyan vs. John Franchi
- Bantamweight Bout Scott Jorgensen vs. Antonio Banuelos
- Bantamweight bout: Noah Thomas vs. Frank Gomez
- Lightweight Bout: Mike Campbell vs. Anthony Pettis
- Bantamweight Bout Rolando Perez vs. Seth Dikun
- Bantamweight Bout: Kyle Dietz vs. Charlie Valencia
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WEC 37: Full Results
Below are the full results from last nights WEC 37. In my opinion it was a good night of fights, well the four we got to see.
Shane Roller def. Mike Budnik via guillotine choke- 1:01- Round 1
Cub Swanson def. Hirouki Takaya via unanimous decision
Bart Palaszewski def. Alex Karalexis via TKO- Round 2
Diego Nunes def Cole Province by unanimous decision
Mark Munoz def. Ricardo Barros via TKO- 2:26-Round 1
Johny Hendricks def. Justin Haskins via TKO-:43 – Round 2
Joseph Benavidez def. Danny Martinez via unanimous decision
Brian Bowles def. Will Ribeiro via submission – 1:11-Round 3
Wagnney Fabiano def. Akitoshi Tamura via submission-4:48-Round 2
Miguel Torres def. Manny Tapia via TKO-3:04-Round 2.
Miguel Torres Defeats Manny Tapia Via Second Round TKO
As expected by a large amount of people Miguel Torres retained his championship belt and improved his MMA record to 35-1.
The first round of the fight was fairly even between the two fighters with Manny Tapia ending it on a good note. But as soon as the second round started Miguel Torres turned into the fighter we expected to see. It took two knockdowns on the side of Torres to finally get Tapia into a defeat-able position. The bout ended 3:04 into the second round when referee Yves Lavigne stepped in and stopped the action ruling Miguel Torres victorious via (T)KO.
This was the third successful Bantamweight Title defense from the 27-year-old Miguel Torres who has been fighting professionally since his teen years. Torres gave Tapia his first professional loss.
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WEC 37: Weigh-in Results
Fighters in WEC 37 had to get upon the weighing scales today for tomorrow nights fights. WEC 37 will be taking place in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.
All fighters made weight for tomorrow nights event and all bouts will go ahead as scheduled. The official weigh-in results are below, remember fighters are allowed to weigh 1lb over in non-title fights:
135 lbs.: Miguel Torres (134) vs. Manny Tapia (134)
135 lbs.: Brian Bowles (135) vs. Will Ribeiro (136)
145 lbs.: Akitoshi Tamura (145) vs. Wagnney Fabiano (146)
135 lbs.: Joseph Benavidez (135) vs. Danny Martinez (136)
170 lbs.: Johnny Hendricks (171) vs. Justin Haskins (169)
205 lbs.: Mark Munoz (205) vs. Ricardo Barros (205)
145 lbs.: Diego Nunes (146) vs. Cole Province (146)
155 lbs.: Bart Palaszewski (155) vs. Alex Karalexis (156)
145 lbs.: Hiroyuki Takaya (146) vs. Cub Swanson (145)
155 lbs.: Shane Roller (156) vs. Mike Budnik (155)
The main event for WEC 37 is Miguel Torres, the current WEC Bantamweight Champion taking on the undefeated Manny Tapia. This will be Torres’ second title defense and he will obviously be looking to keep the belt.
Make sure to watch the event as it will probably be a good one, almost every Torres fight I have watched was good. WEC 37 will air on Versus in the United States and TSN2 in Canada. Fights start at 8PM EST.
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