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WEC 38 takes place on Sunday January 25th, at the San Diego Sports Arena, in San Diego, CA. The main card will air live on Versus, starting tentatively at 9 pm EST (Check with your local cable company). While you wait enjoy the categories to your left! See GIFs, results, pics, and more of earlier WECs and other MMA events! Also join our forum today and see what everyone is saying about this event, MMA, BLAF, UFC, training, Boxing and more!

MAIN EVENT
155#s: Jamie “C-4″ Varner (16-2) vs. Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone (9-1) wins by UD in RD5 (Fight stopped early due to unintentional foul)

MAIN CARD
145#s: Urijah “The California Kid” Faber (22-2) vs. Jens “Little Evil” Pulver (22-11-1) wins by modified Guillotine in RD1!
170#s: Danillo “Indio” Villefort (9-2) vs. Mike Campbell (4-1) wins by TKO in RD1!
145#s: Jose Aldo (13-1) vs. Fredson Paixao (8-3) wins by long knee in RD2!

PRELIMINARY CARD (May NOT be televised)
170#s: Edgar Garcia (7-0) vs. Hiromitsu Miura (9-6) wins by TKO in RD1!
155#s: Anthony Njokuani (9-2) vs. Benson Henderson (9-1) wins by Guillotine in RD1!
135#s: Dominick Cruz (12-1) vs. Ian McCall (7-2) wins by UD!
170#s: Blas Avena (4-2) vs. Jesse Lennox (10-1) wins by TKO in RD2!
135#s: Frank Gomez (5-1) vs. Scott Jorgensen (6-2) wins by Front Naked Choke in RD1!
135#s: Seth “2 Quick” Dikun (6-3) vs. Charlie Valencia (10-3) wins by UD!

Affliction: Postponed & Partnership w/ Golden Boy Promotions!
Causing rumors that Affliction was having organizational and ticket sales issues, Affliction announced that it’s October 11th show “Day of Reckoning” would be postponed until January 17th. Turns out the suits were focusing on financial deals as opposed to getting events worked on, because at a press conference on Saturday, Affliction announced a partnership with Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions. This would mean more exposure for MMA and Affliction, since their would be co-sport events, both MMA and Boxing on one card.

While focusing on longevity is definitely an important part of any organization, the side effect is not having more shows, and fighters who were training for an October event, now have to wait until January. Some fighters had already started their training camps and perhaps those that don’t have an exclusivity clause in their contract can squeeze in a fight and a payday. Paul Buentello, Jay Hieron and Ben Rothwell had some words about it all.

Ben Rothwell: “That’s just MMA. Just like it is in the ring, you think you have a sure thing, and you don’t. Don’t ever assume anything in our sport. Luckily, my past has prepared me for such things. I’ve been on shows and had them canceled, pulled out from underneath ya. I’ve got kinda used to it.”

Paul Buentello: “It took the wind out of my sails, man. It’s totally frustrating. I was pretty fired up. The past couple weeks of training has been really hard, and I walk into the gym ready to go and thinking about sparring, and then I got the news from ‘Crazy’ Bob. I’m like, ‘Are you serious?’ I thought he was joking around. You know, I didn’t believe him until I saw Trevor Prangley’s face walk into the gym, and Trevor Prangley is like, ‘Did you hear about the news?’ And it was downhill from there. I didn’t want to train. As soon as I left the gym, I made my reservations, and I came back home.

Now it’s time to focus on me and on the family, relax a little bit and find out. I’m just crossing my fingers that I’ll be on the January card. So we’ll see what pans out.”

Jay Hieron: “I’m pretty much used to that. The same thing happened back in August with the IFL. I was training for that fight [against Brad Blackburn] for Aug. 15, and they ended up canceling that show. And the promotion went under. The life of being a fighter has it’s ups and downs. [Tom Atencio] told me big things are going to be happening. That’s why they postponed the show. From what he was saying, it’s a good thing. The good thing about my contract is that it’s non-exclusive, so I’m trying to find something around the same time to jump on somewhere. I’m just keeping my body in shape. I’m keeping the intensity up [in hopes of landing that other fight].

I really try not to stress stuff that I can’t control, like this whole situation. Of course, on Wednesday, I was a little stressed out about it, but whatever. I got in the gym, and I started sweating. It’s water under the bridge now.”

A side issue, is Fedor. After fighting lesser quality opponents, finally fighting a decent opponent in Tim Sylvia, having shook the ring rust off, he will be going back to square one. Fedor needs to fight before January IMO.

Miguel Torres to defend title against Manny Tapia! Faber next?
No. Not THAT Manny Tapia, but MMA’s Manny Tapia. Torres will defend his WEC Bantamweight Title in the WEC 37 on December 3rd. When asked about a potential matchup with Urijah Faber he said “I’d love to do that fight, man. I know it’s going to have to happen eventually. He’s the champion in his weight class. I’m the champion in mine. It’s a super fight. It’s going to have to happen.” However, Urijah has been talking about going UP a weight class first, specifically mentioning a rematch against Tyson Griffin to avenge his only loss. “I’d like to do a couple fights at 155. I walk around about 154, but I wouldn’t necessarily put on weight, I’d just kind of go in as I am. I think before it’s all said and done, I will have fought some super fights at 55, probably some at 35, and make my home at 45.” When asked abut going down to 135#s: “I’d like to do some big fights. That’s what needs to happen for my career. Maybe go down in a year or two and see who’s at 35. There’s a lot of options out there for me, just looking forward to letting it all pan out.”

Other fights so far for the December event include Jeff Curran, Scott Jorgensen and Bart Palaszewski against yet to be determined opponents.

Anthony Johnson fails to get fight overturned!
Anthony Johnson’s attempt to get the NSAC to change his TKO loss in his fight against Kevin Burns at UFC Fight Night 14 changed to a No Contest has failed. Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer said “Based on advice from the Nevada Attorney General’s office, the appeal was rejected due to lack of remedy.” Absurd, considering he was poked many times by Burns, the last time dropping him to the canvas and requiring surgery for a detached retina. It’s clear on instant replay and not sure how much more evidence the NSAC needs. TO the defense of Kevin Burns, he stated that his hand has been broken so many times that he can’t punch with it so he uses an open palm to strike.

Xtreme MMA 5 Results!
Vanja Vojvodic vs. Dan Tice by RNC in RD 1!
John Makdessi vs. Todd Westcott by TKO in RD 1!
Alex Bon-Miller vs. Jeremy Lavigueur by RNC in RD 1!
Michel Gagnon vs. Dimitri Waardenburg by Guillotine in RD 1!
Antoine Coutu vs. Justin Doyon by RNC in RD 1!
Daniel Grandmaison vs. Joseph Wissman by TKO in RD 2!
Brent Beauparlant vs. Brandon Sene by TKO in RD 2!
Stephan Lamarche vs. Aloisio Barros by DQ in RD 1!
Guillaume Delorenzi vs. Jay Jenkins by TKO in RD 1!
Martin Desilets vs. Jason Cecil by TKO in RD 1!
Aaron Riley vs. Steve Claveau by Unanimous Decision!
David Loiseau vs. Solomon Hutcherson by TKO in RD 5!

Brawl at Bourbon Street Results!
Anthony Gomez def. Paul Paul Zienceck by TWL in R3!
Junior Jose Medina def. Mark Honegger by Doctor Stoppage (Cut) in R1!
Thomas Gagan def. David Langoria by TKO in R1!
Mike Reyna def. Scott Bradley by Armbar in R1!
Mike Bubacz def. Mark Wilkerson by TKO in R1!
Jeremy Sikorski def. Evan Young by TKO in R1!
Dan Alstott def. Victor Detola by RNC in R1!

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On August 3, 2008 @ 9:00 PM ET live on Versus @The Joint – Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Nevada will be WEC 35 featuring 3 Championship bouts. With a strong undercard to bolster an already SOLID main card, I doubt fans will be disappointed.

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Fight Card & Results!

Main Card:
Carlos Condit Vs. Hiromitsu Miura wins by TKO in RD4!
Jamie Varner Vs. Marcus Hicks wins by NASTY KO in RD1!
Brian Stann Vs. Steve Cantwell wins by TKO in RD2!!
Brian Bowles Vs. Damacio Page wins by flying Guillotine!
Micah Miller Vs. Josh Grispi wins by TKO in RD1 (Somewhat controversial)

Undercard:
Brock Larson Vs. Carlo Prater by KO in RD1! (37 seconds!)
Cub Swanson Vs. Hiroyuki Takaya
Blas Avena Vs. Dave Terrel wins by TKO in RD1!
Shane Roller Vs. Todd Moore wins by Guillotine in RD1!
Greg McIntyre Vs. Mike Budnik wins by triangle choke in RD3!
Scott Jorgensen Vs. Kenji Osawa wins by Unanimous Decision!

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Full Results of the EliteXC Unfinished Business Card!

Dana White’s “Big” Announcement?!
As mentioned in an earlier article, Dana White had a “big” announcement to make during the replay of UFC 84, last night. Of course, obvious to all is that it wasn’t going to be “big” at all, but a ploy by Dana to draw attention away from the EliteXC “Unfinished Business” card, in what he feels is another attack in his efforts to establish a monopoly. His last “big” announcement that was supposed to shock the MMA world was that Lorenzo Fertitta was stepping down from his position and going to be assisting Dana in a more active manner with promotions. For that we got lead on for days and weeks, in the interim while he had our attention he told us about UFC Lighters, Credit Cards, and figurines.

Pretty sneaky.

Anyhow, this “big” announcement was that UFC 89 will be televised on free TV on Spike. I imagine the next big announcement he’ll have is that his nickname is BLAF. I can tell you when this announcement will be if you can tell me when the next DREAM, EliteXC, or Affliction card is, whichever comes first.

Antonio Margarito TKO’s Cotto!
Antonio Margarito is as one of the commentators said, “a moving WALL that hits you and keeps coming forward”. Weathering the early storm of fast paced movement, and power shots by Miguel Cotto, Antonio kept coming forward, punching and kept right in Cotto’s face, never giving him a chance on his way to a TKO victory in the 11th. In the early rounds, while Cotto kept lateral movement and punching, Margarito had a difficult time landing solid blows, but did accumulate a fair amount. The pace was too much for Cotto, for every time he would stop moving Margarito would be right there, landing combos and hard power shots. By the time the 11th round came around, a few hard shots forced Cotto to take a knee. A combination of being smothered, constantly stalked and hit, and fatigue followed by hard shots, made Cotto wisely take a knee to get a break. However, it only delayed the inevitable, for as soon as he stood: there was Margarito right in his his chest. Another knockdown and it could be seen all over Cotto’s. He was nodding as if to tell the ref or his cornerman, that he wanted no more and after his corner threw in the towel the ref waved off the fight.

As people have been saying for months, THIS is why Mayweather has been dodging Margarito, before finally convincing even the biggest Mayweather fan, he definitely wanted no part of Margarito and instead took on Baldomir for a quick and easy pay day, before finally retiring.

Floyd, we all know. It’s obvious.

What’s next for Margarito?

Anderson Silva to defend title against Patrick Cote at UFC 90!
In what was tentatively scheduled for UFC 89, has been officially moved to UFC 90 in Chicago, on October 25th: Anderson Silva vs. Patrick Cote for Silva’s middleweight belt and return to the middleweight division after a foray into the Light Heavyweight Division at UFC FN 14 in his destruction of James Irvin. Cote is coming off of a VERY impressive win over Ricardo Almeida at UFC 86. However, does anyone think this fight will be competitive? No offense to Cote, as I’m a fan. How about BLAF drops his Napoleon complex and allows some Middleweights from other organizations have a go? Kind of like when he sent Chuck over to Pride?

Though not saying these guys would beat Anderson, they make for far more exciting fights: Paulo Filho, Robbie Lawler, Matt Lindland, Yushin Okami, Ryo Chonan rematch and revenge, Jason Miller, Kazuo Misaki, or Akiyama?

WEC to head to Florida: Faber and Filho to headline!
Scheduled for Wednesday, September 10th, at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida will be WEC 37. Headlining will be Urijah Faber vs. Mike Brown and the long awaited rematch between Chael Sonnen and Paulo Filho. The remainder of the card is yet to be announced. The event will be televised live as usual on Versus at 9 P.M. ET/6 P.M. PT and tickets go on Sale Monday, July 21 at Noon and are priced at $175, $125, $100, and $50. Tickets are available at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino box office and all Ticketmaster locations. To charge by phone with a major credit card, call Ticketmaster at (954) 523-3309. Tickets also are available online through www.wec.tv or www.ticketmaster.com.

WEC 35 Full Card!

Main Card:
Carlos Condit Vs. Hiromitsu Miura (Welterweight Championship)
Jamie Varner Vs. Marcus Hicks (Lightweight Championship)
Brian Stann Vs. Steve Cantwell (Light Heavyweight Championship)
Brian Bowles Vs. Damacio Page
Micah Miller Vs. Josh Grispi

Undercard:
Brock Larson Vs. Carlo Prater
Cub Swanson Vs. Hiroyuki Takaya
Blas Avena Vs. Dave Terrel
Alex Karalexis Vs. Todd Moore
Greg McIntyre Vs. Mike Budnik
Scott Jorgensen Vs. Kenji Osawa

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