WEC 37 Wed 12/3

El Hardee · Post #1 » by **El Hardee** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 12:26 am

WEC 37
Wednesday, Dec. 3
Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Las Vegas

WEC Bantamweight Championship
Miguel Torres vs. Manny Tapia

Brian Bowles vs. Will Ribeiro
Wagnney Fabiano vs. Akitoshi Tamura
Danny Martinez vs. Joseph Benavidez
Johny Hendricks vs. Justin Haskins
Mark Munoz vs. Ricardo Barros
Blas Avena vs. Kevin Knabjan
Diego Nunes vs. Cole Province
Bart Palaszewski vs. Alex Karalexis
Hiroyuki Takaya vs. Cub Swanson
Shane Roller vs. Mike Budnik

El Hardee · Post #2 » by **El Hardee** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 12:27 am

Return of the War Mullet!!!! War Torres!!!!

Post #3 » by **CPT** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 3:32 am

Looks good.

Torres vs. Tapia should be awesome.

I haven't heard of a lot of these guys and I can't be bothered to look them up right now....is this the first event that is all 170 and under, or the last event with the bigger weight classes included?

El Hardee · Post #4 » by **El Hardee** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 3:36 am

I was thinking the same thing, my friend fought at WEC 36 at MW and I thought that was it for anything over WW. He was actually scheduled to fight Munoz who pulled cause of injury, I'm thinking since Munoz already signed for WEC 36, maybe that just plugged him into 37 to honor his contract. Not sure though.

El Hardee · Post #5 » by **El Hardee** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 3:38 am

Oh yeah to answer your question, the Munoz fight is the only "heavy" fight.

Cammo101 · Post #6 » by **Cammo101** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 5:45 am

This is a sick deep card. A lot of good under the radar young guns here. Keep an eye on Riberio, Fabiano, Benividez, Hendricks, Munoz, and Roller. All those guys are legit future stars.

jTF2 · Post #7 » by **jTF2** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 9:02 pm

I don't any of those guys except torres, tapia and bowles, but I trust the WEC to always deliver.

Cammo101 · Post #8 » by **Cammo101** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 10:08 pm

I had just gotten done doing my top 25 up and coming MMA stars on my blog when I saw this card, and half of them are on it. Not to derail the thread, but here was the list if people wanted to see it...

1. Wilson Reis
2. Jake Rosholt
3. Muhammed Lawal
4. Shane Roller
5. Mark Munoz
6. Mike Massenzio
7. Gregor Gracie
8. Charlie Brenneman
9. Shane Carwin
10. Nate Diaz
11. Dustin Hazelett
12. Amir Sadollah
13. Brian Bowles
14. Will Ribeiro
15. Joseph Benavidez
16. Johny Hendricks
17. Dave Herman
18. Cain Velasquez
19. Gray Maynard
20. Ryan Bader
21. Chris Horodecki
22. Karl Amoussou
23. CB Dollaway
24. Jesse Taylor
25. Jared Hamman

They are in no particular order BTW.

Post #9 » by **damo[23]** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 9:58 am

Nice so could be an interesting card then cammo.

Cammo101 · Post #10 » by **Cammo101** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 4:24 pm

damo[23] wrote:Nice so could be an interesting card then cammo.

I'm looking forward to it. I love Torres, Tamura/Fabianno should be a war with 2 top 10 145's, and a ton of up and coming young guys.

Cammo101 · Post #11 » by **Cammo101** » Thu Dec 4, 2008 3:48 am

Torres just keeps getting better. He was sick good tonight.

Benavidez was as good as advertised as well.

jTF2 · Post #12 » by **jTF2** » Thu Dec 4, 2008 2:46 pm

damn, only caught the final with tapia and torres by the time i came home. When do they show replays?

El Hardee · Post #13 » by **El Hardee** » Thu Dec 4, 2008 2:46 pm

Cammo101 wrote:Torres just keeps getting better. He was sick good tonight.

Benavidez was as good as advertised as well.

True dat, Torres looks unstoppable, very well rounded. His jab was nasty last night. Dana might have to get Kid Yama out there for Torres, I would definetly pay to see that one.

jTF2 · Post #14 » by **jTF2** » Thu Dec 4, 2008 2:48 pm

torres is basically ASilva at 135 except his BJJ is off the scales.

Cammo101 · Post #15 » by **Cammo101** » Thu Dec 4, 2008 4:22 pm

El Hardee wrote:
Cammo101 wrote:Torres just keeps getting better. He was sick good tonight.

Benavidez was as good as advertised as well.
True dat, Torres looks unstoppable, very well rounded. His jab was nasty last night. Dana might have to get Kid Yama out there for Torres, I would definetly pay to see that one.

That would be a sick megafight. I like Torres by BJJ in this fight.

El Hardee · Post #16 » by **El Hardee** » Fri Dec 5, 2008 2:09 am

Brock and Fedor is the only other fight I might like to see more than Kid and Torres, and thats only so I can see Brock get seriously pwnd.

Cammo101 · Post #17 » by **Cammo101** » Fri Dec 5, 2008 4:19 am

El Hardee wrote:Brock and Fedor is the only other fight I might like to see more than Kid and Torres, and thats only so I can see Brock get seriously pwnd.

Sign me up for GSP (after beating Penn) vs. Anderson Silva at 185.

Strong rumors have this as the main event of UFC 100 at Madison Square Garden.

Post #18 » by **CPT** » Fri Dec 5, 2008 6:21 pm

Good show.

Kid vs. Torres would be massive.

I gotta start considering the PFP 'Big 4' of Fedor, Silva, GSP and Penn to be a 'Big 5' with Torres included. I don't know enough about his level of competition to say he's #1, but that kind of dominance in your weight class has to make you a case.

Looking forward to the likely matchup with Brian Bowles next.

pugilistfan · Post #19 » by **pugilistfan** » Sun Dec 7, 2008 7:06 am

Tapia is just not a very good fighter.

I like Torres but I really have to question the level of competition hes faced but I dont think its his fault. The lighter weight classes in MMA just arent very strong.

Cammo101 · Post #20 » by **Cammo101** » Sun Dec 7, 2008 4:26 pm

pugilistfan wrote:Tapia is just not a very good fighter.

I like Torres but I really have to question the level of competition hes faced but I dont think its his fault. The lighter weight classes in MMA just arent very strong.

135 is a young weight class, but it is growing rapidly.

I don't agree at all about the lighter classes not being strong. IMO 145 and 155 are 2 of the deepest weight classes there is. 145 has Faber, Kid, Brown, Pulver, Garcia, Fabiano, Reis, and a host of solid Asian fighters. 155 is probably the deepest weight class there is right now.