Patient top contender Joseph Benavidez unsure if WEC title shot is next

This past weekend’s WEC 47 event appeared it’d perfectly set up the next bantamweight title fight when champ Brian Bowles met Dominick Cruz in the headliner and top contenders Miguel Torres and Joseph Benavidez clashed in the co-headliner.

And though Cruz and Benavidez pulled off a pair of upsets, Benavidez today told MMAjunkie.com Radio he’s unsure if he’ll get the next title shot with the newly crowned champ.

But he won’t lose sleep either way. Patience truly is a virtue, Benavidez said.


This past weekend’s WEC 47 event appeared it’d perfectly set up the next bantamweight title fight when champ Brian Bowles met Dominick Cruz in the headliner and top contenders Miguel Torres and Joseph Benavidez clashed in the co-headliner.

And though Cruz and Benavidez pulled off a pair of upsets, Benavidez today told MMAjunkie.com Radio he’s unsure if he’ll get the next title shot with the newly crowned champ.

But he won’t lose sleep either way. Patience truly is a virtue, Benavidez said.