Earning “Fight Night” honors from Wednesday nights “WEC 50: Cruz vs. Benavidez” event were Scott Jorgensen, Brad Pickett, Maciej Jewtuszko, and Anthony Pettis.
It was announced during the events post-fight press conference that all of the “Fight Night” winners would be given a $10,000 bonuses for their efforts.
Both Scott Jorgensen and Brad Pickett picked up the “Fight of the Night” honor for their three round scrap. Jorgensen earned the judges decision by scores of (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) to earn the unanimous decision.
Maciej Jewtuszko, who faced Anthony Njokuani in the last bout of the preliminary card, earned a quick TKO win by ending the fight in the first round at 1:35 to earn the “Knockout of the Night” honor.
Anthony Pettis was given the “Submission of the Night” after fighting co-main event opponent Shane Roller for almost three rounds before securing a triangle choke in the dying seconds to end the fight at 4:51.
Also of note last night was the WEC/AMP Energy contest, “Hometown Takedown” which had fans voting to choose one of 30 cities for a December WEC event. Fans chose the city of Phoenix, which beat out runner up cities Milwaukee and Nashville, Tenn.
The event in Phoenix is expected to be WEC 54 and takes place at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Ariz.
WEC 50 was held at The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas with the main card airing live on the Versus network.