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Filed under: WEC, NewsBen Henderson and Dominick Cruz will make title defenses against Anthony Pettis and Scott Jorgensen, respectively, at WEC 53 on Dec. 16 in Glendale, Ariz., the WEC announced Monday.
The event at the Jobing.com Arena will mark the…
Ben Henderson and Dominick Cruz will make title defenses against Anthony Pettis and Scott Jorgensen, respectively, at WEC 53 on Dec. 16 in Glendale, Ariz., the WEC announced Monday.
The event at the Jobing.com Arena will mark the first time the WEC — and Zuffa — has promoted a card in Arizona, a location determined by fans through AMP Energy’s “Hometown Takedown Contest”.
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— If you thought last night’s WEC main event wasn’t as close as the judges scored it, Dominick Cruz would respectfully agree with you. As the reigning bantamweight champ said after his fight with Joseph Benavidez (…
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— If you thought last night’s WEC main event wasn’t as close as the judges scored it, Dominick Cruz would respectfully agree with you. As the reigning bantamweight champ said after his fight with Joseph Benavidez (skip to the 2:59 mark above):
"In my humble opinion, I thought I won all the rounds…I think that the crowd has a big part to play in the judges’ opinion sometimes. Also, he caught me with a real slick knee up against the cage that made me bleed real bad. I would assume the blood could have swayed the judges a little as well."
Benavidez was also surprised that one of the judges saw it his way: "I figured I didn’t do enough to win, but I wasn’t watching the fight, so when the judge did say my name it was quite a surprise. I was like "wow, could this happen? Is this, like, the work of God or something?" For the record, FightMetric gave every round to Cruz for outpointing Benavidez in striking (103-46 total) and takedowns (5-0 total).
— $10,000 performance bonuses were handed out to the following fighters…
Knockout of the Night: Newcomer Maciej Jewtuszko for using a spinning back elbow and a pair of nasty uppercuts to wreck Anthony Njokuani in 96 seconds.
Submission of the Night: Anthony Pettis for finishing Shane Roller via triangle choke with just nine seconds left in the fight, after wearing Roller down with his impressively-flashy striking attacks. (How ’bout that capoeira head kick in round one?)
Fight of the Night: Scott Jorgensen and Brad Pickett for their 15-minute smash-up which went all over the cage and didn’t slow down for one second. Round two was easily one of the best MMA rounds of 2010.
Filed under: WEC This is the WEC 50 live blog for Shane Roller vs. Anthony Pettis, a lightweight bout on tonight’s WEC on Versus card at the Pearl in Las Vegas.
The winner of Roller (8-2) vs. Pettis (9-1) could potentially be next in line for a light…
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This is the WEC 50 live blog for Shane Roller vs. Anthony Pettis, a lightweight bout on tonight’s WEC on Versus card at the Pearl in Las Vegas.
The winner of Roller (8-2) vs. Pettis (9-1) could potentially be next in line for a lightweight title shot against current champion Ben Henderson.
The live blog is below.
Filed under: WECAnthony Pettis put on the best performance of his promising MMA career Wednesday night at WEC 50, dominating Shane for more than 14 minutes before finally getting him to tap out with just nine seconds remaining in the third round, earn…
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Anthony Pettis put on the best performance of his promising MMA career Wednesday night at WEC 50, dominating Shane for more than 14 minutes before finally getting him to tap out with just nine seconds remaining in the third round, earning a submission win and likely a World Extreme Cagefighting lightweight title shot.
Early in the fight the 23-year-old Pettis showed serious improvement in his takedown defense, keeping the fight standing against a good wrestler in Roller. He also showed off some creative striking, employing a variety of kicks that had Roller frustrated. As the fight wore on Pettis also showed a more sophisticated ground game than he had in the past, and the way he finished the fight was a thing of beauty, escaping from a guillotine choke and then catching Roller in the triangle that made Roller tap at the 4:51 mark of the third.
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Some selected highlights from our friends around the MMA blogosphere. E-mail [email protected] for details on how your site can join the MMA Link …
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Some selected highlights from our friends around the MMA blogosphere. E-mail [email protected] for details on how your site can join the MMA Link Club…
– Punch Drunk Preview: WEC 50 (Heavy.com/MMA)
– Cro Cop Says He’s Not Ready for UFC 119 but Still Guarantees a First Round Knockout (MiddleEasy)
– Backstage: Ariel Helwani vs. Ed Soares (MMA Fighting)
– Total Fighter Payroll for Strikeforce Challengers Phoenix: $53,250 (MMA Convert)
– 10 Taekwondo Knockouts That Will Blow Your Mind (MMA Scraps)
– Shane Carwin still silent on steroid connection; media as well (Watch Kalib Run)
– Pettis: ‘Roller Doesn’t Want Any Part of My Stand-up’ at WEC 50 (Versus MMA Beat)
– Chael Sonnen Syndrome: Urijah Faber trash-talking his way to the WEC Bantamweight Title shot? (LowKick)
– Rafael Cavalcante: “I have been working hard for not just this fight, but for my dream, every day for six years.” (Five Ounces of Pain)
– Strikeforce Houston: Noons & Gurgel on Standing and Banging for a Title Shot (FIGHT! Magazine)
Filed under: WEC, FanHouse Exclusive, interviewAnthony Pettis goes by the nickname “Showtime.” It’s an ironic moniker given the fact that his own mother, Annette Garcia, can’t bear to watch him perform under the spotlight. What’s even more ironic is th…
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Anthony Pettis goes by the nickname “Showtime.” It’s an ironic moniker given the fact that his own mother, Annette Garcia, can’t bear to watch him perform under the spotlight. What’s even more ironic is that it’s largely mom who laid the foundation for his surging MMA career.
Pettis was just a five-year-old kid who needed a place to go when he was first introduced to martial arts. At the time, Annette was a single mom attending college, and a taekwondo class on the campus of her school sounded like a perfect short-term distraction for Pettis and his brother, Rey.
“I hated it,” Pettis says now with a laugh. “I wanted to be with my friends and play basketball, just be outside.”