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Case of Deja Vu for Brian Bowles in Win Over Damacio Page

Filed under: UFCLOUISVILLE, Ky. – If it had happened in a movie, the details surrounding the finish would’ve been so far-fetched no one would believe it.

After a layoff of nearly one year to the day, Brian Bowles returned to work Thursday night for a…

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Brian BowlesLOUISVILLE, Ky. – If it had happened in a movie, the details surrounding the finish would’ve been so far-fetched no one would believe it.

After a layoff of nearly one year to the day, Brian Bowles returned to work Thursday night for a rematch that even he found to be a bit strange when offered to him. After all, his first fight with Damacio Page, some two and a half years prior, had ended with guillotine submission win for Bowles at 3:30 of the first round.

What more did Bowles need to prove against Page? That he could submit him with a guillotine again? Done. But with the same end time in the first? No. Too crazy to be believable. Except that’s what Bowles did at UFC on Versus 3. Not a bad way to make a UFC debut.

“When I heard (the time) at the end I thought, ‘Man, that sounds familiar,’ ” Bowles said after the win. “It’s a little ironic. I didn’t really catch on until in the back, everyone was telling me it was the same exact time, same submission, same everything – a little weird.”

UFC on Versus 3 Live Blog: Brian Bowles vs. Damacio Page Updates

Filed under: UFCLOUISVILLE, Ky. – This is the UFC on Versus 3 live blog for Brian Bowles vs. Damacio Page, a bantamweight main-card rematch at the KFC Yum! Center in downtown Louisville, Ky.

Bowles (8-1, 5-1 WEC), the former WEC bantamweight champion…

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – This is the UFC on Versus 3 live blog for Brian Bowles vs. Damacio Page, a bantamweight main-card rematch at the KFC Yum! Center in downtown Louisville, Ky.

Bowles (8-1, 5-1 WEC), the former WEC bantamweight champion, is fighting for the first time in a year. Last March, he lost the title in his first defense when doctors stopped it after two rounds due to Bowles having a broken hand. He also broke his hand in his title-bout win over Miguel Torres at WEC 40 in April 2009. This will be Bowles’ UFC debut.

Page (12-5, 3-2 WEC) is also making his UFC debut. He is coming off a third-round submission loss against Demetrious Johnson at WEC 52 in November. That loss snapped a two-fight winning streak.

UFC on Versus 3 Weigh-In Results

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The 22 fighters for Thursday’s UFC on Versus 3 card hit the scales Wednesday in Louisville, Ky., and all of them made their required weights. The weigh-in event for the UFC’s debut in the Bluegrass State took place at the Kentucky Int…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The 22 fighters for Thursday’s UFC on Versus 3 card hit the scales Wednesday in Louisville, Ky., and all of them made their required weights. The weigh-in event for the UFC’s debut in the Bluegrass State took place at the Kentucky International Convention Center in downtown Louisville.

Main event fighters Diego Sanchez and Martin Kampmann each weighed in at 171 pounds for their welterweight bout. In the co-main event, former Division I All-Americans CB Dollaway and Mark Munoz meet in a clash of elite wrestlers. Dollaway weighed 185 for the middleweight contest; Munoz was 186.

Two fighters needed to remove their shorts completely in order to make their limits. Bantamweight Damacio Page weighed in at 136 on his second try for his fight with former WEC champion Brian Bowles. And Reuben Duran also needed a second attempt to make 136 for his fight with Takeya Mizugaki.

Damacio Page Looking to Avenge Old Loss to Brian Bowles at UFC on Versus 3

Filed under: UFCLOUISVILLE, Ky. – There are fights that scream out “Rematch!” Edgar-Maynard … Sonnen-Silva … Penn-Fitch … Bowles-Page?

In the pantheon of MMA fights begging to get a reboot, Brian Bowles vs. Damacio Page likely was not at the to…

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Damacio Page participates at the UFC on Versus 3 workouts.LOUISVILLE, Ky. – There are fights that scream out “Rematch!” Edgar-Maynard … Sonnen-Silva … Penn-Fitch … Bowles-Page?

In the pantheon of MMA fights begging to get a reboot, Brian Bowles vs. Damacio Page likely was not at the top of many lists. But Thursday, at UFC on Versus 3, the two bantamweights will get back together to rehash a bout they had 31 months ago, a fight won by Bowles with a relatively trouble-free first-round submission.

But with Bowles coming back after a year-long layoff, and Page having a long layoff of his own recently, Page said the rematch makes perfect sense.

Brian Bowles Anxious for UFC Debut After ‘Awful’ Layoff

Filed under: UFC, NewsLOUISVILLE, Ky. – What sounds like a dream to dream to plenty of people – being forced out of work and onto the couch due to injuries – was driving Brian Bowles nuts.

“It was awful,” Bowles said Tuesday. “Not only was I not figh…

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Brian BowlesLOUISVILLE, Ky. – What sounds like a dream to dream to plenty of people – being forced out of work and onto the couch due to injuries – was driving Brian Bowles nuts.

“It was awful,” Bowles said Tuesday. “Not only was I not fighting – some of the time, I wasn’t training. All you’ve got is a lot of time to sit around and think about what you could be doing and watching (other fighters) on TV, watching them have success. And in my mind, I’m thinking I could beat those people that are having success. It’s a little depressing, but (I just) had to know that I’m going to be back and I’ll do well.”

Bowles (8-1, 5-1 WEC), the former WEC bantamweight champion, finally gets back to work Thursday at UFC on Versus 3 in a rematch against Damacio Page – his first fight since losing his 135-pound title to Dominick Cruz at WEC 47 a year ago.

Demetrious Johnson to Replace Eddie Wineland at WEC 52

Filed under: WEC, FanHouse Exclusive, NewsEddie Wineland has been forced out of his fight at WEC 52 against Damacio Page and will be replaced by Demetrious Johnson.

WEC officials confirmed to MMA Fighting on Wednesday that Wineland was off the card, …

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Demetrious JohnsonEddie Wineland has been forced out of his fight at WEC 52 against Damacio Page and will be replaced by Demetrious Johnson.

WEC officials confirmed to MMA Fighting on Wednesday that Wineland was off the card, and sources close to the situation said Johnson has been tapped on three weeks’ notice.

Sources close to Wineland’s camp said the Indiana-based fighter has been dealing with a left shoulder injury and doctors recently advised him to not fight on the Nov. 11 card in Las Vegas. Sources also said the injury is not expected to set Wineland back very long, and there is even hope he could find his way onto the WEC 53 card on Dec. 16 in Phoenix.