WEC 53 Results: Henderson vs. Pettis

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In the final main event in WEC history, Ben Henderson will squar…

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In the final main event in WEC history, Ben Henderson will square off against Anthony Pettis for the WEC lightweight title and to be the No. 1 contender for the UFC lightweight title. Dominick Cruz will also defend his bantamweight title against Scott Jorgensen.

WEC 53: Henderson vs. Pettis ‘Live Quick Results’

The World Extreme Cagefighting promotion is holding it’s last ever event tonight at the Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Arizona.
Tonight’s WEC 53: Henderson vs. Pettis event is already underway with the preliminary matches which began at 6PM EST (3PM EST), while the main Versus televised card begins at 830PM EST (530PM PST).
WEC 53 features two title […]

WEC_53_PosterThe World Extreme Cagefighting promotion is holding it’s last ever event tonight at the Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Arizona.

Tonight’s WEC 53: Henderson vs. Pettis event is already underway with the preliminary matches which began at 6PM EST (3PM EST), while the main Versus televised card begins at 830PM EST (530PM PST).

WEC 53 features two title bouts in the main and co-main event slots.

Defending his WEC lightweight title is champ Benson Henderson who takes on top challenger Anthony Pettis. The winner moves on to a #1 contender position for the UFC lightweight title. While WEC bantamweight champ Dominick Cruz takes on Scott Jorgensen for the first UFC 135 lbs title.

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Main Card

Lightweight Championship bout: Anthony Pettis def. Ben Henderson via unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 49-46) to become the #1 UFC contender and last WEC lightweight champ
Bantamweight Championship bout: Dominick Cruz def. Scott Jorgensen via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-45) to become the first UFC Bantamweight champion
Lightweight bout: Donald Cerrone def. Chris Horodecki via submission (triangle choke) – R2 @ 2:43
Lightweight bout: Kamal Shalorus def. Bart Palaszewski via split decision (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)

Preliminary Card

Lightweight bout: Danny Downes def. Tiequan Zhang via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-28)
Lightweight bout: Shane Roller def. Jamie Varner via submission (rear-naked-choke) – R1 @ 3:55
Bantamweight bout: Brad Pickett def. Ivan Menjivar via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Bantamweight bout: Eddie Wineland def. Ken Stone via knockout (slam) – R1 @ 2:11
Lightweight bout: Danny Castillo def. Will Kerr via knockout (punches) – R1 @ 1:25
Lightweight bout: Yuri Alcantara def. Ricardo Lamas via knockout (punches) – R1 @ 3:26
Bantamweight bout: Renan Barao def. Chris Cariaso via submission (rear-naked choke) – R1 @ 3:47

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