Filed under: UFC, WEC, NewsDominick Cruz destroyed Scott Jorgensen at WEC 53, winning an easy unanimous decision to defend his World Extreme Cagefighting bantamweight title and enter the UFC as its first bantamweight champion.
Dominick Cruz destroyed Scott Jorgensen at WEC 53, winning an easy unanimous decision to defend his World Extreme Cagefighting bantamweight title and enter the UFC as its first bantamweight champion.
“I had a chip on my shoulder because a lot of people didn’t believe in me,” Cruz said. “Now, I think people believe.”
Cruz, who improved to 17-1, is likely to face Urijah Faber in the first UFC bantamweight title fight. Faber is the only man ever to defeat Cruz, and Cruz said he wants a shot at revenge.
“I’m ready to fight Urijah,” Cruz said. “Let’s do it.”
Filed under: WECGLENDALE, Ariz. — This is the WEC 53 live blog for Dominick Cruz vs. Scott Jorgensen, a bantamweight title bout on tonight’s WEC on Versus event from the Jobing.com Arena.
Cruz defends his bantamweight title for the last time. The win…
GLENDALE, Ariz. — This is the WEC 53 live blog for Dominick Cruz vs. Scott Jorgensen, a bantamweight title bout on tonight’s WEC on Versus event from the Jobing.com Arena.
Cruz defends his bantamweight title for the last time. The winner of this fight will also become the first UFC bantamweight champion.
(Quick prediction: Dominick Cruz will win his fight via DQ [eye-pokes/mohawk]. Photos courtesy of the WEC 53 Weigh In Pics gallery on CombatLifestyle.com)Well folks, the next time you see these guys, they’ll be wearing UFC gloves, slugging it out in a …
Well folks, the next time you see these guys, they’ll be wearing UFC gloves, slugging it out in a slightly-larger cage and picking up every Fight of the Night bonus they can get their slightly-smaller hands on. Tonight, the WEC says farewell with two title fights and their usual assortment of relentless scrappers. Round-by-round updates from the Versus broadcast will be accumulating after the jump beginning at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. Refresh the page every few minutes for all the latest.
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World Extreme Cagefighting puts on its 53rd and final fight card Thursday night, and we’ll say goodbye with what should be a very entertaining fight card, with one bout determining the first UFC bantamweight champion, and another deter…
World Extreme Cagefighting puts on its 53rd and final fight card Thursday night, and we’ll say goodbye with what should be a very entertaining fight card, with one bout determining the first UFC bantamweight champion, and another determining the next UFC No. 1 contender.
After nine-and-a-half years of thrilling events, Wold Extreme Cagefighting will take its final bow tonight at the Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Arizona. But even aside from the historical significance, there will be a lot on the line at WEC 53. In th…
After nine-and-a-half years of thrilling events, Wold Extreme Cagefighting will take its final bow tonight at the Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Arizona. But even aside from the historical significance, there will be a lot on the line at WEC 53. In the main event, Ben Henderson and Anthony Pettis battle to become the UFC’s #1 lightweight contender. Dominick Cruz and Scott Jorgensen meet to determine the UFC’s first-ever 135-pound champion. And a host of top 155’ers like Donald Cerrone, Chris Horodecki, Kamal Shalorus, Zhang Tie Quan and Jamie Varner will be fighting to keep their jobs in an unforgiving post-UFC-merger market.
CagePotato.com will be liveblogging the Versus broadcast beginning at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT. Come back for all the live results, and to share your fond memories of one of the greatest MMA promotions to ever do it. WEC 53’s full lineup is after the jump…
Filed under: WECGLENDALE, Ariz. — When listening to Scott Jorgensen describe his plan for dealing with WEC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz’s unique fighting style, it’s important to remind yourself not to cringe outwardly. At least not in front of…
GLENDALE, Ariz. — When listening to Scott Jorgensen describe his plan for dealing with WEC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz‘s unique fighting style, it’s important to remind yourself not to cringe outwardly. At least not in front of the guy. That would be rude, and possibly hazardous to your health.
To hear Jorgensen tell it, he hasn’t watched tape on Cruz, and hasn’t constructed much in the way of a game plan for their title fight at WEC 53. In fact, he hasn’t spent a lot of time thinking about the champ at all. What’s more, he doesn’t seem to think this is as horrible an idea as it might sound like to most people.
“As far as stylistic match-up and nightmares, what have I done to my last five opponents?” said Jorgensen. “Name one other fighter that fights like I do in the WEC. There’s not many. I’m big, I’m strong, I bully people. I’m not afraid to get hit and I’m always coming forward. Everybody’s so worried about Dominick’s style, but nobody’s looked at what I do. There’s one thing I guarantee: you can’t slow me down and you’re not going to bully me. That goes a long way in a fight.”
yed Scott Jorgensen at WEC 53, winning an easy unanimous decision to defend his World Extreme Cagefighting bantamweight title and enter the UFC as its first bantamweight champion.
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