WEC 53 Live Blog: Dominick Cruz vs. Scott Jorgensen Updates

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…

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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.

The live blog is below.

WEC 53 Results: Henderson vs. Pettis

Filed under: WEC, ResultsFanHouse has WEC 53 results for all of the Dec. 16 WEC 53 fights, plus live coverage from Glendale, live blogs of all the fights and live WEC 53 twitter updates.

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

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Ben HendersonFanHouse has WEC 53 results for all of the Dec. 16 WEC 53 fights, plus live coverage from Glendale, live blogs of all the fights and live WEC 53 twitter updates.

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 Live Blog: Zhang Tie Quan vs. Danny Downes Updates

Filed under: WECGLENDALE, Ariz. — This is the WEC 53 live blog for Zhang Tie Quan vs. Danny Downes, a lightweight bout on tonight’s WEC on Versus event from the Jobing.com Arena.

Zhang (12-0) made his WEC debut in September and defeated Pablo Garza w…

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GLENDALE, Ariz. — This is the WEC 53 live blog for Zhang Tie Quan vs. Danny Downes, a lightweight bout on tonight’s WEC on Versus event from the Jobing.com Arena.

Zhang (12-0) made his WEC debut in September and defeated Pablo Garza with a guillotine choke submission. Downes (6-1) makes his WEC return following a loss in his promotional debut to Chris Horodecki in June.

The live blog is below.

WEC 53: Henderson vs. Pettis — Live Results and Commentary

(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 …

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(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 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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Sleeper Bout of Tonight’s WEC Card: Undercard Bantamweight Match-Up Between Menjivar and Pickett

(Even the undercard of the WEC’s historic final card is stacked with exciting fights. RIP WEC, you won’t be forgotten. Bottom pic props David West.)
Although most people think that undercard bouts are of little consequence, one dark match on tonight’…


(Even the undercard of the WEC’s historic final card is stacked with exciting fights. RIP WEC, you won’t be forgotten. Bottom pic props David West.)

Although most people think that undercard bouts are of little consequence, one dark match on tonight’s final WEC 53 card will have great ramifications to the futures of its combatants, and if my hunch is correct, could potentially be a barnburner that will hopefully make it on the Versus broadcast.

According to a story from the East London Advertiser, the winner of tonight’s bantamweight bout between El Salvador-born Canadian Ivan Menjivar (21-7) and Brit Brad Pickett (19-5) will earn a UFC contract while the loser will go home empty handed.

Menjivar, who has faced a slew of UFC and WEC veterans including Joe Lauzon, Urijah Faber, Georges St-Pierre, Bart Palaszewski, Jeff Curran and Jason Black in his nine-year career has already experienced fighting in the UFC Octagon, having lost a hard fought decision to Matt Serra at UFC 48.

Despite not having the experience that Menjivar has, Pickett, who picked up Fight of the Night honors for his UFC 50 decision loss to Scott Jorgensen (who is fighting Dominick Cruz tonight for the inaugural UFC 135-pound strap), does have the advantage of already having three fights in the WEC and of having kept active the past seven years since he began fighting. Menjivar returned to the cage in June from a four-year absence from competition he spent rehabbing an injury and raising a family to fight under the W-1 banner and defeated Aaron Miller by a first round triangle.

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Saying Goodbye to Brittney in Her Dress Blues

As the WEC promotion dissolves into the UFC with one final Lightweight Championship blowout event this evening in Glendale, Arizona for WEC 53: Henderson vs Pettis, we at MMAFix would like to give one final tribute to Brittney Palmer who looked so great in the color blue. A look back through photos

40963_486574064166_615119166_6780914_3506877_n As the WEC promotion dissolves into the UFC with one final Lightweight Championship blowout event this evening in Glendale, Arizona for WEC 53: Henderson vs Pettis, we at MMAFix would like to give one final tribute to Brittney Palmer who looked so great in the color blue. A look back through photos: