Frank Curreri, WEC - If Miguel Torres had a weakness, a part of his game that could be exploited, many presumed it was in his stand-up arsenal. Manny Tapia believed that to be the case - but not any more. Torres tore through Tapia on Wednesday night at the Hard Rock Casino & Hotel, using [...] Read more »
Thomas Gerbasi, WEC - Midway through 2008, if you ran down the list of champions in the WEC, the two considered most likely to still be holding their belts when “jingle bells” started playing around town would have been Urijah Faber and Miguel Torres.
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Frank Curreri, WEC - Before his fights, hours before he enters the cage, Manny Tapia tears up. Afterward, regardless of the outcome, he cries again.”I’m a very emotional fighter,” the 27-year-old Californian explained. “So many people have such high expectations for me and I don’t want to let anybody down. I just get teary eyed [...] Read more »
Thomas Gerbasi, WEC - At Hollywood’s Wild Card Gym, boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao wasn’t the only prizefighter of Filipino descent getting ready for a big fight. Also working on his standup was unbeaten light heavyweight prospect Mark Munoz, preparing for his Wednesday bout against Ricardo Barros, the last 205-pound fight in WEC history.So there’s [...] Read more »
Armando Alvarez, WEC - Manny Tapia describes himself as the nicest guy in the world, someone who wouldn’t hurt a fly, a peacemaker of sorts. The 10 opponents he’s defeated in his mixed martial arts career would beg to differ, at least inside the cage. Now this nice guy from Riverside, CA looks [...] Read more »
Armando Alvarez, WEC - For some winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing. For Miguel Angel Torres winning is only part of the equation; part of his accomplishments and his life’s goals. It sounds hard to believe when you’re 34-1 and the WEC bantamweight champion, but in Torres’ case winning is a catapult [...] Read more »
Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - When it was announced earlier this year that the WEC organization was dropping the light heavyweight and middleweight divisions to focus on the four weight classes from bantamweight to welterweight, many wondered what would happen to fighters such as WEC 205-pound champion Steve Cantwell.
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Thomas Gerbasi, WEC - If not for the Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Jamie Varner may not have become the WEC’s lightweight champion. In fact, he may not have made it to his sixth birthday.When the future mixed martial arts champ was five years old, he was stricken with spinal meningitis. His parents, strapped for cash, had [...] Read more »
Hello and welcome back to another week here at This Week in MMA. Those of you still peeved at Paulo Filho’s performance last week at WEC 36 can at least take some solace in the fact that he has given up his middleweight title. After coming in 4 pounds over the 185 pound limit, his [...] Read more »
Frank Curreri, WEC - Urijah Faber’s reign as WEC featherweight champ came to a screeching halt here Wednesday night as little-known Mike Thomas Brown scored one of the biggest upsets in MMA history. Maybe the only people who saw this shocker coming were the thousands in attendance at the Hard Rock Live arena, who showered [...] Read more »
Thomas Gerbasi, WEC - On February 13, 2008, Leonard Garcia looked like a kid on Christmas, a teenager with the hottest date at the prom, and a new father in the delivery room, all wrapped up in one. His excitement was understandable, considering that in his first WEC fight in nearly seven year, the [...] Read more »
Thomas Gerbasi, WEC - It was going to be a holiday season Chael Sonnen would never forget. Not only was he going to be the WEC middleweight champion, but he was going to wear the belt because he had just apparently knocked out a man many considered to be neck and neck with UFC [...] Read more »
Frank Curreri, WEC - “Razor” Rob McCullough will soon find himself in a cage with a gifted finisher who hasn’t lost once in his pro career. And McCullough doesn’t seem the least bit intimidated. “This is for the chance to be the No. 1 contender,” the former WEC lightweight champion said of his Nov. [...] Read more »
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