WEC :: 12/12, Las Vegas

[Bison1997]

If you're on this board and you don't watch WEC, you should. There are always fun fights and because the smaller weight classes are showcased, there's more stamina and speed on display.

This show should be a good one and a very good way to get into the league - three title matches and Jens Pulver moving down to Featherweight, which is probably a better weight class for him.

Here's the fight card:

Featherweight Title: Urijah Faber (c) Vs. Jeff Curran
Middleweight Title: Paulo Filho (c) Vs. Chael Sonnen
Cub Swanson Vs. Jens Pulver
Light Heavyweight Title: Doug Marshall (c) Vs. Ariel Gandulla
John Alessio Vs. Todd Moore
Alex Karalexis Vs. Ed Ratcliff

[mintone]

I've been looking forward to this card for a month now. Faber and Marshall are exciting fighters and Fihlo is supposed to be the #2 MW in the world according to Sherdog.

They have been playing alot of the WEC on Versus as of late. Some really entertaining fights. Check it out!

[Bison1997]

Really fun show last night. Anyone catch it?

[TheSlipperyOne]

Some pretty decent fights last night. Pulver really brought it and shut Cub Swanson up. Even though I rooted for BJ in their fight I definitely am rooting for Pulver at featherweight in WEC.

Even though Faber was taken to the 2nd round by Curran he just seemed to dominate the whole fight. Even when Curran had his back in the 1st it didn't ever look like Faber was in trouble. Then he just dominated the 2nd round.

Faber mentioned taking on Pulver for his next fight and I'd love to see that. And even though Little Evil is good I think Faber would just have too much for him to handle and would run through him. I think Pulver would need to land a lucky shot to have a change.

And on to the controversy.

Now being newer to MMA I've never heard of a verbal submission and even if that is a way to end a fight I'd think there has to be more than a fighter just yelling out.

Sonnen was dominating the match but got caught in the arm bar. It looked like a good one and I think he would have tapped eventually but from the replay of when the ref stopped it I feel very strongly it shouldn't have been.

[mintone]

Some decent fights but I was unimpressed with everyone but Faber. That said I think Sonnen has potential. Oh and Little Evil looked good as well

[pupusa3000]

Faber vs. Pulver will truly be a war. Faber has really established himself as the top dog of WEC 145'ers. Pulver though, has a lot of experience as a former UFC and Pride fighter, and has really competed a lot in the lightweight class which Faber hasn't done. He got whooped by Tyson Griffen who has to drop to 145 just to fight Faber, so Faber going up is most likely not going to happen.

And just to throw this out there, Who could take Kid Yamamoto? I'd say Pulver would have the best chance.

[Bison1997]

A postscript from this show....

Ariel Gandulla, who lost to Doug Marshall on the 12/12 WEC show in Las Vegas, tested positive for Nandrolone (Decadurabolin).

Sad. Do these folks not realize that roids are illegal and that they're going to get tested?