Kriz Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 Almost slipped my mind that this was on tomorrow night, ill be watching for sure :) MAIN CARD * Champ Benson Henderson vs. Anthony Pettis - for lightweight title * Champ Dominick Cruz vs. Scott Jorgensen - for bantamweight title * Donald Cerrone vs. Chris Horodecki * Bart Palaszewski vs. Kamal Shalorus PRELIMINARY CARD * Danny Downes vs. Tiequan Zhang * Shane Roller vs. Jamie Varner * Ivan Menjivar vs. Brad Pickett * Ken Stone vs. Eddie Wineland * Danny Castillo vs. Will Kerr * Yuri Alcantara vs. Ricardo Lamas * Renan Barao vs. Chris Cariaso Pretty good fight card, expect one or two prelims to be bumped up to the main card.. The winner of Henderson/Pettis gets a UFC lightweight title shot.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kriz Posted December 16, 2010 Author Share Posted December 16, 2010 All four co-headliners and title fighters made weight without incident. WEC 53 features lightweight champ Ben Henderson (155 pounds) vs. Anthony Pettis (154.5) and bantamweight champ Dominick Cruz (134.5) vs. Scott Jorgensen (135) in the co-headliners. Henderson, though, voluntarily and immediately stripped and weighed in while standing behind a towel, which means he narrowly made the 155-pound limit for his title fight. Tomorrow's show serves as the WEC's swan song; the fan-friendly organization mergers with its sister promotion, the UFC, in 2011. The Henderson vs. Pettis winner gets an immediate UFC title shot, and the Cruz vs. Jorgensen winner will be crowned the first-ever UFC bantamweight champ. The official WEC 53 weigh-in results included: MAIN CARD * Champ Benson Henderson (155) vs. Anthony Pettis (154.5) - for lightweight title * Champ Dominick Cruz (134.5) vs. Scott Jorgensen (135) - for bantamweight title * Donald Cerrone (155) vs. Chris Horodecki (155) * Bart Palaszewski (156) vs. Kamal Shalorus (156) PRELIMINARY CARD * Danny Downes (154.5) vs. Tiequan Zhang (155.5) * Shane Roller (155) vs. Jamie Varner (156) * Ivan Menjivar (135) vs. Brad Pickett (136) * Ken Stone (135) vs. Eddie Wineland (136) * Danny Castillo (155.5) vs. Will Kerr (155) * Yuri Alcantara (154.5) vs. Ricardo Lamas (156) * Renan Barao (136) vs. Chris Cariaso (136) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappy Veteran Posted December 17, 2010 Veteran Share Posted December 17, 2010 insane :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+StevoFC MVC Posted December 17, 2010 MVC Share Posted December 17, 2010 ugh, I completely forgot about this being on last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kriz Posted December 18, 2010 Author Share Posted December 18, 2010 Good event, that kick by Pettis is the only thing i can even think about at the moment, oh my god :| pure genius! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrrgh Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 WEC will be missed. It's a shame so many people ignored WEC and preferred UFC, even though WEC events in general were way better than anything UFC offered. Great farewell to WEC, absolutely amazing fights as usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kriz Posted December 18, 2010 Author Share Posted December 18, 2010 WEC will be missed. It's a shame so many people ignored WEC and preferred UFC, even though WEC events in general were way better than anything UFC offered. Great farewell to WEC, absolutely amazing fights as usual. 100% true (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbabyte Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 While i enjoyed the WEC, it's a good move for everyone involved honestly. Yes, often the fights were more exciting, but even so it was hard for fighters to make a name for themselves and be a "star". This gives them that opportunity and it allows them to be paid much more than they were being paid in the WEC. Anyway.. that Pettis kick was absolutely amazing, best kick in mma history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoom7000 Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Anyway.. that Pettis kick was absolutely amazing, best kick in mma history. Gotta agree there! Credit to Henderson for taking it and then another knee to the chin just before the bell! Good chin indeed! Both will do well in the Lightweight division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+StevoFC MVC Posted December 19, 2010 MVC Share Posted December 19, 2010 They did a replay last night on Versus at 11pm. I got to see it. That was a great fight. I think I prefer the replay. They cut all the crap out and just had the fights. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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