Mixed Martial B0nes

That might leave a little mark…  Miguel Torres isn’t looking like himself these days and may never again!  I guess it’s kind of a “red badge of courage” thing for fighters to get nasty cuts.  Guys with pretty faces just don’t make it in the pro ranks.  I guess that’s why I never got to the big show…  Anyway, WEC 47 delivered it’s usual high quality fights from the little guys.  I think Torres will bounce back but he needs to get a grip on whatever is making him lose.  I think the rest of the competition has figured him out.  Jens needs to go ahead and retire from fighting already.  He is an AWESOME coach and I think his stable of fighters will dominate for years to come.  His stint on the Ultimate Fighter proved as much.  Still, if Little Evil gets it together and puts some more wins on his record at WEC, it wouldn’t be unwelcome.  Go Jens GO!  Here are your results:

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* Featherweight bout:  Chad Mendes vs.  Erik Koch
Mendes fooled the judges and beat up Koch via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

* Featherweight bout:  Leonard Garcia vs.  George Roop
Garcia and Roop flailed around but couldn’t get a win. The judges made it a draw by scoring it 29-27 (Garcia) 29-27 (Roop) and 28-28. A   point was taken away from Roop for a clean shot to the gonads of Garcia.  OUCH!

* Featherweight bout:  Fredson Paixao vs.  Courtney Buck
Paixao choked the fight out of Buck via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:39 of round 1.

* Lightweight bout:  Ricardo Lamas vs. France Bendy Casimir
Lamas layed the smack down on Casimir via KO (knee) at 3:43 of round 1.

Main Free As In Natty ICE Beer Card

* Bantamweight Championship bout:  Brian Bowles vs.  Dominick Cruz
Cruz rained the pain on Bowles via TKO (injury) at 5:00 of round 2 to become the new WEC Bantamweight Champion.

* Bantamweight bout:  Miguel Torres vs.  Joseph Benavidez
Benavidez choked the fight out of Torres via submission (guillotine choke) at 2:57 of round 2.

* Featherweight bout:  Jens Pulver vs.  Javier Vazquez
Vazquez choked the fight out of Pulver via submission (armbar) at 3:41 of round 1.

* Featherweight bout:  Deividas Taurosevičius vs.  LC Davis
Davis fooled the judges and beat up Taurosevičius via majority decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-29).

* Lightweight bout:  Bart Palaszewski vs. Armenia Karen Darabedyan
Palaszewski choked the fight out of Darabedyan via submission (armbar) at 4:40 of round 1.

* Bantamweight bout:  Scott Jorgensen vs.  Chad George
Jorgensen choked the fight out of George via submission (guillotine choke) at 0:31 of round 1.

* Lightweight bout:  Danny Castillo vs.  Anthony Pettis
Pettis layed the smack down on Castillo via KO (strikes) at 2:17 of round 1.

Main card bouts

* Lightweight Championship bout:  Jamie Varner vs.  Donald Cerrone
Varner defeated Cerrone by technical split decision (49-46, 47-48, 49-46) to retain the WEC Lightweight title. Cerrone landed an illegal  knee to the head of Varner while he was on the ground. Since Varner was unable to continue, the bout went to the scorecards.

* Featherweight bout:  Urijah Faber vs.  Jens Pulver
Faber defeated Pulver via submission (guillotine choke) at 1:34 of round 1.

* Welterweight bout:  Danillo Villefort vs.  Mike Campbell
Villefort defeated Campbell via TKO (punches) at 3:53 of round 1.

* Featherweight bout:  Jose Aldo vs.  Rolando Perez
Aldo defeated Perez via TKO (strikes) at 4:15 of round 1.

Undercard bouts

* Lightweight bout:  Ben Henderson vs. Nigeria Anthony Njokuani
Henderson defeated Njokuani via submission (guillotine choke) at 0:42 of round 2. Although preliminary, this fight aired on the live broadcast.

* Welterweight bout:  Hiromitsu Miura vs.  Edgar Garcia
Garcia defeated Miura via KO (punches) at 1:18 of round 1.

* Bantamweight bout:  Dominick Cruz vs.  Ian McCall
Cruz defeated McCall via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

* Bantamweight bout:  Scott Jorgensen vs.  Frank Gomez
Jorgensen defeated Gomez via submission (guillotine choke) at 1:09 of round 1. Although preliminary, this fight aired on the live broadcast.

* Welterweight bout:  Blas Avena vs.  Jesse Lennox
Lennox defeated Avena via KO (strikes) at 0:41 of round 2.

* Bantamweight bout:  Charlie Valencia vs.  Seth Dikun
Valencia defeated Dikun via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Main Card

* Featherweight Championship bout:  Urijah Faber vs.  Mike Brown
Brown defeated Faber via TKO (punches) at 2:23 of round 1 to become the new WEC Featherweight champion.

* Catchweight (189 lb) bout:  Paulo Filho vs.  Chael Sonnen
Sonnen defeated Filho via unanimous decision. (30-27, 30-27, 30-27). Filho was supposed to defend his Middleweight Championship belt, but missed weight by four pounds, forcing the bout to be a non-title catchweight bout.

* Featherweight bout:  Jens Pulver vs.  Leonard Garcia
Garcia defeated Pulver via TKO (punches) at 1:12 of round 1

* Middleweight bout:  Jake Rosholt vs.  Nissen Osterneck
Rosholt defeated Osterneck via TKO (punches) at 3:48 of round 2

Undercard

* Lightweight bout:  Rob McCullough vs.  Donald Cerrone
Cerrone defeated McCullough via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-27)

* Middleweight bout:  David Avellan vs.  Aaron Simpson
Simpson defeated Avellan via KO (punch) at 0:18 of round 1

* Featherweight bout:  Jose Aldo vs.  Jonathan Brookins
Aldo defeated Brookins via TKO (strikes) at 0:45 of round 3

* Light Heavyweight bout:  Carmelo Marrero vs.  Steve Steinbeiss
Marrero defeated Steinbeiss via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29)

* Lightweight bout:  Rafael Dias vs.  Danny Castillo
Castillo defeated Dias via TKO (strikes) at 2:54 of round 2

* Bantamweight bout:  Yoshiro Maeda vs.  Rani Yahya
Yahya defeated Maeda via submission (guillotine choke) at 3:30 of round 1