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WEC 38: FIGHT REVIEW AND JOHN’S RESULTS

 

By John Gagne

 

Last night was a night the MMA world will not soon forget. The main event ended in controversial fashion. The Champ Jaime Varner won a split decision. When an “illegal” blow to a downed opponent caused the fight to stop prematurely. Apparently when this happens in California. The CSAC has rules in place. These rules stop the fight, then the fight judged on the completed rounds.  The judging is another problem I had with this situation. I, along with 90% of the MMA world scored Varner 10’s all four rounds, and Cerrone 9’s. A win is a win and I am sure Varner was still happy leaving with a belt, even with a broken hand.

 

Jens Pulver looked unimpressive in his second straight fight. It really upsets me to see a legend like that, get taken out so quickly by Urijah Faber. Not taking anything from Faber at all. I just know Jens has more fight than he displayed.

 

A pretty big upset also took place on this WEC card. We saw Hiromitsu Miura get TKO’s by heavy underdog Edgar Garcia. After Miura’s decent showing against WEC Welterweight Champion Carlos Condit, a lot more was expected from him.

 

For this card John had six correct picks out of ten fights. Now bringing his winning percentage to 68% down three percentage points. Check back for John’s latest picks, and his UFC 94 fight predictions and betting advice.

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World Extreme Cagefighting officially announced Monday that WEC 38 will be held on January 25 at the San Diego Sports Arena in San Diego, Calif. The event will mark the first time that the WEC has come to the market and fans in attendance will be treated to a rematch between former UFC lightweight champion Jens [...]

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With WEC Featherweight Champion Mike Brown on the mend with injured ribs and Leonard Garcia on the rise, Urijah Faber will have to wait a little bit for the opportunity to reclaim his 145-pound title.

In the meantime, several published reports indicate that “The California Kid” (21-2) will once again challenge former UFC lightweight champion Jens Pulver at WEC 38 in San Diego, Calif., on January 25. Faber and Pulver first met in an action-packed five round scrap at WEC 34 back in June.

Faber came away with a clear unanimous decision in what is to date the most successful event ever for the promotion. Perhaps the WEC is hoping that lightning will strike twice the second time around even though “Lil Evil” has fallen on tough times of late.

In fact, the long-time Miletich Fighting Systems (MFS)-trained fighter — who recently switched camps — has dropped four of his last five fights. The soon-to-be 34-year-old veteran was most recently stopped early by Garcia in their showdown at WEC 36: “Faber vs. Brown” earlier this month.

It’s safe to say that this is a huge opportunity for Pulver to turn things around … fast. The only problem, however, is that he has to do it against a fighter who is widely regarded as among the top pound-for-pound fighters in the world today.

Faber held the WEC 145-pound title for two and a half years before getting caught by a well-placed, fight-ending right hand courtesy of the powerful Mike Brown in the first round of the WEC 36 main event three weeks ago.

The loss was only the second of his career and the first since getting stopped in the third round by Tyson Griffin at Gladiator Challenge 42: “Summer Slam” in September of 2005.

Before the upset, Faber was widely considered to be the number one featherweight mixed martial artist in the world. He was on a 13-fight win streak that included victories over Pulver, Jeff Curran, Chance Farrar, Dominic Cruz, Krazy Horse Bennett, Ivan Menjivar, Charlie Valencia and others.

He’ll likely be out for redemption just like Pulver, making this rematch an exciting fight to kick off 2009 for the WEC.

Lightweight champ Jamie Varner is scheduled to headline the show, defending his 155-pound title against number one contender Donald Cerrone. WEC 38 will air on the Versus network, beginning at 9 p.m. ET on fight night.

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According to MMAweekly, Jens Pulver will get another chance at the former WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber at WEC 38 on January 25th in San Diego.

The two’s first meeting broke WEC records with 12,001 fans in attendance, making it the biggest fight in WEC history.

Both fighters coming off loses at WEC 36. Faber was KO’ed by Mike Brown to lose his WEC featherweight title. While, Jens Pulver lost to Jackson’s Submission Grappling fighter Leonard Garcia, putting Garcia next in line to challenge for the WEC featherweight belt.

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Multiple sources confirmed to FiveOuncesOfPain.com on Tuesday afternoon that a rematch between former WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber and former UFC lightweight champion Jens Pulver is set to take place at WEC 38 on Jan. 25 in San Diego, Calif. Published reports had indicated that Faber’s next opponent would be upcoming featherweight prospect Jose Aldo but [...]

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Jens Pulver vs Leonard Garcia - WEC 36 Video
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WEC 36 “Faber vs. Brown”
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, FL

The undercards get set off at 6pm EST with the Live broadcast of the main card is to follow on Verses beginning at 8pm EST.

Results after the JUMP

main card

• Urijah Faber vs. Mike Brown
  Result:
• Paulo Filho vs. Chael Sonnen
  Result:
• Jens Pulver vs. Leonard Garcia
  Result:
• Nissen Osterneck vs. Jake Rosholt
  Result:
• Rob McCullough vs. Donald Cerrone
  Result:

preliminary card

• Jose Aldo vs. Jonathan Brookins
  Result:
• Carmelo Marrero vs. Steve Steinbeiss
  Result:
• Ed Ratcliff vs. Danny Castillo
  Result:
• Johny Hendricks vs. Alex Serdyukov
  Result:
• Rani Yahya vs. Yoshiro Maeda
  Result:

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Jens Pulver returns to action against Team Jackson trained Leonard Garcia at WEC 36 “Faber vs. Brown”

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