With Dominick Cruz earning the WEC Bantamweight Championship by defeating Brian Bowles in the main event of WEC 47 and Joseph Benavidez getting the biggest win of his career by submitting former champion Miguel Torres, the stage appears to be set for a rematch of the WEC 42 bout last August that saw Cruz defeat Benavidez by unanimous decision to earn the title shot.
While the stage may be set, the rematch may not be as set in stone as some fight fans would like, if WEC matchmaker Sean Shelby’s comments …

The Ohio Athletic Commission has released the salary information for the WEC event held this past weekend at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, OH that saw Dominick Cruz upset Brian Bowles to earn the WEC Bantamweight Championship.
Though Cruz may have won big in the main event, the night’s biggest earner was co-main event winner Joseph Benavidez, who took home $29,000 for his second-round guillotine submission victory over former WEC Bantamweight Champion Miguel Torres.
Torres was the second highest earning fighter on the night with a salary of $26,000 for his efforts …

The “Astra” event that is being put together by Japanese event promoters J-Rock to celebrate the final bout of Japanese MMA legend Hidehiko Yoshida’s career has added another fight as Yoshida Dojo member and Sengoku upset artist Michihiro Omigawa will take on former WEC veteran Micah Miller in one of the featured bouts of the night.
Omigawa, who held a 4-7-1 record heading into Sengoku’s Featherweight Grand Prix tournament, defeated LC Davis, Nam Phan and Marlon Sandro on his way to the finals of the tournament where he was defeated by …

The post-fight infomation continues to flow from last weekend’s WEC 47 event as today the Ohio Athletic Commission, the sanctioning body for the event, has released the list of medical suspensions stemming from the night’s action.
Topping the list is Brian Bowles, who was unable to continue in his main event fight against Dominick Cruz for the WEC Banatamweight Championship due to a broken hand suffered on his first punch of the night. Bowles is suspended indefinitely and will not be allowed back into competition until he is cleared by an …

Joseph Benavidez ran his professional record to 12-1 with the biggest victory of his career this past Saturday night at WEC 47 as he choked out former WEC Bantamweight Champion Miguel Torres in the second round of their co-main event bout and now he’s looking to the future and to avenging the only loss of his career to this point;
Here’s Benavidez telling Sherdog about the victory;
“This is the fight I’ve waited for since I got in the WEC. It feels great to get a win off him coming off his …

The OAC(Ohio Athletic Commision) has issued the medical suspension list for the fighters who participated in WEC 47: Bowles Vs. Cruz, and as expected the list included Miguel Torres(due to the deep laceration on his forehead) and Brian Bowles(due to his broken hand). Here’s the list:
Brian Bowles: Suspended indefinitely due to hand injury. Must be cleared by orthopedic doctor.
Miguel Torres: Suspended indefinitely due to forehead laceration. Must be cleared by orthopedic doctor.
Chad Mendes: Suspended sixty days due to cut.
Danny Castillo: Suspended sixty days for precautionary reasons.
Courtney Buck: Suspended sixty days …

Former WEC bantamweight champ Miguel Torres (37-3) suffered the first second straight loss of his career on Saturday night at the “WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz” event in Columbus, Ohio. Torres was defeated by Joseph Benavidez in the second round via Guillotine submission moments after suffering a brutal cut to the forehead by an elbow.
Before both losses, Torres had won 17 straight bouts, which included three WEC title defenses. He appeared to be on the defensive through most of the fight against Benavidez in the evenings co-main event. With most …

Saturday’s World Extreme Cagefighting event, “WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz” event took place at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio marking the promotions first event in that state.
WEC General Manager Reed Harris marked the event as a success noting that the attendance figure broke the top-five mark for past events. A total of 8,345 spectators watched WEC 47 in Columbus making it the fifth largest attendance total for any WEC event.
“Fight Night” bonuses of $10,000 were handed down to Leonard Garcia, George Roop, Anthony Pettis and Joseph Benavidez for their …

Tonight’s World Extreme Cagefighting event, “WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz” takes place at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio airing on the Versus Network. The main event of the evening features a bantamweight title bout newly crowned Brian Bowles and challenger Dominick Cruz.
The PPV portion of the show starts at 10p.m EST (7p.m. PST), be sure to check back for updates as we post the results.
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- Dominick Cruz def. …

UFC seems to have hit a homerun with the initial multi-fight signing of former champion boxer James Toney. Here’s the latest on the signing:
James Toney is being trained for MMA by non other than Juanito Ibarra. Ibarra is well known for his former relationship with Quinton “Rampage” Jackson whom he trained and managed. The relationship did not end well, but here’s hoping that things fall out better between these two.
Toney has already been called out by both Randy “The Natural” Couture and Pat Barry. Couture via Twitter and Barry via …

World Extreme Cagefighting returns to Versus for their second event of 2010 as the blue Octagon heads to Columbus, OH for the first time as part of the Arnold Fitness Expo, and all twenty-two fighters who are scheduled for the event have made weight without incident after yesterday’s weigh-in event held at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus.
That list includes Brian Bowles and Dominick Cruz, who will meet for the WEC Bantamweight Championship in the night’s main event. Both fighters came in under the 135-pound weight limit for the bout, as …

Former WEC Bantamweight Champion Miguel Torres is looking to tighten up his game following his WEC 42 last August and his first chance to show off those new skills will come tonight against Joseph Benavidez, a fighter with incredible stamina and a pace that doesn’t seem to stop. In facing off against that type of pace, Torres is looking to fight smarter against Benavidez than he has in the past.
Here’s Torres talking about his new training to MMA Weekly;
“They wanted me to pick an opponent, I didn’t want to. I …

With Frank Mir less than three weeks away from a crucial bout against Shane Carwin at UFC 111 for the interim UFC Heavyweight Championship, Stephan Bonnar will take over Mir’s role as color commentator for Saturday night’s WEC 47 event from Columbus, OH that will air on the Versus channel.
Bonnar, who has served as a guest analyst on episodes of ESPN’s MMA Live show, is two weeks removed from a controversial loss to Krzysztof Soszynski at UFC 110 where the fight was stopped by TKO in the third round due …