WEC 46 - Varner vs. Henderson

[DixieDestroyer]

Here's the fight card for this Sunday's WEC 46 in Sacramento, CA (10PM ET, on Versus). I'm hoping Varner mans up & whoops "afflete" Henderson.

Main Card

* Lightweight Championship bout: Jamie Varner (c) vs. Ben Henderson (ic)
* Featherweight bout: Urijah Faber vs. Raphael Assuncao
* Lightweight bout: Dave Jansen vs. Kamal Shalorus
* Featherweight bout: Mike Brown vs. Anthony Morrison
* Featherweight bout: Mackens Semerzier vs. Deividas TauroseviÄÂÂ￾ius

Preliminary Card

* Bantamweight bout: Charlie Valencia vs. Akitoshi Tamura
* Bantamweight bout: Wagnney Fabiano vs. Clint Godfrey
* Featherweight bout: Mark Hominick vs. Bryan Caraway
* Bantamweight bout: Eddie Wineland vs. George Roop
* Bantamweight bout: Coty Wheeler vs. Will Campuzano

***I'll be pulling for Varner (vs. afflete Henderson), Faber, Jansen, Brown (vs. afflete Morrison), TauroseviÄÂÂ￾ius (vs. afflete Semerzier), & Godfrey.


WEC 46

Sherdog Preview - WEC 46

 

[Liverlips]

2-0 so far in the caste matchups as Taurosevicius beat Semerzier and Brown tapped Morrison!

 

[Liverlips]

Urijah Faber taps the very tough Brazilian Asuncao. Next up is Faber-Aldo for the title. I say Faber takes this as he has a great wrestling base which will prove to be the kryptonite for Aldo.

 

[Liverlips]

Main event is next. Varner-Henderson should be a good one but Jamie will make it 3-0 for whites in the caste matches tonight.

 

[Liverlips]

Varner owned Henderson in the first round.

 

[Liverlips]

Oh well, Varner was winning the fight and jumped right into a guillotine. Donald Cerrone is next for Henderson and most thought "The Cowboy" beat Henderson the first time anyway.

So, 2-1 in caste matchups and Faber got a huge win. Not a bad night though Varner gave that fight away.

 

[hawkeye]

I think cerrone take sit in the rematch. he dominated the last two rounds in the previous fight.

 

[Thrashen]

Overall, our guys did great tonight in WEC.

Varner lost, but only because he made a mistake in giving up his neck. Ben Henderson is one tough SOB. I thought Varner was going to snap his neck during his 1st round g-choke attempt....but Henderson wouldnt tap. Henderson is a good overall fighter (especially kicks), but lacks KO power. Hopefully Don Cerrone finally KOs him when they fight.

Of the white fighers who lost to non-white fighters (Jansen by UD and Varner by Sub), at least neither was KOed.

Urijah Faber, despite being a wigger, is an athletic fighting machine. If anyone could de-throne the very talened Jose Aldo, it will be Urijah. Hopefully Faber and Mike Brown climb back to the top of the FW division for another epic battle.

 

[DixieDestroyer]

Decent job by White fighters. Here's the overview of the card...

Main Card

* Lightweight Championship bout: Jamie Varner (c) vs. Ben Henderson (ic)

Henderson defeated Varner via submission (guillotine choke) at 2:41 of Round 3 to become the undisputed WEC Lightweight Champion.

* Featherweight bout: Urijah Faber vs. Raphael Assuncao

Faber defeated Assuncao via submission (rear naked choke) at 3:49 of Round 3.

* Lightweight bout: Dave Jansen vs. Kamal Shalorus

Shalorus defeated Jansen via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28).

* Featherweight bout: Mike Brown vs. Anthony Morrison

Brown defeated Morrison via submission (rear naked choke) at 1:54 of Round 1.

* Featherweight bout: Mackens Semerzier vs.Deividas TauroseviÄÂÂ￾ius

TauroseviÄÂÂ￾ius defeated Semerzier via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

Preliminary Card

* Bantamweight bout: Charlie Valencia vs. Akitoshi Tamura

Valencia defeated Tamura via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28).

* Bantamweight bout: Wagnney Fabiano vs. Clint Godfrey

Fabiano defeated Godfrey via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

* Featherweight bout: Mark Hominick vs. Bryan Caraway

Hominick defeated Caraway via submission (triangle) at 3:48 of Round 1. This bout, although preliminary, was aired on the live broadcast.

* Bantamweight bout: Eddie Wineland vs. George Roop

Wineland defeated Roop via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 20-27).

* Bantamweight bout: Coty Wheeler vs. Will Campuzano

Campuzano defeated Wheeler via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27).

Bonus Awards

Fighters were awarded $10,000 bonuses.

* Fight of the Night: Coty Wheeler vs. Will Campuzano

* Knockout of the Night: Not awarded as no matches ended with knockout

* Submission of the Night: United States Urijah Faber

 

[Liverlips]

"Urijah Faber, despite being a wigger, is an athletic fighting machine. If anyone could de-throne the very talened Jose Aldo, it will be Urijah. Hopefully Faber and Mike Brown climb back to the top of the FW division for another epic battle."

I'm wondering if Faber really is a wigger. Yeah, I know he sometimes wears semi-braided hair and comes out to rap music. But he talks kind of like a valley guy from the 1980s and seems like a lot of the white jocks I went to high school with. He is very polite and doesn't affect a black accent during interviews.

Anyway, Urijah looked very good last night and I think he will be the guy to beat Aldo.

I've heard rumors of a PPV card (the first for WEC) that would feature:

Cerrone-Henderson and Faber-Aldo.

 

[DixieDestroyer]

LL, I wouldn't (outright) say Uriah is a "wigger", but instead embraces the "California Cool" style...quasi surfer, skater, SoCal laid-back, etc. He is a monster in the cage & I pull for him most the time (except against Brown). With Faber's speed & athletic ability, I like his chances against Aldo.