(Torres poses with victim Yoshiro Maeda after their epic battle last June. Photo courtesy of koolpaw.)
#1 bantamweight /#5 pound-for-pound fighter Miguel Torres will reportedly make his next title defense at WEC 40, which will be held April 5th in Chicago; the venue will be announced soon. Unsurprisingly, his opponent will be Brian Bowles (7-0, all wins by stoppage), who clinched his #1 contender status last month by choking out Will Ribeiro at WEC 37 — the same event where Torres retained his bantamweight strap by beating the tar out of Manny Tapia. Ferocious local support should be behind Torres, who lives and trains in East Chicago, Indiana, and made his name by competing in small shows in the area. WEC 40 will also feature another bantamweight match between undefeated Joseph Benavidez and Jeff Curran, who is dropping a weight class after taking consecutive losses at featherweight to Urijah Faber and Mike Brown. The winner of the Torres/Bowles fight will likely take on the winner of the Benavidez/Curran fight in a title scrap later this year.
Remember, WEC 38 goes down this Sunday, headlined by Varner/Cerrone and Faber/Pulver II, and WEC 39 is scheduled for March 1st, featuring Mike Brown vs. Leonard Garcia and Carlos Condit vs. Brock Larson.
In other important non-UFC matchup news…
— Highly regarded welterweights Nick Thompson and Paul Daley will headline MFC 20 at the River Cree Resort and Casino near Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on February 20th. Thompson (the former BodogFight welterweight champion) and Daley (the former CageRage welterweight champion) made runs at EliteXC’s welterweight title last year, but were both submitted by Jake Shields.
— MMA old-schoolers Ken Shamrock and Tank Abbott will be fighting in separate bouts at WarGods/Ken Shamrock Productions’ "Valentine’s Eve Massacre" show on February 13th in Fresno, California, and could be facing each other in April. Shamrock’s opponent for "Massacre" will be Ross Clifton, a 360-pound super-heavyweight who has lost five of his last six bouts and is actually Dan Quinn’s roommate. Abbott will be taking on Mike Bourke, a King of the Cage mainstay who has gone 1-7 with one no-contest in his last nine bouts. The card also features Josh Haynes, Tonya Evinger, Jennifer Tate, Ashe Bowman, and Wesley "Cabbage" Correira.
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Comments
Fri, 01/23/09 - 06:27
If you turn your monitor sideways and look at Maeda's eye, it sort of looks like ... well..... although I've never ACTUALLY seen one... but I'm pretty sure.....
Fri, 01/23/09 - 06:31
Seriously though, Torres/Bowles should be a great fight, but I just don't see Torres losing anytime soon. Also, I'm now hungry for a sushi burrito.
Fri, 01/23/09 - 06:33
Here is the full card for that Shamrock show on Feb 13th. Ross Clifton vs. Ken Shamrock Tank Abbott vs. Mike Bourke BJ Lacy vs. Kyacey Uscola Mike Moreno vs Gary Padilla Wesley “Cabbage” Correira vs. Buddy Roberts Ashe Bowman vs Isaac De Jesus Nathan James vs. Rick Reeves Jen Babcock vs. Jennifer Tate Tonya Evinger vs TBA Zoila Frausto vs Karina Halliman Darrin Freeman vs Tony Johnson Josh Haynes vs Rafeal Del Rio WEC 38 - I will DVR this just so I can watch Faber/Pulver 2 The first fight was awesome and I can only hope that this one is just as good. Just hope that Pulver can pull this one out.
Fri, 01/23/09 - 07:15
The first comment is great!!
Fri, 01/23/09 - 07:45
I see Tank and Shamrock are fighting some real contenders.................
Fri, 01/23/09 - 07:51
That MFC event looks awesome considering tickets are as low as 50 bucks a pop. Might have to make the three hour drive to check that out...
Fri, 01/23/09 - 07:54
Awesome picture!
Fri, 01/23/09 - 08:17
you mean a baby's vag?
Fri, 01/23/09 - 08:32
You're a sick man Frank.
Fri, 01/23/09 - 08:48
Thanks to shitwhistle, I'm now in the mood for a tuna taco
Fri, 01/23/09 - 08:55
Protip: If you see one like that...RUN! Just kidding, dive right in!
Fri, 01/23/09 - 10:17
They should change the February 13th card name from "Valentine's Eve Massacre" to "Has Been and Never Will Be"
Fri, 01/23/09 - 10:35
Border Patrol- 1 Torres/Maeda- 0
Fri, 01/23/09 - 11:55
condit v larson again? uh... why?
Fri, 01/23/09 - 05:11
haha faber vs. pulver again? it just makes a bigger loser out of the loser and does nothing for urijah. Also if jens upsets urijah he'd lose badly to mike brown OR leonard garcia.
Sat, 01/24/09 - 05:06
AHAHA miguel looks like ralph macchio in this pic
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