WEC Memories AND WEC 53 PBP Thread (Spoilers)

unknown13

Like most good things they have to come to an end and tonight unfortunately is the last time we will see a WEC event. WEC down through the years have given us some absolutely fantastic fights and have showcased fantastic fighters such as Jose Aldo, Urijah Faber, Chael Sonnen, Carlo Condit, Paolo Filho, Miguel Angel Torres and Mike Thomas Brown. Lets hear your memories and thoughts now this organisation will sadly be no more as it will merge with the UFC within the next few hours.





Preliminary card
Renan Barão vs. Chris Cariaso
Ricardo Lamas vs. Yuri Alcantara
Danny Castillo vs. Will Kerr
Eddie Wineland vs. Ken Stone
Brad Pickett vs. Ivan Menjivar
Jamie Varner vs. Shane Roller
Zhang Tie Quan vs. Danny Downes

Main card
Bart Palaszewski vs. Kamal Shalorus
Donald Cerrone vs. Chris Horodecki
Dominick Cruz (c) vs. Scott Jorgensen
Ben Henderson (c) vs. Anthony Pettis

Jayo_M

I really hope Zhang Tie Quan lives up to the hype.

El Guapo!

Is WEC 53 being shown on tv at all or would I just catch it on a stream?

Jayo_M

It's not been shown here (afaik), best bet would be a stream or download it tomorrow. Streams should be easy enough to come across I'd imagine.

d_jordan

As always this should be a cracker of an event!!!:D:D

Some memories: Brian Bowles KO's Miguel Torres for bw title,
Jose Aldo double flying knee KO of Cub Swanson,
Mike Brown dethroning Faber for the fw title and in the rematch faber fighting with broking hands,
Henderson v Cerrone for the lw title,
Torres v Mizugaki 5 round war for the bw title,
Garcia v the korean zombie,
Roop head kick Ko of the korean zombie,
.....................etc
the list goes on and on

WEC was a great promotion that will be greatly missed by it's fans

unknown13

My best memory of WEC was: the Urijah Faber -V- Jens Pulver 1. This was hands down the biggest WEC fight ever. Jens had just come into the WEC off a loss to BJ in the TUF 5 Finale and then announced he was going down to 145. He went down to 145 and beat Cub Swanson very well. A fight with Faber had to be made. The build up was immense, the fight wasn't as hyped by Zuffa as it did for UFC events but this was one of the biggest fights that was fan hyped. The fans played a massive role in this fight. Sherdog was buzzing a week before the fight. The forums were flooded with threads. Going into the fight half were divided on the fighters. Half went for Urijah and Half went for Jens. Also a few days before the fight, the Arena in Sacramento got such an extra demand for tickets that they had to open the upper tier of the arena. The WEC thought that half selling the lower tier would be a good result. In fact what they ended up with was a nearly full Arco Arena in Sacramento buzzing with fight fans for the WEC's biggest fight. The fight itself was a showcase for Urijah, he showed how good of a fighter he was and what a prospect he was. It was a magical event and it took the WEC to another level.

Professey Chin

Im getting giggles off the ads on this stream.
Theres one running a competition for people to get a WEC event to their town :pac:

R.Kellz

HOLY SH*TBALLS, that was awesome!!

jayteecork

OMG.

Did you just see that in round 5??

I just feel so priveledged to seee that live.

R.Kellz

Haha, UNBELIEVABLE:D
Total fluke that I watched it as well........so happy right now:D

jayteecork

That was just....unbelievable.

To see that, in an such a close fight in round 5, man......Pettis so deserveed that fight.

R.Kellz

Impressed by Pettis for a while now, freakin ninja!
Can't sleep, I'll have to watch it again!:)

thelibertyboy

hey guys i was the first person to post this ****er on youtube and its been stolen ha but fook it here it is again if your bored

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOQrvHkQuFA

SanoVitae

I can't wait to see other fighters inspired by this and trying to replicate it in fights.

There will be bloopers ahoy!

Jayo_M

What a way to close out a pretty class how. Pettis looked like the real deal, we'll find out for sure pretty soon I suppose. Cruz looks unstoppable at 135.

Great finale for WEC.

d_jordan

It was a great way for the WEC to go out!!!

Goodbye WEC I will miss your amazing shows

jayteecork

So who saw it as it happened?

That was easily in my top 5 WTF? moments in any sort of sports, video games, TV, film.

rivalius13

Jesus Christ Tittyballs...

Odats

Thanks for the memories Reed Harris & Sean Shelby for putting on cracking fights.

d_jordan

Odats wrote: »

Thanks for the memories Reed Harris & Sean Shelby for putting on cracking fights.

+1

calex71

Sad to see the end , what a way to go out though, but 9/10 you could watch a wec , not have heard who is on the card or anything about it and know with all certainty it would be a cracker.

Just hope they get the spotlight they deserve in the UFC.

sonic85

anybody know somewhere i can watch this online?