Brian Bowles Breaks Hand in WEC 42 Win Over Torres, Hopes To Fight in December
Newly-crowned WEC bantamweight champion Brian Bowles, who won the belt with a first-round knockout of previous title-holder Miguel Torres in the main event of Sunday’s WEC 42 event, suffered a broken left hand in the victory, but hopes to return in December, according to a Versus.com report:
Bowles’ manager, Andrew Beach, on Monday that the new WEC bantamweight champion broke his left hand at the very end of his fight against Torres.
Beach said that Bowles will visit a hand specialist in Atlanta on Tuesday. He added that the new 135-pound champion will not be able to use his left hand in training for approximately six-to-eight weeks, but will be able to do light grappling and cardio work sooner.
Bowles officially knocked Torres out with a series of left hands on the ground, and Beach confirmed that it was those punches which lead to the hand break.
As for when we should expect to see Bowles back in action, Beach said, “I know he would love to fight before the end of the year.
“If there’s a December card, I know he would like to fight on it.”
Though not yet confirmed, Bowles’ first title defense is expected to come against top 125-pound contender and fellow-WEC 42 winner Dominick Cruz, who topped Joseph Benavidez in the event’s co-headliner, though Torres, who had a 17-fight win streak snapped in the loss, could also be booked for an immediate rematch
Pictured: Brian Bowles punches Miguel Torres at WEC 42
Tags: Brian Bowles, Dominick Cruz, miguel torres
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was Torres injured?
The medical suspensions aren’t out yet so we don’t know whether he suffered any injuries, but there’s no reports that he has.
Unless he suffered an injury, receives a longer-than-expected medical suspension, or is booked for an immediate rematch, we could see him back in November.
did you mean 135 contender Kris? Isn’t 125 starting next year?
Makes Bowles win even more impressive if he did it with a bum hand IMO…
Could have done it there at the end though…
I think thats an example of how hard Bowles hits. Hopefully the injury wont keep him out of action for the rest of the year. Cant wait to see him fight Dominick Cruz. That will be an exciting fight.
You may have to wait awhile for Bowles-Cruz, as I’m thinking that Torres is going to sound off about wanting an immediate rematch, especially considering he sloppily walked into an embarrassing loss t a guy with 8 total fights…
True, you have a point there. However, we could see Cruz-Bowles in december or january, and on the same card, we could see Torres-Mizugaki 2. Seeing how Torres was the champ, he lost, Mizugaki just won a close desicion over Curran. I think that would work out well. I think Torres should have to fight a top contender before getting a shot at the title. When Mike Brown bean Faber the first time, Faber had to fight Lil Evil then he got his title shot. Its only fair if Torres fights a contender first IMO. but who knows what will happen..
When Mike Brown *beat* Faber
In a interview with torres he said he dosen’t believe in immediate rematches. Torres I think will have to get 2 wins for a rematch. I want to see bowles-cruz and torres-benavidez. Then bowles wins and would love to see torres vs cruz that would be a great fight. I see bowles submitting cruz by choke, and torres beating benavidez by decision since those 2 like to stand. Torres after the fight did go to the hospital for a brain check. No torres will have to beat atleast a top contender to get a rematch or else that wouldn’t be fair. Urijah had to beat jens to get a rematch.