WEC 37 Results: Torres TKOs Tapia To Retain Bantamweight Title
By: Kris Karkoski (admin) | Dec 3, 2008
WEC Bantamweight Champion Miguel Torres (35-1) successfully defended his title on Wednesday night at The Joint at The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, dispatching 135-pound challenger Manny Tapia (10-1-1) with strikes midway through the second round of their WEC 37 headliner.
Bantamweight contender Brian Bowles (7-0) remained undefeated in a featured undercard bout, submitting Will Ribeiro (9-2) early in the third round.
WEC 37: Torres vs. Tapia Results
- Miguel Torres (c) def. Manny Tapia via TKO (strikes) — Round 2, 3:04
WEC Bantamweight Championship - Wagnney Fabiano def. Akitoshi Tamura via submission (arm triangle) — Round 3, 4:48
- Brian Bowles def. Will Ribeiro via submission (guillotine) — Round 3, 1:11
- Joseph Benavidez def. Danny Martinez via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Johny Hendricks def. Justin Haskins via TKO (strikes) — Round 2, 0:52
- Mark Munoz def. Ricardo Barros via TKO (strikes) — Round 1, 2:26
- Diego Nunes def. Cole Province via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
- Bart Palaszewski def. Alex Karalexis via TKO (strikes) — Round 2, 1:11
- Cub Swanson def. Hirouki Takaya via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
- Shane Roller def. Mike Budnik via submission (guillotine) — Round 1, 1:01
Cant wait for Ribeiro vs. Bowles and of course the main event plus the two other fights on the main card look excellent.
Well I won’t be able to watch this WEC event sooo I will have to check here as often as my evening allow owell it is what it is
Yes i am so glad Bowles won.
Bowles kicks ass. I have to admit when I first saw I’m last year I didn’t think much
Of him. But man has he proved him self.
Props to Fabiano for the entry music.
All our base are belong to him.
I got my $ on torres. I saw him in sac. Big fan.
Bs, what was the entrance?
Double, I was in Sacramento too that was a hell of a fight
The Rocky theme. Good stuff.
Nice
Ya that fight was all action. Tapia is no slouch ether. So I suspect this fight to be know different.
Ya awesome fight in sac. Tapia is no slouch so this fight
Should be no different.
It was a good night of fights in Sacramento forsure, I’m not the biggest fan of Tapia yet that is not to take away from his skill set, I just believe that Torres is a better fighter in all aspects, but in MMA anything can happen
I agree.
Mir says Torres could be the p4p champ. We disagree.
He is disqualified due to rear naked mullet.
The Mexican Mullet is F~ing phenominal I believe he has the power of grey skull harnessed in it….
How is the fight??
Anderson Silva p4p imo
Hell yaaa tapia gets ko 2nd round. Awsome fight. Torres is the man.
Good to see Torres retain his title, I hope that the fight was great I do hope to catch it tomorrow…. Thx Doubledge cheers
Torres kind of pulled a Silva: spent the first round keeping the range, finding Tapia’s timing, watching what Tapia’s game plan was while jabbing and hooking and kicking.
Second round, destroyed Tapia with a right, but Tapia showed heart and got back up, only to be destroyed again and Rosenthal had no choice but to stop the fight. Torres’ expression never changed the whole time. Tapia had a nice mouse/cut on his right cheek. Quite a solid fight.
No prob Fr702
Telling u the Mexican Mullet and the power it holds is underestimated by most, hey which were the best fights of the night soo I can check them out tomorrow before my meetings???
Thx for the explainations BSbiZ and doubledge
big night for the OK. State boys I see…Go Pokes
Watching the replay right now. Benavidez v Martinez with a female ref. I’m not sexist or anything but she sounds like a chick.
I think you all need to get off mexicans and mullets.
Mine was the most awesome…duck tail and stripes, two sometimes three stripes. Cause that’s how I roll(ed) b****es!!!
I also watched He-Man religiously.
This has been the most entertaining week yet. Holy crap I’ve laughed my ass off.
Last thing for now and a more serious question on topic.
Is, the “power of gray skull” as powerful or more powerful than “the force”?
surfing,
I don’t know enough about He-Man to really comment on the “power of gray skull”, but “the force” is what binds the universe together…I’d say that’s pretty powerful.
Good fights. Torres owned Tapia, glad to see that. Figured Fabiano for that win, good jits fight, either guy could destroy most other people in that division on the ground, but definitely need to open up their game a bit. Bowles looks weird but did a nice job in his fight, especially to get the sub at the end. Martinez needs work on his combos and he could be good, Benavidez looked good, but like his coach (Faber) just didn’t seem to have that put away power. Also have to point out that I called Swanson and Palaszewski for their wins.
And finally, UNC embarrassed Michigan State, by 35. Go Heels!
SurfingK5, the He~Man was/is classiclly great, I believe both the force and power of grey skull have their own specified moments and they both hold a special place in my heart
I had a rat tail or whatever and my shhh was skulpted to perfection all day, the I went to really long hair (dazed and confused) then @ 24 I noticed a lil something and had to help nature on its way
Justin thx, I will check out those fights u meantioned tomorrow, it sucked I didn’t get to watch this live tho
The most boring fight of the night by far was Fabiano/Tamura. My god.
Thought Bowles was a beast. should of showed Bart tonight.
Dude i like TORRES. He’s got some sick moves. What is that front flip that he did called? It’s good to see fighters using all of their mma skills in an mma fight. Good fight , good win.