WEC 38 Results: Varner Tops Cerrone in Foul-Shortened Main Event
WEC lightweight champion Jamie Varner retained his title on Sunday at WEC 38 in San Diego with a split decision victory over previously unbeaten challenger Donald Cerrone. The bout failed to go the distance as Varner was unable to continue following an unintentional-but-illegal knee to his head while still on the ground midway through the fifth and final round. The judge’s scored the four complete rounds as well as the begining of the fifth and awarded the victory to Varner with scores of 49-46, 47-48, and 49-46.
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WEC 38: Varner vs. Cerrone Results
- Jamie Varner (c) def. Donald Cerrone via split decision (49-46, 47-48, 49-46)*
WEC Lightweight Championship - Urijah Faber def. Jens Pulver via submission (guillotine choke) — Round 1, 1:34
- Danillo Villefort def. Mike Campbell via TKO (strikes) — Round 1, 3:53
- Jose Aldo def. Rolando Perez via TKO (strikes) — Round 1, 4:15
- Ben Henderson def. Anthony Njokuani via submission (guillotine choke) — Round 2, 0:42
- Edgar Garcia def. Hiromitsu Miura via TKO (punches) — Round 1, 1:18
- Dominick Cruz def. Ian McCall via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Scott Jorgensen def. Frank Gomez via submission (guillotine choke) — Round 1, 1:09
- Jesse Lennox def. Blas Avena via TKO (punches) — Round 2, 0:41
- Charlie Valencia def. Seth Dikun via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
* Varner was unable to continue after an illegal knee to the head while on the ground midway through the final round. Because it was ruled an unintentional foul a decision was handed down based on the scores of the four complete rounds as well as a score for the beginning of the final frame before the foul occurred.
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u could see it in his face,varner wanted to stop the fight. he crumbled… the knee was glancing at best.
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At first I felt like the “I can’t see” was BS, but watching the replay, Varner took the corner of Cerrone’s knee right to his eye socket… that would probably mess up your vision. Also he was clearly in pain, and if he puked, he was probably in a lot of pain. Crappy way for the fight to end, but it was a great fight, and the WEC will probably put together the rematch rather quickly.
i think its time for jens to hang the gloves up
Was anyone else as pissed off as i was when the fans were booing Varner at the end? I could not believe that? Everyone there should have been kneed their forehead, it was an awsome fight and there should have not been a single boo. That is awful for the sport
Yeah, I wasn’t happy about them booing, but I know why they were. They had already started booing earlier in the fight though, and that made me as mad, if not more so.
If Varner couldn’t continue then why was he apologizing to Cerrone so much? He said he was so sorry like 50 times. Sorry for what? Getting scared and saying he couldn’t comtinue?
Man, Cerrone is a tuff son of a bit*h. I didn’t think he would last that long. I think if the fight went the rest of that final round Varner might have been defeated, if not K.O.ed Cerrone might of won a decision. The fight was closer that the judges scored it Imo. As far as them booing, that was kinda uncalled for but I believe Varner wasn’t as hurt as he was acting he was really close to being totally gassed and didn’t give C-Dog, [as I'm callin him from now on] much respect. Can’t wait for the Rematch hopefully it’s really soon.
Watch it again.
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January 26, 2009 at 12:47 am (Report)
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At first I felt like the “I can’t see” was BS, but watching the replay, Varner took the corner of Cerrone’s knee right to his eye socket… that would probably mess up your vision. Also he was clearly in pain, and if he puked, he was probably in a lot of pain. Crappy way for the fight to end, but it was a great fight, and the WEC will probably put together the rematch rather quickly.
I actually had it 40-36 for Varner going into the 5th round. Even Cerrone was surprised he was ahead on one scorecard. I don’t care too much for Varner, but he was playing the ground game very well and picking Cerrone apart. I don’t understand why Varner didn’t attempt to use the full 5 minutes and make a decision to not continue then, instead he waited about a minute and said I can’t finish the fight. I hope they have a rematch and I REALLY hope Cerrone works on his takedown defense.
I thought Varner fought the better fight. I like the Cowboy and he got beat. Cerrone deserved to be dq’ed.
There is no way cerrone deserved a dq. That was unintentional. When he began to throw the knee it seemed like varner was on his way back up then he kinda slumped down and got hit. It also seemed like cerrone was about to finish him off. In the rematch, Cerrone TKO rd 3.
Yeah, I don’t think it deserved a DQ, Varner was on only two points when Cerrone started the knee, but he fell back down before getting hit.
this is y i hate varner in his ufc fight against hermes franca he was gassed in the third and running away til big john stepped in to take a point away giving him a rest. against mccullough he got blasted and called a timeout. now this it just always seems like hes tryin to find a way to pull one over on u wit this crap
Varner basically told everyone he pussed out when he mentioned breaking his hand. I hope they schedule a rematch soon and Cerrone figures out how to defend a takedown….that was the only thing Varner had going for him. That and being an opportunist instead of a true Fighter. Somebody needs to claim the WEC LW belt, because there is no champ in that division.
o big suprise with faber and pulver fight!!!!
I can see an arguement for either Cerrone or Varner taking the decision. Kris had it scored with the 2 judges for Varner. I really don’t like Varner at all, but he fought a good fight (though I do believe he gave up) I LOVED the way Cerrone pointed out that he couldn’t see for half of the fight but continued. I thought this is (I know it’s early) a contender against any fight last year for FOTY, and hope Cerrone destroys him in the rematch.
This was an incredible fight, the escapes that Donald pulled off were great. I thought when he started the knee forward that Varner had both knees just off the canvas then put them back down. It was good anticipation and ended the fight unfortunately. Every WEC card provides at least one or two very exciting matches. I have a question maybe someone can answer, is Joe Silva the matchmaker for WEC as well as UFC. What a difference a guy like him makes, as seen in Affliction, there are some good fighters on the card but somehow the matchups seem to lack.
Mike, Joe Silva is not the matchmaker for the WEC, even tho ZUFFA owns the WEC Joe does the matchmaking for only the UFC to my knowledge… Scott Adams I believe does the matchmaking for the WEC (again to my knowledge), and yes a professional match maker does wonders for an org. Before people state that “Dana White has no say in the WEC” type shhh, well he is the President of ZUFFA who again owns WEC so I would say he is kinda vested…. But he doesn’t “run” the WEC, like he “runs” the UFC but I would assume he voice and wishes get heard very clear by the tops @ WEC
I was there and ringside…..Varner was gassing and Cerone was about to capitlize….it was the plan all alone. The plan went wrong when we waited to long to attack…..Varner was going down….big wussy….I booed the hell out of him….it might of hit a hair or two but no way was he hurt…….b!$ch just wanted to take advantage of it and not lose…….we’ll see the next one Cowboy is just going to crush him instead…….he’s seen what he got and he’s got nothing…..Varner should mail Cowboy the belt……..
I agree with Pinoy Dragon, I am a Varner fan but he gave up.
“I broke my right index metacarpal, completely fractured.” “So I have to get pins put in it Thursday. Then I go next week to see my eye doctor to make sure my retina isn’t detached. And if it’s detached it could be a career-ending injury.” – Jamie Varner in an interview on Wednesday
Yeah, he just gave up, that knee really didn’t hurt him…. except for that possible detached retina…