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Props:MMAWeekly Quoteworthy: “Every time I’ve fought I’ve gotten better. Every time I’ve lost I’ve gotten better. Even from my first fight I lost to Jesse Moreng seven years ago, I lost that one, but it made me a much better fighter. Same with Hermes, even the Cowboy fight. Even though I won that fight, I felt like [...] A lightweight bout between Jamie Varner (16-3 MMA, 4-1 WEC) and Kamal Shalorus (6-0-1 MMA, 2-0 WEC) could be part of World Extreme Cagefighting’s first-ever pay-per-view broadcast on April 24. WEC officials declined to comment to MMAjunkie.com about the possibility of the fight, but a source close to the event said the bout has been targeted [...] Yee-haw! WEC Lightweight Champion Ben Henderson will defend his 155-pound title for the first time against the man he defeated, Donald Cerrone, to earn his shot at unifying the title in the first place. Henderson and Cerrone will collide in a rematch at WEC 48, which is scheduled for the Arco Arena in Sacramento, Calif., on April [...] In MMA, everyone eventually loses. Anderson Silva has done it, Fedor Emelianenko has done it, Georges St. Pierre has done it. One loss does not make you a loser. Whining it about the loss does. Enter Jamie Varner and Nate Diaz. After their losses this week, the two have shown how not to lose. After losing his [...] When Ben Henderson submitted Jamie Varner at this past Sunday’s WEC 46 event in Sacramento, Calif., it’s probably a safe assumption that the new undisputed lightweight champion was the most thrilled among the 10,000-plus people gathered in the ARCO Arena about the result. But Army veteran Dominque Haynes was probably a close second. “Ben is my favorite [...] “I thought I was winning, definitely pushing the pace. I was expecting him to try and trade punches with me and that wasn’t the case. He had a good game plan. He used his kick to keep me away. I guess that’s the M.O. on me; use your kicks, keep me away, that way I [...] SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Two champions entered the cage for the main event With a deftly applied third-round guillotine choke, former interim title holder Benson Henderson did exactly that. A vanquished Jamie Varner was stripped [...] Ben Henderson’s WEC lightweight is no longer interim, as he won over Jamie Varner with a guillotine at 2:41 in the third round at WEC 46 in front of 10,027 in Sacramento. Varner was dominant through much of the fight. In the first round, Varner controlled action for an extended time by holding onto a front [...] Frank Curreri, WEC – For weeks, former sparring partners Jamie Varner and Benson Henderson struck complimentary tones when publicly discussing each other, but suddenly their title fight has developed a touch of vitriol. UFC News Credit and Full Story: UFC.com |
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