After a month of lackluster events (Bellator not included, those cards were dope) WEC 48 was easily the event of the month and year. Never have I been so happy as an mma fan to see my picks go the wrong way. They nearly showed the whole damn card ffs, last years WEC 41 was my fave event from the WEC and last weekends show surpassed it. I am so geeked out over the card i will post my feelings and thoughts in list format
- We need Banuelos and Jorgensen 3
- Manvil earned his title shot by upsetting the unfocused former champ in Mike Brown
Njokuani will not go far as a 1 dimensional striker, even though he is a good 1 dimensional striker.
Roller vs Showtime Pettis needs to happen.
One Punch Pickett is a Brit with wrestling and submissions?! That’s unpossible.
Mighty Mouse Johnson is a good fighter and with a couple adjustments (tightening his striking to grappling transitions) will be a contender in the future.
Bendo is a top 10 (albeit 9 or 10) lightweight and is only getting better. His strategy of putting it to the notorious slow starter in Cowboy Cerrone quick fast and in a hurry shows he can execute a gameplan too. Smooth = Christ loving Beast.
I thought Visher was a beast by the beat down he put on Courtney Buck. But Toner picked his shots and put him out. Raw aggression can backfire sometimes I guess.
Now are you going to finally give Aldo his props & before I hear any “How do you not put away a wounded Faber” arguements nobody asked MTB about it when he couldn’t do it and Fabers hands were busted in that rematch. Faber is the new Big Nog ridiculously tough and still dangerous even when visibly hurt. Aldo knew going in he was facing probably the only guy who could keep up with his speed and immediately took that away from Faber. After he wrecked his leg you saw him try to find the one shot finish that never materialized. In the 3rd round he kicked him straight in the jaw, staggering Urijah, began to swarm and Faber rebooted and clubbed Aldo with a right hook that made the champ back off.
How Faber survived that 4th round crucifix onslaught is beyond me, a lesser fighter would have turtled up and quit from the 3 rounds of leg kicks much less the torrential downpour of elbows he received. I would also like to applaud Aldo’s body shots looked nasty as hell. I blame the 5th round on Rosenthal not breaking up an restarting the fight. Other than that it was one of the better 5 rounders I’ve seen. Fabers champion level heart, grit and cornermen carried him through the toughest fight in his career. But Jose Aldo is the man at 145 and I can’t wait to see his next performance.
What can I say about Garcia/Jung that hasn’t already been said while it was most certainly very entertaining. But people should give props to the Pickett vs Johnson and Banuelos vs Jorgensen bouts too. While the latter two bouts did not have the reckless abandon and disregard for personal health that Garcia and Jung had they were just as intense and way more technical. But mma elitist whining aside it was an insanely fun fight to watch. And should be placed alongside Bonnar vs Griffin 1 and Gatti vs Ward as one of the most brutal and enjoyable fights in recent memory, judging controversy aside.
That being said I am going to finish this post and re-watch some more fights. Regardless of ppv buys this was a quality card from the one mma org that rarely disappoints.
