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Jens Pulver takes on Leonard Garcia at WEC 36: Faber vs. Brown.

Post a comment . Nov 06, 2008
Filed under: Videos, Jens Pulver, Leonard Garcia, WEC 36

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Below are the final card results from WEC 36: Faber vs. Brown, which took place on Wednesday:

Rani Yahya defeated Yoshiro Maeda (guillotine choke), 3:30 of Round 1
Danny Castillo defeated Rafael Dias (TKO - punches), 2:54 of Round 2
Carmelo Marrero defeated Steve Steinbeiss, split decision
Jose Aldo defeated Jonathan Brookins (TKO - punches), 0:45 of Round 3
Aaron [...]

Post a comment . Nov 06, 2008
Filed under: Fight Results, Aaron Simpson, Carmelo Marrero, Chael Sonnen, Danny Castillo, David Avellan, Donald Cerrone, Jake Rosholt, Jens Pulver, Jonathan Brookins, Jose Aldo, Leonard Garcia, Mike Brown, Nissen Osterneck, Paulo Filho, Rafael Dias, Rani Yahya, Rob McCullough, Steve Steinbeiss, Urijah Faber, WEC 36, Yoshiro Maeda

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Jens Pulver these days can thank the UFC; what I mean by that specifically is that the WEC had, until the UFC purchased the promotion, been rather dormant in promoting the featherweight division.  UFC, with the acquisition, has made it a priority of sorts to promote the weight class; as a result, fighters such as [...]

Post a comment . Oct 31, 2008
Filed under: Octagon Buzz, Jens Pulver, Leonard Garcia, UFC, WEC, WEC 36

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Below is the updated fight card for WEC 36: Faber vs. Brown, set to take place on November 5 from Hollywood, FL:
Main Card:

Urijah Faber vs. Mike Brown (for WEC featherweight title)
Paulo Filho vs. Chael Sonnen (for WEC middleweight title)
Leonard Garcia vs. Jens Pulver
Nissen Osterneck vs. Jake Rosholt
Donald Cerrone vs. Rob McCullough

Preliminary Card:

Jose Aldo vs. Jonathan [...]

1 Comment . Oct 23, 2008
Filed under: MMA Calendar, Alex Schoenauer, Alex Serdyukov, Chael Sonnen, Danny Castillo, Donald Cerrone, Ed Ratcliff, Jake Rosholt, Jens Pulver, Johny Hendricks, Jonathan Brookins, Jose Aldo, Leonard Garcia, Mike Brown, Nissen Osterneck, Paulo Filho, Rani Yayha, Rob McCullough, Steve Steinbeiss, Urijah Faber, WEC 36, Yoshiro Maeda

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Below is the UFC programming schedule for September 15-21, of which it is to be televised on Spike TV:
UFC: Best of 2007
Monday, September 15 (9:00 PM - Midnight, ET/PT)
Three hours of non-stop action - the best of UFC in 2007.  The broadcast will feature some of the top performances that took place inside the octagon [...]

Post a comment . Sep 10, 2008
Filed under: MMA Calendar, Anderson Silva, Chuck Liddell, Cole Miller, Edilberto Crocata, Gabriel Gonzaga, Georges St. Pierre, Jeremy Stephens, Leonard Garcia, Luke Cummo, Matt Serra, Mirko Filipovic, Nate Marquardt, Quinton Jackson, Roger Huerta, The Ultimate Fighter 8, UFC, UFC Fight Night 15, Wanderlei Silva

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Below is the final fight card for WEC 35, which will have two title belts on the line; the card will take place on November 6, moved back from the original date of September 10, due to the threat of Hurricane Ike:

Urijah Faber vs. Mike Brown (WEC Featherweight Title)
Paulo Filho vs. Chael Sonnen (WEC Middleweight [...]

1 Comment . Sep 06, 2008
Filed under: MMA Calendar, Aaron Simpson, Alex Schoenauer, Alex Serdyukov, Chael Sonnen, Danillo Villefort, Danny Castillo, David Avellan, Donald Cerrone, Ed Ratcliff, Jake Rosholt, Jens Pulver, Johny Hendricks, Jonathan Brookins, Jose Aldo, Leonard Garcia, Mike Brown, Paulo Filho, Rani Yayha, Rob McCullough, Steve Steinbeiss, Urijah Faber, WEC 35, Yoshiro Maeda

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The WEC has added an additional bout to their WEC 36 card, which is set to take place on September 10 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino; the bout addition is Jens Pulver who will go up against Leonard Garcia.  Below is the updated fight card for WEC 36*:

Urijah Faber (c) vs. Mike [...]

Post a comment . Aug 21, 2008
Filed under: MMA Calendar, Octagon Buzz, Alex Serdyukov, Chael Sonnen, Danillo Villefort, Danny Castillo, David Avellan, Donald Cerrone, Ed Ratcliff, Jake Rosholt, Jens Pulver, Johny Hendricks, Leonard Garcia, Mike Brown, Paulo Filho, Rani Yayha, Rob McCullough, Tim McKenzie, Urijah Faber, WEC, WEC 36, Yoshiro Maeda

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For those of you who watched the UFC 87 card on pay-per-view, you saw one of the better PPV’s of 2008.  Lots of action, lot of pops for Lesnar (no surprise there), Georges St. Pierre and surprisingly enough, Roger Huerta.  That aside, I noticed some other things as well, such as:

The crowd was well-behaved.  I [...]

Post a comment . Aug 10, 2008
Filed under: Commentary, Alberto Crane, Andre Gusmao, B.J. Penn, Brock Lesnar, Cheick Kongo, Clay Guida, Demian Maia, Doug Evans, Georges St. Pierre, Heath Herring, Jason Dent, Jason MacDonald, John Halvorson, Jon Fitch, Jon Jones, Kenny Florian, Leonard Garcia, Manvel Gamburyan, Michael Bisping, Patrick cote, Rob Emerson, Roger Huerta, Spirit MC, UFC 87

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Although it is certain that more bouts will be added to the WEC 36 event, which will take place on September 10 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, FL and will be televised on Versus at 9:00 PM (EST), below is the tentative card*:
Urijah Faber vs. Mike Brown (WEC Featherweight Belt)
Paulo [...]

Post a comment . Jul 25, 2008
Filed under: MMA Calendar, Alex Serdyukov, Chael Sonnen, Danillo Villefort, Donald Cerrone, Jake Rosholt, Jens Pulver, Johny Hendricks, Leonard Garcia, Mike Brown, Paulo Filho, Rob McCullough, Urijah Faber

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Another fighter has been signed to the World Extreme Cagefighting event, which is scheduled for September 10 at the Seminole Hard Rock and Casino in Hollywood, FL; according to Matthew Brothers of Fightline.com, Leonard Garcia has agreed to a bout with Jens Pulver.  The bout has not been signed as of this writing, but the [...]

Post a comment . Jul 21, 2008
Filed under: Octagon Buzz, Alexandre Franca Nogueira, Hiroyuki Takaya, Leonard Garcia, Urijah Faber, World Extreme Cagefighting