jens pulver vs leonard garcia WEC
Former UFC lightweight champion Jens Pulver will return to 145-pound action against Leonard Garcia at WEC 36 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on September 10, according to an announcement today.

In fact, the showdown was among several bouts confirmed for the first-ever show for the promotion in the “Sunshine State.” To check them all out click here.

Pulver recently lost a five-round fight to current featherweight champion Urijah Faber. It was the first loss for him at his natural weight. “Lil Evil” won his WEC debut, submitting Cub Swanson with a nifty choke just seconds into round one.

He was rumored to face Alexandre Noguiera until he was suspended for a failed drug test.

With “Pequeno” out of the picture, insert Leonard Garcia who also has a lot to prove. Garcia debuted with WEC in Febuary with a first round technical knockout over Hiroyuki Takaya. The celebration was short lived, however, when Garcia was arrested for alleged participation in a drug-ring in Texas.

Since then, Garcia has been cleared of most if not all of the charges and has the green light to resume life as he knows it as a fighter.

WEC 36 is headlined with a championship doubleheader — Mike Brown will challenge featherweight king Urijah Faber and 185-pound champ Paulo Filho will rematch Chael Sonnen for the WEC middleweight title.

The main card will air live on the Versus network at 9 p.m. ET on fight night.

August 20th, 2008    

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Comment by McArthur
2008-08-20 14:44:12

should be good

Comment by RedDog
2008-08-20 16:19:21

Awesome matchup!!! The WEC is gonna churn out another good one I believe!

 
Comment by kitsunex
2008-08-20 17:58:47

yup, can’t wait to see Jens mess up that cokehead deadbeat dad.

Comment by PW
2008-08-20 21:26:31

You’re out of line Kits. He’s a coke dealer (allegedly), not a cokehead. Big difference.

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Comment by kitsunex
2008-08-20 23:15:12

oh right a coke dealer is MUCH better than a cokehead :eyeroll:

 
Comment by kitsunex
2008-08-20 23:15:36

and no, i don’t feel i’m out of line. Garcia is scum, plain and simple.

 
 
 
 
Comment by mike22
2008-08-20 14:46:13

Awesome!! This should be a good fight… And im glad to see that leanard got cleared of most if not all them charges…
I love jens but im going with garcia 2nd rd ko

 
Comment by PhilQNY
2008-08-20 14:55:25

This can if both fighter’s show up.. can be fight of the night.easy.

Comment by RealDrew
2008-08-20 15:36:08

This fight has great potential. Neither guy will quit. Both of these guys are very tenacious fighters with a lot of heart.

Comment by ViolentMike
2008-08-20 16:09:02

Now THAT’S what I’m talking about!

I’ve wanted to see this fight since Leonard Garcia moved down to 145. Him and Jens will stand toe to toe and bang it out. The fighter that wants it more will win this fight, and neither of them are walking out of the cage looking pretty.

I actually might not bet on this fight (depending on the odds) and just sit back and enjoy! However, if Garcia is a substantial underdog, he may be worth a small bet, but I don’t see him being a big enough of a dog to be profitable. After his performance against Faber, I see Jens winning this fight at least 65% of the time, which would mean that Garcia would have to be like +190 or better to be profitable, which would put Jens at around -240 with a 70% chance of winning.

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Comment by b.w.
2008-08-20 15:13:37

how could this not be a great fight!

 
Comment by Haze
2008-08-20 15:14:08

Sweet, one more great figght to an already solid card.

 
Comment by DirtyML
2008-08-20 15:15:55

Pulver by decision.

 
Comment by WENDELL
2008-08-20 15:20:02

Garcia KO 3rd round, fight of the night.

 
Comment by the_mexicutioner
2008-08-20 15:21:40

I’ll take Pulver, Garcia is good, but not as experinced as Jens. I mean we all saw what Jens did to Cub Swanson.

Comment by b.w.
2008-08-20 16:10:58

yeah and faber couldnt ko jens so i dont see garcia doing it. i see jens winning by split-dec.

 
 
Comment by FukStyck
2008-08-20 15:25:32

I don’t know, a man on coke can be pretty tough….Good luck Jens

Comment by McArthur
2008-08-20 15:35:59

A man selling coke can be even tougher

 
Comment by b.w.
2008-08-20 16:12:02

i didnt know jens was fighting melvin?

Comment by RedDog
2008-08-20 16:20:04

haha

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Comment by McArthur
2008-08-20 16:26:20

lol

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Comment by pUniSHment
2008-08-20 15:56:26

This is a MUST see video. BJ Penn talks about his upcoming fight with GSP. The lady giving the interview is asking some pretty tough questions. BJ also talks about what will happen with his fight against Kenflo after the GSP fight. It is also interesting to noe that Penn was stuck in his hotel elevator the weekend of UFC 87 in Minnesota.

Here’s the link:

http://www.bjpenn.com/video/video/show?id=2022293:Video:209339

Comment by RedDog
2008-08-20 16:35:31

Good interview. It starts about halfway through the clip. My favorite was when he said he’s doing Florian a favor by making him wait because when he wins the super-fight against GSP, the fight between he and Kenny will be 100x bigger than his fight with gsp….yeah, right.

 
 
Comment by dtrain
2008-08-20 16:06:16

this is going to be an awesome fight. Love that kid Garcia, has mad heart.

 
Comment by McArthur
2008-08-20 16:27:26

In the words of the oh so wise Mike Goldberg

” Little Eagle flys again ”

LOL

 
Comment by Muscle Dolphin
2008-08-20 16:36:24

Excellent!! The winner of this fight should drop to 135 and take on Miguel Torres.

Comment by Wanderlei Fan
2008-08-20 20:11:10

yea, I think it would be cool to see Jens fight Miguel at 135, cause then if Miguel won it would give him a reason to go up and fight Faber.

 
 
Comment by Ground-Game
2008-08-20 18:00:37

Great matchup!

 
Comment by Wanderlei Fan
2008-08-20 19:58:35

I think this fight is going to be epic. Anyone who saw Huerta vs. Garcia knows that Garcia is a scraper, but come on Jens is going to finish this fight with a knockout. The only question now is in my mind is in what round it will be. I know Garcia has the heart. but it all Depends on how hard Garcia’s chin is.

 
Comment by Rob Dib
2008-08-20 20:11:22

I think Jens is bout done. I don’t see the fire like when he was younger, maybe it’s just me.

Rob Dib
http://www.break-your-face.com

Comment by medecine balls
2008-08-20 21:35:52

he looked better against faber just a bit ago then i think he ever has

Comment by Wanderlei Fan
2008-08-21 12:01:05

I agree.

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Comment by DSmith
2008-08-20 21:55:49

I disagree. He’s alot more focused and looked great against Faber. He had plenty of fire.

 
 
Comment by Jrandolph
2008-08-20 20:53:09

This should be a great fight. I’ll go with Jens via decision.

 
Comment by UFCAddict
2008-08-20 20:55:30

This should be a barn-burner.

 
Comment by matt
2008-08-20 21:32:46

this is going to be a hell of a fight! a stand up war but i think jens is more technical and we know both can take a punch i think jens will win a decision, also it would not suprise me if the winner gets the next title shot

 
Comment by DSmith
2008-08-20 21:51:10

WEC consistently puts together some of the most competitive fights. Great matchup.

 
Comment by Mike
2008-08-21 10:34:43

This is going to be a great fight. I like both guys if I am forced to pick I am going with Garcia Jens looked slow in his last fight but I guess Faber can make most guys look slow.

 
Comment by cub23
2008-08-22 14:06:08

REPRESENT THA 806 LEONARD!!!!! GARCIA KO SECOND ROUND!!!!

 
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