WEC 36 is set go off LIVE tonight (Wednesday, November 5) from Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida.
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Without further delay, see below for the latest WEC 36 results. (Note: This will go from the bottom up; therefore, scroll toward the bottom for the latest detailed round-by-round action!)
WEC 36 QUICK RESULTS:
Mike Brown defeats Urijah ” The California Kid” Faber via technical knockout (strikes) in round one for the WEC Featherweight Championship
Chael Sonnen defeats WEC Middleweight Champion Paulo Filho via unanimous decision
Leonard Garcia defeats Jens “Little Evil” Pulver via technical knockout (strikes) in round one
Jake Rosholt defeats Nissen Osterneck via technical knockout (strikes) in round two
Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone defeats “Razor” Rob McCullough via unanimous decision
Aaron Simpson defeats David Avellan via knockout (punch) in round one
Jose Aldo defeats Jonathan Brookins via technical knockout (strikes) in round three
Carmelo Marrero defeats Steve Steinbeiss by split decision
Danny Castillo defeats Rafael Dias via technical knockout (strikes) in round one
Rani Yahya defeats Yoshiro Maeda via submission (guillotine choke) in round one
WEC 36 MAIN CARD FIGHT RECAPS:
WEC Featherweight Champion Urijah ” The California Kid” Faber vs. Mike Brown (145-pound title fight)
Fight recap: Mike Brown handed Urijah Faber his first career loss in the WEC, and in turn took his 145 pound title tonight with a brutal first round technical knockout. There was nothing out of the ordinary early on in the bout, but as the two settled in, Brown’s power advantage became apparent. As he usually does, Faber tried to use his athleticism to counter the power advantage, but this time, it back fired on him. As he was attempting a spinning back elbow strike, he walked right into a perfectly timed short right hook from Brown that crumpled him immediately. Brown jumped on him and pounded him out for the win. For Mike Brown, this was obviously the biggest win of his career, and he is a legitimate champion for the WEC. He’ll be a difficult match up for any challenger that comes calling. For Faber, how he rebounds from this loss will be huge for him as a fighter. He’s a guy that fights with a ton of confidence. He can’t afford to lose that edge on account of this loss. It will be interesting to see how he comes back from this.
Final result: Mike Brown defeats Urijah ” The California Kid” Faber via technical knockout (strikes) in round one for the WEC Featherweight Championship
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WEC Middleweight Champion Paulo Filho vs. Chael Sonnen (Three-round 185-pound nontitle fight)
Fight recap: Paulo Filho continues to prove his career is on a steady decline. He had no answer for Sonnen’s length or reach advantage in this fight. He looked disinterested and bored at times, and he never really showed any aggression. For the most part, neither fighter looked intent on trying to finish the fight at anytime, and the end result was an uneventful three round decision. Towards the end, the match resembled more of a sparring session than a fight that was originally set to be for a world title. In the end Sonnen did just enough to win the fight on the judges scorecards, but there was nothing impressive about this fight.
Final result: Chael Sonnen defeats WEC Middleweight Champion Paulo Filho via unanimous decision
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Jens “Little Evil” Pulver vs. Leonard Garcia (145-pound limit)
Fight recap: As expected both guys were looking to stand and trade in this fight, and with the power these two possess, it’s not surprising it didn’t last very long. Garcia was throwing some serious heat with his punches tonight. Every punch had knockout intentions. It was like he was content on just lowering his head and standing toe to toe with the former UFC lightweight champ, and the strategy worked out perfectly for him. Pulver never had a chance to get comfortable in the fight because of Garcia’s relentless attack. The Greg Jackson trainee has put together two impressive first round stoppages against world class talent now, and it looks like he’s a real threat to the featherweight title holder, whether that be Urijah Faber or Mike Brown after tonight.
Final result: Leonard “Bad Boy” Garcia defeats Jens “Little Evil” Pulver via technical knockout (strikes) in round one
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Jake Rosholt vs. Nissen Osterneck (185-pound limit)
Fight recap: Osterneck came out with a flurry of punches to start the fight, and he looked to have a clear advantage in the stand up. But it wasn’t long before the former national champion collegiate wrestler Jake Rosholt turned to his bread and butter and started working the takedowns and the ground and pound. He controlled most of the first round, but all the clinching and wrestling clearly took it’s toll on both fighters. In the second round the two tired fighters threw all caution to the wind and decided to turn the fight into a slug fest. Midway through the round Rosholt looked to be in deep trouble. Osterneck was putting everything he had into trying to finish the fight, but Rosholt proved his toughness once more and somehow found a way to turn the tides again. Once he got back to the top position on the ground, Osterneck had no cardio left, and Rosholt pounded him out for the win. It was a sloppy fight between two young, inexperienced fighters, but a win is a win for Rosholt. With the WEC abandoning the 185 pound weight class, his next fight could potentially be in the UFC. If that’s the case, he’s got some improving to do.
Final result: Jake Rosholt defeats Nissen Osterneck via technical knock out (strikes) in round two
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I love wec couse we dont have to deal with mike goldbergs bitch ass. i would love to see someone else doing the ppvs. anybody know why he hasn’t got the axe yet?
At least there is no mir tonight. or shouldn’t be.
How could you not like Mir as a commentator??? You would probably prefer Stephen “Fire Marshall Bill” Quadros.
no comentators on wec suck. Mir is super biased for the jits guys. Joe Rogan hardly ever takes a side on a fight and just calls it. Mir always ends up being a cheer leader for one fighter.
DONALD CERRONE FTW!!! just made me 135 dollars
Mirs a clown, i hate the way he trys to sound so intelligent
I like Mir.
i like him as a fighter not as a commentator
Ha Ha, Mir is on.
he should be training for nog not commentating
^^^He realizes there’s no point to training coz he won’t win.
Ya standing or on the ground he stands no fucking chance, i have no clue how he got a title shot…
well what heavyweight would u reccomend over him then? he is a former champion and had two straight wins… is anyone else in the ufc heavyweight division more deserving? if you think so let me know who…
I would like to see cain velasquiz vs shane carwin. Crazy fight both great up and comers. would like to see the winner of that fight mir
No fighting Faber.
i like mir retired.
Maybe because everyone else doesn’t feel the same way you do about him lol
Goldberg is not that bad…we just had a good night of fights and you bring up Goldberg who works for another org?
and UFC and WEC are not in the same league? ask anybody here if they would give up UFC becuase of Goldberg?
CMON MANIA…PLEASE!!PLEASE PUT UP:
Comment by jon johnson
2008-11-05 17:28:58
i would just like 2 point out the odvious. kimbo last fight against that no name seth bith was odviousl rigged. i cant beleive nobody else talked about this. kimbo has bn hit 10 times harder than that little bitch could ever hit. not 2 mention seth didnt even connect. kimbo simple went to his knees and took the loss.(watch the video, u will not disagree)im dissapointed.
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this guy tried to hide this in a February story. Basically he’s saying elite had their only source of revenue lose! This is dumber than OJR and introvert put together! please (I know this guy will never respond) tell me why elite invested millions into a guy, put all there hope and marketing money into a guy, just to have him lose? Basically, Kimbo losing bankrupted elite…but they did it on purpose???
people can’t handle the truth. Yeah Elite put together a fix an hour before the fight, with both fighters, arranged side money for the work and ALL placed bets on Seth P. If you can find even one Elite employee who placed a decent bet (50 k or more) on Kimbo losing in round one ONLY THEN could you even think conspiracy. Even people who’s mother and father were brother and sister can get a Dell.
Who gives a shit about Kimbo ,Seth or Elite?? Not me.
no but if its the case they should not go unpunnished, I lived in ontario and that is why our gov votes against most fight promotion app. and it very much look like it could through a friend of a friend kind of scenario.
Why were you reading a thread from February?
Jon Johnson is just a internet troll it looks like to me.
kimbo lost on purposeyes you r the only 1 who thinks so. they were already to go under and he sank them. he wasnt a mma fighter he was a poaster boy .you must be about 12 years old.
Paulo Filho vin in 13 min
This was the worst fight ever. Filho had less gas than mir.
Is that possible lol…Just kidding. Hopefully Francisco comes in shape for the Nog fight.
submision end 2nd round
Let’s get it started!!
video http://mixedmartialartvideos.com/2007/12/13/paulo-filho-vs-chael-sonnen/
Any live feeds for this. No Vs at school.
its on channelsurfing.net
this card sounds pretty bad a**
Chael Sonnen by submission 2nd round
Im going with sonnen tko rnd 2
And Garcia via bloody smile
Is there anywhere that I can watch this online live?
see above comment.
This just in Chuck Liddell vs Anderson Silva is on the table right now!!!!!!!!!!!
Does anyone know if this is available to watch online?
its not on versus..what channel is that
channelsurfing.net
ill let ya view it over webcam via msn ahahahahah
Sonnen has the problem that alot of wrestlers and ground fighters have and that is that he likes to wrestle too much, why would you take someone down, when you’re dominating the standup and that is your opponents weakness.. Filho’s standup is horrible and Chael has a huge reach advantage so he needs to keep it standing then he has a much better chance at winning! Sonnen 1st round KO
Yeah Sonnen should take him out ‘again’ and this time get his hand raised.
Wow! That Rosholt fight was an awesome start to the night!! He was getting worked. Too bad Osterneck gassed but how could he not at that pace.
Almost missed it. Stupid Comcast has the event listed as not starting for another half hour (9/8c).
Wow, Jens got rocked. Crazy
HAHAHAHA Pulver got KTFO, I am killing it on my pics tonight all of them right but one so far(cerrone and garcia winning big for me)
and now Sonnen is going to win in 3
Pulver’s done, Leonard Garcia is got some nice hands. Nice victory.
I wanted Jens to win, but I picked Garcia, he’s got heavy n’ fast hands for a 145lb.
If you guys remember, Garcia gave Roger Huerta a very tough fight. This guy is legit and I see an awesome slugfest coming between Garcia and Mike Brown for the featherweight title.
Well I guess all of jacksons fighters are tweaking their nipples. Rashad, Keith and now Leonard tweaked and won. Now if GSP does the same thing, I’m gonna have to go with gsp lol
lol, GSP does tweak dude. i think hes the one that started it next to Rashad.
gsp started it first, rashad was after
yup yup
That is indeed the correct nipple chronology
What give with those nipple tweaks? So odd, but JAckson’s Camp keeps winning behind the tweak, and in convincing fashion. I did nptthink Garcia was going to win unlesss he was to submitt him. In Pulvers defense though Garcia landed that shot perfectly , right over the ear.
Holy crap and how about Mike Brown! Was that not beautiful. The minute I saw him start out muscling Faber I knew he was in trouble…I have to say it is nice to see a changing of the guard. Mike Brown is a big strong 145. I
GSP did a single nipple twist for luck, and it worked.
Rashad was telling his camp that he was going to do it as well in the Liddell fight, but very few people believed him. Therefore, he pulled out the double nipple twist. This has quikly become a disturbing trend in the Jackson camp.
garcia vs. faber/brown next set it wec
hooo ga damn!
no comment? =(
I never noticed gsp doing it, I should pay more attention
where can i watch online? anyone?
filho needs to train somewhere else, where he can get some help…mental and physical
Shit man Sonnen can kill him but he might lose cause he keeps trying to ground and pound. Sonnen this fight is yours just KEEP IT STANDING!
He did it a boring ass fight! but he did it! WAR SONNEN!
filho who? “Who’s he looking at!?” ahah Frank Mir.
what a weird fight at the end, Filho did not look present, he doesn’t seem healthy, which is unfortunate but what is fortunate is Sonnen winning not the most exciting fight but a smart one right so…..
Sonnen to the UFC
newfie…..go to channelsurfing.net
there is a live feed there…also for ufc ppv’s too
how horrible of a fight was that??? i hope evrything with filho is ok.
filho looked like he was tripping or something, dude doesnt apepar to be ok in the head….i bet he doesnt pass post fight drug screen
Maybe he put the wrong mushrooms on his pizza.
F*ck Fil-HO! I never got why he was considered as such a good MW? And tonight proved it! Its not like Chael is that good either!
Filho was the most over-rated fighter in the last 5 yrs, before the 1st Sonnen fight lots of polls had him in top 5 P4P list. Chael is good, he’ll do well in the UFC… I think he’s already better than a lot of the 185 UFC fighters.
He was doin’ well until that Babalu fight. The likes of Chael can’t get past Sobral. The UFC could use the likes of him though to mix things up a little bit more in the stacked 205 division!
Yesterday I posted that Paulo Filho’s MMA career is DONE.
“Paulo Filho has become a JOKE in my opinion. I hope Chael KO’s him the F out. … I think that this is the end of Paulo Filho and his MMA career - that is, if SOnnen comes thru with the win. There just seems to be way too many negatives surrounding Filho for him to turn it around.”
Honestly, I don’t know if it will even be his choice anyway. Athletic commissions may not clear him due to his chemical issues, mental state, etc. Was he talking to an imaginary friend in there then??
He fought like a guy who didn’t give a crap if he won or lost because he knew that either way he still gets to call himself a “champion.” I wish Sonnen would have broken his ankle with one of those stomps when Filho was lying on the ground.
What the hell did we just watch? Wow, that was a weird fight. Never seen anything like that. At least we know Uriah will give us some action.
It’s not, that was obvious. This guy should never get a fight in the UFC.
sad. i didn’t see anyone hand sonnen the belt as promised either. LETS GO BROWN!
I found it interesting that they did not even interview Sonnen after that fight. I really wanted to hear what he had to say.
yeah im glad sonnen won but filho has got some issues, i feel scared for his safety let’s just pray he clears everything up in his life, he’s a great fighter he just needs to get his life together or give up fighting all together
i feel the same way, i just hope we dont hear some bad news about him because of all thats happened…
I hate Filho…… Hes such a scrub, robbed Sonnen of his belt.
Yeah, Filho is a buster
I havn’t seen any of folho’s fights from pride but from what I have seen I’m really not that impress. I know he’s a great fighter but your either in it or your not. If you have personal issues. Stop fighting and resolve them. Don’t come into a fight over weight, unprepared, and no desire to fight.
WTF was Filho doing? He looked like he had not a clue what was going on, he wasn’t even engaging in the fight. He had nothing going on on the ground, his stand up was non existant. Being overweight for the fite was a blessing in disguise for him tonite after that performance.
he looked like BJ PENN
Hell yeah!! Dude popped Faber in his ass-chin!
holy shit brown has some power
Faber got rocked! that was quick..my chin hurts from watching that
My chin hurts just imagining what the giant crevice of a butt crack on a chin would feel
Hell yeah, dude popped Faber in his @ss chin!!
MIKE BROWN GOT THE TKO
HOLY SHIT I WAS RUITIN FOR THIS GUY BUT I DIDNT THINK HE GET THE WIN WAR BROWWWWWNNNNN!:D
damn thats dissapointing. Urija got careless
He came out all wild and is used to getting props for being creative…this time he got dropped!
That was tight as Fck!
that was crazy!!!!!!!
wow,wow,wow is all i have to say, Brown-vs-Garcia
Why doesn’t Zuffa strip Filho of his belt? I think that Fight! magazine might want to stop ranking Filho #2 from here on in. It’s like he just showed up for the paycheck.
Does that belt just go away anyway with the WEC Middleweight division folding into the UFC?
Good point.
no doupt?
lol Urijah got too cocky with that off-the-cage elbow and paid for it, sucks.
what happened to brown at the end i walked out of the room, came back and hes being escorted out grabbin at his chest, did he get that excited???
Brown is a beast, Paulo is a bitch that eats to many cookies, and Garcia should get the next shot at the belt.
Wow. I guess that sets up Garcia-Brown but to be honest I’m hoping for Faber-Pulver 2.
Faber will be back.
Brown is a badass, though.
4-sure. at least it will mix up the division some.
Seeing Faber climb back should be great. It’ll be good for him too.
I think his next fight should be to retire Pulver.
Im a massive Pulver fan, but I think he is done.
His previous fight against Faber proved that he is not done.
Not the best night of fights IMHO.
More exciting than UFC Bisping vs. Leben lets be real. Vicious TKO of Pulver, Faber gets upset and KTFO’ed. I think it was a great card and night. I wish Sonnen would learn to throw uppercuts though.
Mike Brown is the Man. He was under estimated by so many people, but he has been in the game for a long time and know how to fight. He finally will get the respect he deserved. I wrestled with him and his a a class act. Biology Major turn to World Champion
Mike Brown is the Man. He was under estimated by so many people, but he has been in the game for a long time and know how to fight. He finally will get the respect he deserved. I wrestled with him and his a a class act. Biology Major to World Champion HELL YEAH!!!!
Hell yea he was underestimated, that was a wicked hook! Hes definately the man now!
you can watch the fights at mmaroot.com.
Paulo is a b–ch. #2 my azz. The Ufc should strip that piece of s— of his title. 4 years watching MMA and never seen such a pitiful showing from a so called champion.
I agree 100% His corner had said that if Chael won that they would hand him the belt! Didnt look to me like they did that?
There is no way in the world that Fihlo could be the number 2 middleweight. Silva gives him way to much credit. The top 4 UFC MW (Franklin, Hendo, MArquardt, and Silva) would cut right through him. Maybe he would do good against Silva only because they roll together everyday, but other then that I do not see Fihlo doing a damn thing to Silva. There should be no excuse for a Champ with , 6 months of training, to not make weight. That is absurd tthat eeeeeeeeeee
I called it y’all - L.Garcia beats Pulver by K.O. You didn’t believe me! WHY DIDNT YOU BELIEVE ME!
I thought Garcia would win cause hes a scrapper! But I didnt think he’d win by TKO!!! That was a pretty good call if you called it!
no it wasn’t.. Jens lost to Joe Lauzon by TKO and got dominated by BJ in the standup too, he’s too weak these days and Garcia is a badass that swings hard and he did what everybody should have expected!
i think sonnen and filho should get the first “worst fight of the night” bonus.
They should. That was some poor fighting right there, 0% excitement factor, WTF?!?
Kalib Starnes already took home that award!
i only sawonehour onvs
i only saw one hour on vs what the fuck
Did you tune in late? It started at 8 and was supposed to be 2 hours but ran a little over.
Wow, not was i was expecting outta this card. It was good, but i was expecting wars!
i had to work
why wasn’t Cowboy’s fight with Razor Rob on the televised portion? i thought it was supposed to be? i was really looking forward to it too!
ME TOO! THey should have had a 3 hour time slot.
dont nobody care that faber finally lost? that shti was awesome. mike brown is bad as$. garcia has some insane haymakers. that boy is crazy, but against brown? i dont know.
Urijah gets TKO’d.. Urijah’s a great fighter all the way except for 1 thing… his ButtChin’s a little on the weakside.
He was simply caught off guard going for some crazy move. His chin was proven in the Pulver fight. He does have the most defined butt chin ever.
Hell Yes Love Everything That Happen
Except Was Hoping Pulver Fight Would Be A War And Him Coming Out On Top
But Damn Props To Garcia He Looked Tough
I know last night I was wondering where the Rob and Cowboy fight was. Wasn’t it on the television portion?
Roseholt vs Osterneck was an awesome fight!!!
Anderson Silva gives Fihlo way to much credit. The top 4 UFC MW (Silva, Marquardt, Franklin, Hendo, and Silva) would absolutely own Fihlo. He would get picked upart by ay of the above mentioned guys.
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It appears I was right about Filho being grossly overrated. He’s always been a big fish in a small pond. Now he’s not even that.
Idiot. He is on drugs and his life is effed up.
He looked nothing like this in PRIDE.
Overrated? How can you compare when Fihlo is not even the same person anymore.
did brown break a rib on that push kick or knee?