WEC 37 Weigh-In Results

by Chris Nelson on Dec 2, 2008 7:53 PM EST in News Comment 22 comments

Miguel Torres (134) vs. Manny Tapia (134)
Wagnney Fabiano (146) vs. Akitoshi Tamura (145)
Brian Bowles (135) vs. Will Ribeiro (136)
Joseph Benavidez (135) vs. Danny Martinez (136)
Justin Haskins (169) vs. Johny Hendricks (171)
Ricardo Barros (205) vs. Mark Munoz (205)
Diego Nunes (146) vs. Cole Province (146)
Alex Karalexis (156) vs. Bart Palaszewski (155)
Cub Swanson (145) vs. Hiroyuki Takaya (146)
Shane Roller (156) vs. Mike Budnik (155)

And MMAWeekly reports on the non-fireworks from the evening's main eventers:

"I'm ready to rock," Tapia said. "I'm healthy. Mentally, I'm ready."

"It's a fight," Tapia said. "You just go out there and fight. I'm ready."

. . .

Typical of his predominantly reserved demeanor, Torres said he is focused on simply performing up to his own expectations.

"My main motivation is to go out there and do what I came to do," Torres said. "Go out there and fight a hard fight."

Thankfully there's not much need for verbal sparring when you've got a fight this good.

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This should be another home run show from WEC. I just hope the product remains at a similarly high level now that Scott Adams is no longer booking the shows.

by Brett Jones on Dec 2, 2008 7:57 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Its a nice matchup, but success will be measured by the Versus rating, and its unlikely to deviate from the mediocre showings since Faber vs. Pulver 1.

I’d like to think the future is bright for the WEC, but right now it seems like they might not even have a TV deal for much longer.

by smoogy on Dec 2, 2008 8:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Despite how quality this event is, there is positively no buzz for it whatsoever. I expect the ratings to be dismal.

by Luke Thomas on Dec 2, 2008 9:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

That’s unfortunate.

by Tonley on Dec 2, 2008 9:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Any idea on the term of the WEC/Versus agreement?

by smoogy on Dec 2, 2008 10:07 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Looking into it now.

by Luke Thomas on Dec 2, 2008 10:17 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Luke, do you think there’s any chance Zuffa tries to find the WEC another home (or move it to Spike?) when the deal with Versus runs out? Zuffa seems to rewards loyalty, and I think Versus has done a good job handling MMA.

by Mike Fagan on Dec 2, 2008 11:26 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

lol

Zuffa rewards loyalty, sure, but they aren’t in a position to dictate terms with TV partners when WEC is pulling in such mediocre ratings. If anything, the signs point to Versus being unhappy with the status quo. Outside of Urijah Faber and Jens Pulver, none of the WEC names seem to have caught on with audiences. And even when both of them are on a card in seperate bouts, they can’t seem to make anything happen.

by smoogy on Dec 3, 2008 12:31 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Well, Versus agreed to air 8 live events as well as x number of new Wrekcage episodes in 2009, so I’d suspect that there is very little risk of WEC being removed from the station next year.

by Brett Jones on Dec 2, 2008 11:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

And no one had trouble making weight.

That seems like a rarity nowadays for some reason.

Should be an excellent card, though.

by jmjinks on Dec 2, 2008 8:02 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

WEC fighters, particularly their champs, seem to stay focused over long periods of success. maybe it’s their lack of media attention/sponsor money that keeps their champions hungry.

I mean, look what happened to Faber. That may have been a case of him reading his headlines and believing the hype.

Anyway, I just feel like you never here a lot of trash talk, and I haven’t heard of any big contract disputes coming from the WEC. These guys stay hungry.

by nandez44 on Dec 2, 2008 8:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I heart WEC

This looks like a great card for hard cores. However, I agree there is absolutely zero buzz. Anbody know anything about how ratings are measured these days. Do you still need an arbitron box and log what you watch or has that been updated?

by !claw on Dec 2, 2008 11:00 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Ya’ll are ragging way to hard on WEC for its ratings.

VS feels the need to do press releases when college football gets a 1.0 rating in their channel. ESPN gets twice that for their games.

VS is a low ratings channel. Anything on VS is going to get half what it would get on a better channel. I really doubt their deal is in any danger, since .5 is fairly solid for them.

by toxic on Dec 2, 2008 11:18 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I am so pissed that TSN switched fight and is airing it on Saturday instead. Fucking travesty.
Instead I get to watch NHL Ottawa vs Atlanta. bleh.
I’ll have to get the fight on Thursday from the usual places.. this is why Zuffa needs to get the WEC on a more prolific station.

by pr0cs on Dec 3, 2008 12:24 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Its on TSN2 live

by smoogy on Dec 3, 2008 12:32 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Hmm, they changed it again.
Well I hope they keep it on, I can PVR the TUF show and watch this WEC event.
Thanks for the update, I would have likely not checked again.

by pr0cs on Dec 3, 2008 9:18 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

That ring girl is top shelf.

by Benicio on Dec 3, 2008 5:15 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Attn Spike!

Please can TNA and get WEC instead. UFC and WEC on Spike would be awesome and sooo much better for WEC.

BTW, I don’t see how Gina is gonna get that many people to tune into Versus. Not that many people have that channel. I can only get it with one of the top packages on Dish.

by xFenixKnightx on Dec 3, 2008 8:33 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

It is on my fairly basic package...

for DirecTV and was at my old place on Comcast as well. I’m surprised to hear that it isn’t easily available for anyone with satellite or cable

Contributing Editor - BloodyElbow.com - SBNation's mixed martial arts headquarters.

by Brent Brookhouse on Dec 3, 2008 10:11 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

You know what?

You’re 100% correct. I was talking about Versus HD. Forgot SD Versus was on the cheaper packages. Sorry, Ive turned into somewhat of an HD whore. I order all UFCs in HD now. Oscar DLJ/Pacman? $65.00 for HD. Insane but my friends are ptching in. Watching fights and sports in general on 58" Samsung HDTV with surround sound is fricken sweet! Theres no going back now….

by xFenixKnightx on Dec 3, 2008 11:42 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs