Video: Rob McCullough vs. Donald Cerrone

by Luke Thomas on Dec 22, 2008 9:45 AM EST in MMA News

Versus really wants you to pay attention to arguably one of the most slept on fights in WEC history: Rob McCullough vs. Donald Cerrone at WEC 36. The promoter for UWC was on location when the fight happened and was texting me the entire time asking if this fight was being aired on television. By all accounts the fight was tremendous and main event worthy if the action within the cage is the qualifying feature. Details on when the fight will be aired on Versus:

These clips are available to insiders only for a short time; Versus will air the fight in its entirety as part of WEC® Best of 2008, a two-hour special presentation on December 28 at 9 p.m. ET.

And while there's been some shake-ups at the WEC from a management perspective, it's difficult to blame old staff for not featuring this fight. There's no way to predict which fight will be barn burners and the two hour broadcast of the WEC shows leaves very little time after main events. At least now this fantastic scrap is being brought to light.

Parts 2 and 3 after the jump.

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Wow…Cerrone gets dropped twice in these clips and still takes the decision. Must have been an absolute war!

by The_Gaijin on Dec 22, 2008 9:38 AM EST reply actions

When is this on TV? Sunday?

by Brett Jones on Dec 22, 2008 9:56 AM EST reply actions

Yeah, wow, so I can read.

by Brett Jones on Dec 22, 2008 9:57 AM EST up reply actions

I couldn’t believe this fight wasn’t televised. You had a former LW champ vs. a serious contender was also feature on the Tapout reality show. Someone dropped the ball.

by nitro on Dec 22, 2008 11:56 AM EST reply actions

To be fair, the reason this fight led to the shakeup was because the winner of this fight was lined up to challenge for the LW title. This has resulted in Varner facing someone whose last fight was a prelim, an unacceptable situation, and one the WEC was constantly guilty of. Maeda was on the prelims before his fight with Torres, Miura was on the prelim before his fight with Condit, Mike Brown was on a prelim before his fight with Faber. Generally the WEC was doing an atrocious job setting up future title fights.

by Michaelthebox on Dec 22, 2008 5:24 PM EST reply actions