WEC 46 Results: Benson Henderson Guillotines Jamie Varner, Unifies WEC Lightweight Titles
by Mike Fagan on Jan 11, 2010 1:35 AM EST
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Jamie Varner put it best in the post-fight interview: Shit happens.
Varner looked sharp from the opening bell, after nearly a year out of the cage healing a hand injury. Benson Henderson matched Varner step-for-step, providing a very close two rounds. Varner looked to be the more technical fighter, using his boxing and wrestling to outpoint Henderson in the opening periods.
And then it ended oh so quickly.
In the opening minute of round three, Henderson stuff a takedown and locked Varner's neck in a guillotine. Henderson quickly jumped into guard, and before Varner had a chance to react and defend, he was forced to tap.
Varner continued to cultivate his heel persona following the bout, complaining that he came to fight while Henderson came to grapple.
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As I stated in the Live Discussion thread ..
I guess all those body locks and takedown attempts Varner was attempting fall under the "boxing" gameplan he had.
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Thus is why he tapped so fast, of course. Really, he pussed out, and tapped to a pain choke. If he “came to fight” he sure as shit would have at least tried a slam. Not trying to fighter bash, but, damn.
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by Kaleb Kelchner on Jan 11, 2010 12:20 AM EST up reply actions
Varner vs Neer for the stand and bang is the only real fighting belt. Stay tuned.
by darkside3744 on Jan 11, 2010 12:00 AM EST reply actions 3 recs
He came to grapple....
and it worked, varner….
It worked
So embrace the douchebag persona and realize this is mma, not wrestle-boxing.
This is mma Jamie
you know mixed martial arts which means you can use everything not just boxing or kick boxing but wrestling, grappling, Jui-jitsu,anything. You want to be a boxer go box.
If you cant deal with a certain aspect of the sport you part of I suggest you find a new sport and way to be classy as always.
I love how he had no problem with Ben at the end of the first and second rounds hugging and high fiving but the moment he loses then he thinks Ben didnt come to fight.
THANKS
I would have replied faster but I had to go find my pants, that is awesome month old news
by blueballlefty on Jan 11, 2010 12:11 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
maybe i'm bein' captain obvious here, but...
if you’re online enough to keep up on that kind of news, then you should already be able to sniff out these kinds of “huge announcements” a mile away (as nothing new at all), before getting worked up over them. not everyone who watches these shows is up on all the latest zuffa happenings, so i’m sure it was “huge” to some people.
this is obviously pure speculation...
…but does anyone know varner’s current contract status? with all the sour grapes he was spilling leading up to the fight, along with the quick tap (and the nonchalant attitude about losing his belt), it seems like the guy isn’t too happy with his current situation. wouldn’t be surprised if he tried to jump ship to get on cbs, now that he’s free of any champion’s clause restrictions.
also, i’m sure they’re gonna do henderson/cerrone 2, for henderson’s first defense, but i’d rather see cowboy beat up varner again, and erase the controversy from the first fight.
“Beat up Varner again” implies he beat up Varner the first time. He didn’t.
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Varner has no class. His shtick is old and tired. He should fight James Tomey if he just wants to stand and throw hands. Dream could promote it. It would be like Jose Conseco v. Hong Man Choi. Varner needs to go away.
by Caligula on Jan 11, 2010 12:15 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Varner said “I came to fight, he came to kick” not grapple, he was referring to the fact that Bendo only threw those roundhouse kicks.
The mat is my church, the ground is my heaven, Jiu-Jitsu is my religion. And once you hit the ground you're in my world. My world is like the ocean, I’m like a shark and most people don't even know how to swim - Draculino
by Patrick Tenney on Jan 11, 2010 12:28 AM EST reply actions
Right fter that, he said “I came to box, he came to grapple”
"He's taking more hits than Nick Diaz's bong." - The Voice
Ah, must of missed that. Just heard the kick part.
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by Patrick Tenney on Jan 11, 2010 5:49 AM EST up reply actions
great stuff
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by flyingkneetoface on Jan 11, 2010 2:19 AM EST up reply actions
Definition of irony:
Irony is the act of spending half of the first round in a MMA fight trying to sub your opponent and then complaining after you lose the fight by submission that your opponent came to grapple and kick, while you came to box.
Congrats Jamie Varner,
You just earned the worlds biggest hypocrite award.
YEA!! Ben brings back WEC Lightweight Belt back to THE LAB!!
Thats what I’m talkin’ about!!! Varner doesn’t make it easy to like him does he??LOL I see some are trying to stick up for Varner but he’s showing the poor character he’s becoming known for, being a sore loser. If he wanted to just box, go into boxing because in MMA we grapple as well as strike. I guess the difference between Jaime and the “Champ” is, one is better at MMA than the other.
From Botter's Twitter
botter Varner keeps it going at the post-fight presser when he says that Ben “did a lot of running away”
Varner keeps working a lot of Tito Ortiz into his act.
"It would appear that the strain was more than he could bear".- Doc Holliday
by MyFistYourFace on Jan 11, 2010 12:42 AM EST reply actions
is it true that noone was able to stream the fight tonite, i heard they cut everyone off during the faber fight?
Not true at all
I missed Brown vs Morrison, but got to check out everything else.
I called that Henderson would have a “smooth” victory, and he did. Varner should just embrace his new found heel turn.
Well thanks to The Score
I got to watch in on my TV. F you very much TSN. I can’t really blame the streamers here… it is had for free and they are subject to the same advertisements even if they aren’t being counted for statistical purposes.
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is it just me
or does anyone think that the WEC belt looks like they just glued a manhole cover onto a regular belt?
Well I guess this puts the “boxing vs. MMA” debate to rest once and for all.
by ufc4 on Jan 11, 2010 1:08 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
I just saw the results of this fight on the scroll at the bottom of the screen on ESPN, don’t recall ever seeing WEC results on there before.
hopefully this means our great sport is going to be shown more on ESPN
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by flyingkneetoface on Jan 11, 2010 2:20 AM EST up reply actions
Varner is a bitch, everytime he gets hit in the mouth he calls timeout. He was getting rocked in the Franca fight and out of nowhere called a timeout because his mouthpiece came out. After that fight i’ve always hated him, not to mention he did the same thing in the McCullough fight.
by SerraJitsu0876 on Jan 11, 2010 11:55 AM EST reply actions
So aside from Cerrone
who else is in line for a title shot?
http://www.wec.tv/index.cfm?fa=fighter.AllFighters&did=5&LName=
My personal guesses are Ricardo Lamas and/or Dave Jansen. Any other names?
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by Cory Braiterman on Jan 11, 2010 12:54 PM EST reply actions
Didn’t Jansen lose a decision last night?
by mictlantechutli on Jan 11, 2010 1:08 PM EST up reply actions
He did.
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by Richard Wade on Jan 11, 2010 1:57 PM EST up reply actions
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