This article was originally contributed to Latest Sports Gossip.
Last night, Miguel Angel Torres walked into the WEC cage as a juggernaut in the bantamweight division. Most people expected him to go ahead and walk right through Brian Bowles and extend his win streak to 17 wins.
Bowles had different plans.
Torres had Bowles in trouble. He was chasing him down and had Bowles against the cage, until for one quick second he dropped his hands. Bowles landed a short right hook that shocked the mixed martial arts world. It dropped Torres right to the mat.
Torres seemed to be scrambling and holding on to little hope, but Bowles was relentless and kept unloading blow after blow until Torres was sprawled out on the mat unconscious. It was the first time that Torres knew what it was like to be on the losing end since November of 2003.
After the fight, Bowles said, "He had me rattled there pretty bad and I kind of recovered. I seen him coming in a little hard and just swung a good hook and hit him right on the jaw."
While many didn't think Bowles stood a chance, he had confidence in himself all along. "I was convinced that I could beat him," Bowles said. "I just stayed calm. I think other people get caught up in the [Torres] hype and are afraid of him. I wasn't worried about that."
While it is a setback for Miguel Torres, he isn't making excuses. "It's not a setback for my career, it's a new challenge," Torres said. "There's no excuses for what happens. It's going to be a good road back."
Bowles earned a $10,000 bonus for Knockout of the Night. Others receiving bonuses were Joseph Benavidez and Dominick Cruz for Fight of the Night, and Rani Yahya was awarded for Submission of the Night.
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