WEC and Versus Deliver

WEC is quickly becoming my favorite MMA organization.

The fact that the WEC shows on Versus are free certainly makes a huge impact on my feelings, but the action and nonstop excitement has a lot more to do with my new preference.

I have just as many favorites in WEC as I have in the UFC or Strikeforce.

Although Affliction is loaded with heavyweight talent, and I do like Andrei Arlovski and Fedor Emelianenko, the lightweights on WEC fight more frequently. 

Tonight's show did not go the way I thought it would, as I had thought Jens Pulver would stage a comeback.

I had no idea that Jose Aldo could dispose of Cub Swanson so quickly.

These two fights alone completely floored me by the swiftness of their endings.

Donald Cerrone did not disappoint me at all, as I had convinced my husband to watch his fight with undefeated James Krause on the basis that the Cowboy was genuine and had ridden bulls, which gave him a lot in common with the men in our family.

My husband loved the fast pace and rapid transitions in the fight, so he actually stayed up for the rest of the event.

As a former wrestler and from watching our sons' and grandson's matches, he recognized a lot of the moves and strategies being used, so he wasn't out of his depth at all.

Explaining the BJJ moves and the names of some of the submission holds were the only thing that made me feel I had superior knowledge of MMA, and he got accustomed to it more easily than I have adapted to his favorite sport, NASCAR.

My choosing to cheer for Mike Brown was puzzling to Mel, as he had heard my grandson and I talk an awful lot about "the California Kid" Uriah Faber.

When I explained that hearing Faber talk about how BJ Penn was "going to beat Georges St-Pierre" and Mike Brown had predicted a GSP win, he finally understood my preference.

The fight was much more grueling for Faber than I had anticipated, mostly due to the damage done to his hands early on in the first round. All the elbow strikes and kicks appeared to be doing enough damage that the fight stayed fairly even.

In the later rounds, I actually felt sorry for Uriah, and I did admire him for gutting it out, although I do not feel it was a very wise thing for him to continue fighting after he realized his right hand was broken.

If additional damage was done, Faber may live to regret allowing the damage to accumulate.

Hopefully, he will heal well enough to be able to continue doing what he really loves.

Brown was more emotional in victory than Uriah was in defeat, which was a little bit surprising to me.

Knowing that Aldo will doubtlessly want a chance at Brown will give a lot of people a reason to keep following the WEC events.

That and the upcoming Miguel Angel Torres fight, in addition to a second fight between Jamie Varner and Donald Cerrone, will give me further reason to watch.

While everyone believes that Torres is an unstoppable force to be reckoned with, not everyone agrees with me that Cerrone had Varner beaten and never should have received a loss for their last meeting.

A No Contest or Draw would have made more sense to me.

Fortunately, no matter what Varner has been saying, the Cowboy will get another chance, and I am counting on him to capitalize on the opportunity and put another win on his record.

In the meantime, I would honestly have to tell everyone who will listen to me to tune into Versus for the very next WEC event.

Like my newly converted husband, they won't regret it.