MMA: WEC Shows CBS What Real MMA Is All About

After the Elite XC delivered a low blow to the world of MMA Saturday, the fighters of the WEC stepped up their game and delivered the performance of the decade.

The first fight from Razor Rob McCullough and Kenneth Alexander was a less than lackluster performance. It looked as though McCullough was gun-shy coming off of his previous loss, which must have been contagious because the action from Alexander came in spurts at best.

Alexander's corner seemed to be telling him to go for the decision, which should never be any corner's strategy for their fighter. About the only good thing that I saw in this fight was McCullough's take-down defense, which probably helped him win his split decision.

After that, the fighters of the WEC put it into high gear and didn't let up. To look at Chuck Grigsby from across the ring, you would have thought Mark Munoz would have had just a little bit of fear, but no.

Grigsby is 6-foot-6 with a 78-inch reach, but Munoz's corner devised a great game plan: Get Grigsby to the ground and neutralize his height and reach advantage. That's just what Munoz did. After stepping out of Grigsby's guard, Munoz delivered blow after devastating blow which gave him the impressive knockout victory.

Following that, we had the bout of the undefeateds. Donald Cerrone (7-0) vs. Danny Castillo (5-0) did not last long, but was exciting nonetheless. After a quick exchange, the fight was taken to the ground where Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone forced Castillo to tap verbally 30 seconds into the round.

Folks, from here on out we're talking about non-stop action. The Bantam and Featherweight champions and their challengers showed the mixed martial arts community what a MMA bout is supposed to look like.

First, we had the Bantamweight championship fight between Miguel Angel Torres and Yoshiro Maeda. This was one of the best and most exciting fights that I've seen in a long time.

From the start, these two fighters were relentless, whether it was standing up or on the ground. They just wouldn't let up. At one point, both fighters had the same heel hook in place and neither would tap.

Eventually, Maeda's right eye began to swell up and Torres started to expose the injury with his left jab. This caused Referee Herb Dean to stop the fight at the doctor's advice after the end of the third round.

Maeda seemed to be in severe pain, as his corner attended to his injured eye. Hopefully, it's not too serious and he heels fast so he can prepare for the rematch.

Finally, one of the most anticipated fights in all the MMA community, the Pulver vs. Faber fight, did not disappoint in the slightest. I think the only two surprises were Faber's stand-up and the fact that the fight went all five rounds.

I really don't think that Jens was prepared for Urijah's stand-up. His speed and relentlessness was on another level.

Just when you thought Pulver was out, he shocked everyone with his world class chin and answered with combos of his own. It was back-and-forth the entire fight.

In a show of true class, before starting the fifth round both fighters shared a quick embrace of respect for the other's talent. In the end, Urijah Faber won all five rounds in a decision.

But to judge this fight just on a scorecard would be an injustice. Personally, I can't wait for Pulver Vs. Faber II. Who know what we'll see, now that each fighter has seen what the other's got first hand.

To say that network television ought to pay attention to the real MMA leagues should go without saying. If the network executives missed last night's event of the century they need to watch the replay.

Hopefully, the first thing on their agenda Monday morning is dropping the corrupt and subpar Elite XC and start talks with a real MMA league.

The sad thing is that all those new viewers that caught that joke of a program Saturday night probably missed Sunday's WEC event, which should go down in MMA history.