WEC 51: Aldo vs. Gamburyan [Results]

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WEC 51: Aldo vs. Gamburyan
September 30th, 2010
1STBANK Center Center, Broomfield, CO
Versus (9:00PM EST)

145lbs. Jose Aldo (C) vs. Manny Gamburyan
155lbs. Donald Cerrone vs. Jamie Varner
135lbs. Miguel Torres vs. Charlie Valencia
145lbs. Mark Hominick vs. Leonard Garcia
145lbs. Chang Sung Yung vs. George Roop

145lbs. Mike Brown vs. Cole Province
155lbs. Chris Horodecki vs. Ed Ratcliff
135lbs. Chad George vs. Antonio Banuelos
135lbs. Clint Godfrey vs. Demetrius Johnson
145lbs. Tyler Toner vs. Diego Nunes
155lbs. Pablo Garza vs. Zhang Tie Quan

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Jason Reinhardt out, Pablo Garza in.

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Anyone think Josh Grispi should be getting this title shot instead of Manny Gamburyan?

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Main card:
Jose Aldo (145 lbs.) vs. Manny Gamburyan (145 lbs.)
Donald Cerrone (155.5 lbs.) vs. Jamie Varner (156 lbs.)
Miguel Torres (136 lbs.) vs. Charlie Valencia (136 lbs.)
Chan Sung Jung (146 lbs.) vs. George Roop (145 lbs.)
Leonard Garcia (146 lbs.) vs. Mark Hominick (145 lbs.)

Preliminary card:
Pablo Garza (154 lbs.) vs. Tiequan Zhang (154 lbs.)
Mike Brown (145 lbs.) vs. Cole Province (146 lbs.)
Chris Horodecki (155 lbs.) vs. Ed Ratcliff (155 lbs.)
Diego Nunes (145 lbs.) vs. Tyler Toner (145 lbs.)
Antonio Banuelos (136 lbs.) vs. Chad George (135 lbs.)
Demetrious Johnson (135 lbs.) vs. Nick Pace (135 lbs.)

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Really looking forward to this card, the little guys hardly ever disappoint and Aldo is just fun to watch.

Anyone think Josh Grispi should be getting this title shot instead of Manny Gamburyan?

Wasn't Grispi just coming off a major injury before his last fight, another fight against better competition than L.C. Davis and I think he could be up for a shot at Aldo?

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hey canadian wise what channel will this be on, i saw that it will be on at 11 on the score is there a live showing of this on canadian channels

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hey canadian wise what channel will this be on, i saw that it will be on at 11 on the score is there a live showing of this on canadian channels

Just what you mentioned as far as I can find. Delayed by NCAA football.

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Cerrone and Varner hate each other. Amazing 1st round.

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Awesome card as usual. Now waiting for Aldo!!!

Lolz Jamie Varner just said Arizona was his home city.

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The only way to kill a zombie?


A headshot.

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Jose Aldo is a fucking beast. Seriously, a fucking beast.

Jesus Christ. He's only 24.

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Ouch. The mouse under Manny's eye looks very painful.

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Aldo's leg kicks are so mean, like 3 leg kicks and the announcers are talking about Manny's leg buckling/turning red in the 1st round (plus how he crippled Faber). I really believe he'd destroy any 155er on the feet, even Edgar's in and out bouncing around style wouldn't work after his lead leg was damn near taken off.

I don't think there's a whole lot of competition for Aldo at 145, and the only thing that could stop him from a title and more domination at 155 are just big wrestlers that could lay'n pray a smaller guy like him. Haven't really seen any of him on his back, but if he has an active guard I'd love to see him move up and transfer to the UFC.

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The WEC is solid. Pretty much every time you're guaranteed to see good action. Great card.

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$10,000 bonuses...

Varner & Cerrone
Torres
Roop

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MAIN CARD

• Jose Aldo def. Manny Gamburyan via knockout (strikes) - Round 2, 1:32 (retains featherweight title)
• Donald Cerrone def. Jamie Varner via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
• Miguel Torres def. Charlie Valencia via submission (rear-naked choke) - Round 2, 2:25
• George Roop def. Chan Sung Jung via KO (head kick) - Round 2, 1:30
• Mark Hominick def. Leonard Garcia via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

PRELIMINARY CARD

• Tiequan Zhang def. Pablo Garza via submission (guillotine choke) - Round 1, 2:26
• Mike Brown def. Cole Province via TKO (punches) - Round 1, 1:18
• Chris Horodecki def. Ed Ratciff via split decision (28-29, 30-27, 30-27)
• Diego Nunes def. Tyler Toner via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
• Antonio Banuelos def. Chad George via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
• Demetrious Johnson def. Nick Pace via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

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Still don't know how a judge scored that fight for Garcia. He got picked apart.

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Some thoughts on the show...

Hominick/Garcia was a clinic. Hominick is a good technical striker but I wonder if he has the power in his hands to compete with Aldo. He doesn't kick much. Garcia is getting to the point where a change in style, however unpopular that would be, is necessary. Winging punches is not working that well. Should've lost to Jung.

Roop vs. Jung was cool. Roop used good footwork and his length to keep Jung from landing anything significant. Jung looked very small in comparison, especially when Roop front and high kicked. Jung's strategy of not defending himself didn't work out so well. With a bit of technique refinement with a great boxing or kickboxing trainer (Shawn Tompkins, Ernesto Hoost, Kru Phil Nurse, etc.) he would fare better. Probably could've gone to his grappling more as well but Roop was just so big and hard to control.

Torres vs. Valencia was good, too. At first it looked like Torres was timid but really he was just biding his time. Each time he landed a significant shot he jumped all over Valencia and tried to end the fight. Can't help but feel this fight didn't prove much in Torres' comeback drive, but still good for him to get a W. Kind of humbling to think the former longtime champ spent two months in a Montreal basement prior to this fight. Dude have you never heard of a short term apartment rental?

Zhang vs. Garza was fascinating having never seen Zhang (or any Chinese-born fighter?) fight in MMA before. He seemed to like grappling which is good because supposedly his kickboxing is alright. He was a bit small I think. For a lack of grappling training his guillotine technique was good--getting high up the back of his opponent leaning into the choke rather than away from it, that's how you finish that type of guillotine. [/Joe Rogan]

Cerrone vs. Varner was awesome. Like most MMA fans I really dislike the time-out calling, away-running, eye-nursing, excuse-making Worm Jamie Varner, so to see him get blasted by Cerrone (and outwrestled!) was fun. To be honest I think Varner is the superior fighter of the two but he was in a bad place last night. He didn't have the spark that he showed in the first fight between them--or perhaps Cerrone has evolved that much. Funny they kept going to tap gloves and then would immediately regret it and try to fight/fuck around with each other more. Wouldn't mind seeing a third fight. I think the fact that this fight was three rounds made it better for Cerrone.

Finally, Aldo is a killer. I've read a few people complaining that some of the ground and pound shots he landed on Gamburyan were to the neck/back of the head, but I don't think the outcome would've been different either way. Glad to see Aldo not resorting to kicking and circling like he did against Faber. I would love to see this kid move up to 155, clear out the WEC in a year or two, then move to the UFC. As for Gamburyan, I was never sold on him anyway.

Overall this was far and away one of the best MMA shows of the year. Big props to the WEC as always.

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Also, anyone else getting a little tired of the WEC trying to force feed us Urijah Faber all the time?

He's lost 3 of 5, simmer down a bit.

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Also, anyone else getting a little tired of the WEC trying to force feed us Urijah Faber all the time?

He's lost 3 of 5, simmer down a bit.

He is to the WEC what Chuck Liddell was to the UFC the first major break out star with mass appeal.

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He is to the WEC what Chuck Liddell was to the UFC the first major break out star with mass appeal.

That's what they tell us but I think its debatable. He is a local star in Sacramento who has been pushed as the poster boy for the WEC but honestly I think guys like Pulver, Cerrone, and Aldo are just as popular now. And yeah I know Pulver is gone.

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Pulver is a legend and was on TUF opposite Penn he was not a home built star in the sense that Faber is/was. Honestly I think only Aldo is even debatable as being on the same level of stardom as Faber. Cerrone does not have that kind of following.

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Pulver is a legend and was on TUF opposite Penn he was not a home built star in the sense that Faber is/was. Honestly I think only Aldo is even debatable as being on the same level of stardom as Faber. Cerrone does not have that kind of following.

What following? People know who he is but I have yet to meet a confessed Faber fan. I seriously think he is a star in Sacto but elsewhere is just someone who is a recognizable fighter. I think he is less popular than most of the guys that come from TUF--more people know who they are.