WEC Announces Upcoming Bantam Weight Championship and Does Away With Light-Heavyweight And Middleweight Classes
Miguel Angel Torres is a great bantam weight fighter. If you follow the WEC then you would know the name and face. Pound for pound one of the best fighters in the WEC with Jui Jitsu that’s difficult to rival. On December 3rd Miguel will have to defend his championship and prove that he is the best Bantamweight fighter in the WEC when he takes on unbeaten Manny Tapia.
Las Vegas, NV (USA) – With two spectacular wins that sky-rocketed him into the pound-for-pound stratosphere, WEC® bantamweight champion Miguel Angel Torres has been one of 2008’s great success stories. But the only man standing between him and likely recognition as Fighter of the Year is one of his greatest rivals, Manny Tapia, an unbeaten contender who has been waiting six months for his shot at the 135-pound weight class’ greatest prize. The World Extreme Cagefighting® organization is pleased to announce that on Wednesday, December 3rd, at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, these two warriors will finally meet in an explosive contest guaranteed to produce fireworks.
This next bit is kind of strange if you ask me. The WEC plans to roll with only 4 weight classes beginning in 2009. This is going to force some fighters, such as hopefuls or current residents, to drop weight if they want to continue or fight in the WEC.
The WEC also announced that, starting in 2009, the organization will focus on four weight classes: welterweight (170 pounds), lightweight (155 pounds), featherweight (145 pounds), and bantamweight (135 pounds). The WEC will no longer actively promote light heavyweight and middleweight fights after the Dec. 3rd event. This increased attention to the sport’s lighter divisions makes the WEC the undisputed home of the most exciting lighter weight fighters in mixed martial arts.
Great Middleweights like Chael Sonnen, Joe Doerksen and Paulo Filho will have to drop weight in order to stay if allowed and Light Heavyweights that dominate like Brian Stann and Doug Marshal will be looking for other employment opportunities elsewhere. I don’t see the sense in doing away with the Light Heavyweights. Honestly the WEC doesn’t have but a handful, so what would it hurt to keep them around?
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