WEC 36 Preview - Nissen Osterneck Worth a Bet

WEC 36 is on tonight, and hot damn am I pumped for this card!

Even with Paulo Filho ruining his middleweight title fight with Chael Sonnen by coming in 4 pounds above the 185 pound weight limit, you have to be excited for this event. The fight I'm most looking forward to is Jens Pulver vs. Leonard Garcia, which should be awesome as both guys hit hard and like to push the pace. Both Pulver and Garcia are hungry for a win, and Jens appears to be turning over a new leaf in his training, moving away from his typical sprawl and brawl style.

As for Urijah Faber vs. Mike Brown, I'm not going crazy over this one because nobody in the WEC can hang with Faber at 145. If the WEC does decide to enter the pay-per-view realm, let's hope Zuffa will pay the big bucks to bring in Kid Yamamoto from Japan. Elsewhere, the Rani Yahya vs. Yoshiro Maeda and Rob McCullough vs. Donald Cerrone fights should provide some excitement.

Now if I had to put a bet down on WEC 36, I'd pick Nissen Osterneck over Jake Rosholt. Jake is an extremely strong wrestler with rudimentary striking, but he's compiled a 4 - 0 MMA record, finishing all his fights. Osterneck, an underdog going off at +260, is no slouch himself and has a much better jiu-jitsu game than Rosholt.