Oh Lordy Lord, WEC 36 started off as a pretty decent show, with the Jake Rosholt/Nissem Osternek providing us with some decent back-and-forth action. I picked Osternek as an underdog, but Rosholt pulled it out with a second-round TKO. However, Rosholt's striking looked pretty awful and he's clearly not ready for the UFC, which will soon absorb the WEC's middleweight division.Leonard Garcia scored a pretty impressive first-round TKO of Jens Pulver. Garcia is a damn good fighter, but tis was an ugly loss for Lil Evil and he's clearly at a crossroads in his career. You can't knock Jens for losing to top pound-for-pound fighters like BJ Penn and Urijah Faber, but he clearly can't hang with top competition these days.
While I was satisfied with those two fights, the Paulo Filho/Chael Sonnen fight was a complete disaster. Paulo fought four pounds overweight, gassed early, and clearly looked as if he didn't want to be there. And was he taking instructions from an imaginary friend? Because I can't figure out who he was talking to during the match! It wasn't long ago that Paulo was widely considered to be a contender to Anderson Silva's throne, but don't be surprised if he failed the drug test for WEC 36.
And finally, we have the headlining Urijah Faber/Mike Brown fight, which I'm watching right now. And holy crap, Mike Brown just TKO'd Urijah Faber! Now that wasn't supposed to happen, given how many Urijah Faber commercials were played during this broadcast.
Hmmm, Leonard Garcia, meet Mike Brown!
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