WEC 53 recap: Pettis wins belt in classic, Cruz dominates, Horodecki gets choked
This FanPost was rewritten & front-paged by James Iannotti of MMAmania.com. World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) is no more. The farewell event for the promotion before merging with the UFC went down earlier tonight from the Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Arizona. WEC 53: “Henderson vs. Pettis” featured a blockbuster fight card with two world title bouts & an assortment of other high profile match-ups. Here’s how it all went down: WEC Lightweight champ Ben Henderson headlined the event, putting his gold on the line for the final time against 23-year-old number one contender Anthony Pettis . The WEC brass couldn’t have asked for a better show out of the two men. They closed the WEC doors in style, complete with a wall walking head kick from Pettis late in the fifth round to secure the upset victroy. It was a back & forth five round war for the ages with both fighters leaving everything they had in the cage. Pettis didn’t finish the fight with the late highlight reel kick, but that’s what everybody is going to be talking about tomorrow. It was something you’d expect to see in a Bruce Lee movie. He had Henderson backpedaling. He ran off the cage & connected with a flying kick right on the chin. Henderson crumbled to the floor, but he somehow managed to recover & make it to the final bell. The fight was very close, but Pettis deserved to win
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WEC 53 recap: Pettis wins belt in classic, Cruz dominates, Horodecki gets choked
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