Wagney Fabiano impresses on WEC debut
Held last night, in Las Vegas, in the United States, WEC-37 thrilled the audience at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. In the main fight of the night, Carlson Gracie's student, the Mexican, Miguel Torres successfully defended the bantamweight title of the event by defeating the previously undefeated Manny Tapia, in the second round, by technical knockout.
Among the Brazilians, Wagney Fabiano made a good debut in the event, submitting former Shooto champion Akitoshi Tamura, with katagame, in the third round. Will Ribeiro Will Ribeiro had his four-fight winning streak interrupted against Brian Bowles, when he was submitted with a guillotine choke in the third round.
In the preliminary fights, Diego Nunes, who was making his WEC debut, dominated every round and defeated Cole Province in a unanimous decision by the judges, while Ricardo Barros ended up being defeated by Mark Munoz by technical knockout in the second round. Check out the results:
Main card:
– Miguel Torres defeated Manny Tapia by technical knockout at 3min04s R2;
– Wagnney Fabiano submitted Akitoshi Tamura with a katagatame at 4min48s of R3;
– Brian Bowles submitted Will Ribeiro with a guillotine choke at 1min11s of 3R;
- Joseph Benavidez defeated Danny Martinez via unanimous decision;
Preliminary cards:
- John hendricks defeated Justin Haskins by TKO 4min7s into R2;
- Mark Munoz defeated Ricardo Barros by technical knockout at 2min26s of R1;
– Diego Nunes defeated Cole Province by unanimous decision of the judges;
– Bart Palaszewski defeated Alex Karalexis by technical knockout at 3min42s of R2;
- Cub swanson defeated Hiroyuki Takaya via unanimous decision;
– Shane Roller submitted Mike Budnik with a guillotine choke 1min1s into R1
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