Well the last WEC event went down last night. True to form, it was an action packed card with great fights. The highlight had to be a very close and exciting title fight between Ben Henderson and Anthony Pettis. I had it 2 rounds a piece going into the 5th. Fairly even 5th round, and with a minute left I figured that whoever finished stronger was going to win the fight. Pettis jumped off the cage like a wall running ninja and landed a high kick to Henderson's face, nearly knocking him out. One of the sweetest moves I've ever seen and that includes fake movie action and arcade games!
What a great way to put a stamp on the WEC. But it's bittersweet. I've said it before, but the WEC consistently had the best fight cards. It has to be due to exclusively having only the lighter weight fighters. I'm a Versus guy. I only know of the channel because they had the NHL broadcast rights after ESPN dropped the NHL. So, it was sort of by accident that I stumbled on the WEC. I saw a couple fights with Brian Stann, Urijah Faber and Carlos Condit that got he hooked. The best part was that it was not pay per view!
So my loss is the UFC's gain. I'm really stoked for the fighters themselves. They will be on a much bigger stage and start to get paid bigger dollars. But the days of stacked lightweight and below cards that are not PPV are long gone. I already miss the WEC. At least they went out with a bang, not a whimper.
