WEC 53: "Henderson vs. Pettis", Dec. 16th, Glendale, Ariz

[The Sponge]

Count me in as gaga.

 

[gardenweasel]

now that i think about it,the ufc/wec merger is a good thing.....otherwise some of these guys would never fight one another...


1)Frankie Edgar
6.471
6.471
2. Gilbert Melendez6.109
6.109
3. Shinya Aoki5.935
6.014
4. George Sotiropoulos5.848
5.848
5. Gray Maynard5.816
5.816
6. Jim Miller5.706
5.706
7. Clay Guida5.314
5.314
8. Anthony Pettis5.286
5.286
9. Cole Miller5.284
5.284
10. Eddie Alvarez5.162
5.489
11. Josh Thomson5.102
5.102
12. Sean Sherk5.025
5.502
13. Kurt Pellegrino4.848
5.146
14. Kenny Florian4.816
5.837
15. Takanori Gomi4.745
6.082
16. Melvin Guillard4.619
4.619
17. Benson Henderson4.606
5.606
18. Donald Cerrone4.544
4.544
19. Evan Dunham4.525
5.106
20. Dennis Siver4.498
4.653
21. Tatsuya Kawajiri4.435
5.261
22. Shane Roller4.406
4.850
23. Gleison Tibau4.364
4.857
24. Lyle Beerbohm4.356
4.356
25. Justin Wilcox4.330
4.330
26. Mark Bocek4.289
4.357
27. Pat Curran4.239
4.239
28. Charles Oliveira4.206
4.549
29. Yuri Alcantara 4.171
4.171
30. Joe Lauzon4.153
4.761
31. Jeremy Stephens4.119
4.907
32. Antonio McKee4.113
4.113
33. Gesias Calvancante4.102
6.125
34. Drew Fickett4.086
4.888
35. Nik Lentz4.045
4.045
36. Kamal Shalorus4.002
4.002
37. Matt Wiman3.976
4.265
38. Brian Cobb3.923
3.923
39. Ross Pearson3.884
4.884
40. Terry Etim3.879
4.879
41. Spencer Fisher3.874
5.363
42. Sam Stout3.828
4.745
43. Rafael Dos Anjos3.814
4.700
44. Akihiko Mori3.750
3.750
45. Drew Dober3.750
3.750
46. Jacob Volkmann3.748
3.748
47. Eiji Mitsuoka3.745
4.993
48. Mizuto Hirota3.742
3.742
49. Toby Imada3.739
3.977
50. Paul Kelly3.730
4.344
51. Maximo Blanco3.713
3.750
52. KJ Noons3.704
4.475
53. Roger Huerta3.662
4.693
54. Fabricio Camoes3.646
3.939
55. Willamy Freire3.607
3.743
56. Katsunori Kikuno3.599
4.571
57. Joe Stevenson3.577
5.577
58. Yves Edwards3.573
5.272
59. Tyson Griffin3.545
4.995
60. Bobby Stack3.516
3.531
61. Bart Palaszewski3.502
3.744
62. Alexander Sarnavskiy3.500
3.500
63. Artiom Damkovsky3.500
3.500
64. Mac Danzig3.476
3.703
65. Kazunori Yokota3.423
4.668
66. Jorge Masvidal3.404
4.404
67. Danny Castillo3.384
3.651
68. Caol Uno3.357
5.009
69. Rob McCullough3.351
4.586
70. Anthony Njokuani3.350
3.933
71. Vitor Ribeiro3.330
5.076
72. Paul Taylor3.328
3.750
73. Billy Evangelista3.303
3.394
74. Gavin Neil3.285
3.327
75. Josh Neer3.276
4.360
76. Satoru Kitaoka3.245
5.245
77. Pat Healy3.242
3.780
78. Aaron Riley3.236
3.236
79. Thiago Tavares3.227
3.805
80. Marcus Aurelio3.218
5.328
81. Leonardo Santos3.151
3.801
82. Yusuke Endo3.107
3.107
83. Conor Heun3.105
3.703
84. Jason Dent3.051
3.102
85. Efrain Escudero3.049
4.500
86. Chris Horodecki3.044
4.091
87. Kenichiro Togashi3.026
3.026
88. Kotetsu Boku2.992
3.755
89. Andre Winner2.984
3.766
90. Dennis Bermudez2.965
2.965
91. Seung Hwan Bang2.952
3.000
92. Carey Vanier2.930
3.000
93. Jamie Varner2.906
5.470
94. Cristiano Marcello2.875
3.000
95. Jose Figueroa2.857
2.857
96. Waylon Lowe2.857
2.857
97. Nobuhiro Obiya2.849
3.000
98. Sergey Golyaev2.832
4.247
99. Dan Lauzon2.821
3.594
100. Uche Ihiekwe2.813
2.813

 

[layinwood]

and a great wrestler can beat pettis....when henderson was on his back and they rolled,henderson(for some unknown reason), released the full leg/body lock he had on him and pettis just swiveled...


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GW, Henderson may not be the best but outside of Maynard who is a better wrestler than him in that division? You said not to be gaga that he's not Aldo or Jones, come on man give him a couple of more years. He's only 22(I think that's what he was). He's going to be a very tough out for anyone. He has quickness, striking and he looked for good on the ground. Henderson has a good ground game and Pettis pretty much neutralized it.

How the hell did I miss Diego is going to be fighting my boy Martin. I swear Martin is getting a nice list of fights on his resume. I think that fight is going to be an absolute WAR.

PS For all those that think Edgar beats Maynard think again. Maynard will need to win three rounds out of the five. That means if he can get 3 takedowns with each being in a different round then he'll win because I think once he gets Edgar down he won't have a problem man humping him for the winning round.

 

[gardenweasel]

i`m not saying he`s not good,layin`....he`s good.....i`m sayin`s he`s not "jose aldo/bones jones" good...i just think that`s jumping the gun...

this is a strong division and there are plenty of guys that can beat pettis...plenty of tests out there...

this fight was up for grabs until a flying knee mid 3rd round buzzed henderson..that crazy off-the-fence move never happens if henderson doesn`t get hit with that knee...that`s what had henderson flopping around,imo...

that kick may never happen again...

we all need to slow down a bit with the over-the-top praise,imo......

let`s see him vs the florian`s,the dunham`s and the maynard`s...hell,even the miller`s,the sot`s and even the guillard`s....hell,lets see against a guy like sherk who has the capability to take him down and keep him there......

we don`t even know how the big names in the watered down wec are gonna fair against the top 155 lb`ers in the ufc....


the wec has been cerrone/henderson,varner and rob mccullough then all the rest followed until recently......

how really good are these guys?

i`m curious to find out...but i`m not ready to make pettis an elite fighter..... just yet...

 

[THE_THONG]

pettis kick make me wanna

WAYAH! WAYAH! WAYAH! WAYAH! WAYAH!

 

[ukgaz]

Thing is it could so have easily been Henderson that was the winner. He had that choke then looked like he tried to switch from a gable grip to the hand behind head technique and the moment went.

How does Pettis match up against Edgar or Maynard. Striking he is way ahead of both. If Edgar try's to move like he did against Penn then he will be kicking range. However both can and will take Pettis down but he is very active of his back

As for Horodecki what the hell was he trying taking the fight to the ground against Cerrone. On the feet he has a chance but on the ground he was way out of his depth

 

[The Sponge]

i'll never understand in my life how Edgar gets absolutly no love on this board. almost like his two wins over Penn were flukes. Frankie is a tremendous fighter with great hands, speed and very good wrestling even tho guys won't admit it. I'll be on Frankie against the Bully. these guys do evolve from fight to fight guys. To many guys like to think about fights back in 06 to make their opinions right. Frankie isn't the same fighter he was the first time he fought the Bully. If u ask me i think the Bully went back a peg or two and Frankie moved up a peg. A guy just keeps destroying people in his division Penn, and finally gets nuetralized by Edgar and Edgar gets absolutely no love for it. :shrug:

 

[layinwood]

Spone, I like Frankie. Heck I bet him in the first fight with BJ but Maynard is a beast at that weight. The first fight wasn't close and I know you said you think Frankie has improved and Maynard not but there's no proof to that. Maynard has dominated everyone. If it was a 3 round fight then I would give Frankie more of a shot but like I said before, Maynard just needs three TDs with each being in separate rounds. Frankie won't KO him because he doesn't have the power so his only shot is to out box Maynard. I think that's possible but he can out box him and still lose because of getting taken down.

 

[ukgaz]

Here is the gif of the Wineland KO slam

 

[kickserv]

:scared