WEC 32

Infobox MMA event
name= WEC 32


promotion=World Extreme Cagefighting
date=February 13, 2008
venue=Santa Ana Star Center
city=Rio Rancho, New Mexico
attendance=
gate=
buyrate=
previousevent=WEC 31
followingevent=WEC 33

"WEC 32" was an mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) that took place on Wednesday, February 13, 2008. For the first time under Zuffa ownership, the show was be held in Rio Rancho, New Mexico and not the usual spot of Las Vegas, Nevada.

The main card currently features three title bouts cite web
url=http://www.wec.tv/index.cfm?fa=eventdetail.fightCard&eid=1048
title=WEC 32
publisher=WEC.com
accessdate=2008-01-08] and aired live on the Versus Network.

Fights

Flagicon|USAJosh Grispi vs. Flagicon|CanadaMark Hominick

Grispi def. Hominick] via Rear Naked Choke

Flagicon|USADamacio Page vs. Flagicon|USAScott Jorgensen

Page def. Jorgensen] via Unanimous Decision

flagicon|USACoty Wheeler vs. flagicon|USADel Hawkins

Wheeler def. Hawkins via Flying Armbar at 1:57 of the 2nd Round

flagicon|USAMicah Miller vs. flagicon|USAChance Farrar

Miller def. Farrar via Technical Knockout at 1:39 of the 1st round

flagicon|USALeonard Garcia vs. flagicon|JPNHiroyuki Takaya

Garcia def. Takaya via Knockout at 1:31 of the 1st Round

flagicon|JPNYoshiro Maeda vs. flagicon|USACharlie Valencia

Maeda def. Valencia via Technical Knockout at 2:29 of the 1st Round

flagicon|USAManny Tapia vs. flagicon|USAAntonio Banuelos

Tapia def. Banuelos via Split Decision. The fight was originally announced as a split draw, Banuelos being awarded the victory 29-28 on referee Cecil Peoples' scorecard, and the two others being 30-27 for Tapia and a 28-28 draw, though a scorecard error was realized, and corrected to the ultimate outcome of a split decision for Manny Tapia.

=Bantamweight championship bout: flagicon|USAMiguel Torres vs. flagicon|USAChase Beebe=

Torres def. Beebe via modified Guillotine Choke at 3:59 of the 1st Round to become the new Bantamweight champion.

Lightweight championship bout: flagicon|USAJamie Varner vs. flagicon|USARob McCullough

Varner def. McCullough via Knockout at 2:54 of the 3rd Round to become the WEC Lightweight Champion. This fight, however, was not without controversy. In the third round, McCullough dropped Varner with a looping right hook, and proceeded to land effective ground and pound. The initial right hook knocked Varner's mouthpiece out, and after both fighters got back up to their feet, Varner signaled to the referee for a time-out for him to retrieve his mouthpiece. Steve Mazzagatti, the referee, granted Varner about 30 seconds to get his mouthpiece, which gave him time to recover.

Welterweight championship bout: flagicon|USACarlos Condit vs. flagicon|USACarlo Prater

Condit def. Prater via Guillotine Choke 3:48 of the 1st Round.

ee also

* List of WEC Events

External links

* [http://www.wec.tv/ Official WEC website]

References