411's WEC 39: Brown vs. Garcia Report 3.01.09
Posted by Jeremy Lambert on 03.01.2009
Mike Brown retained his WEC Featherweight title with a quick and dominant performance over hometown favorite Leonard Garcia. Elsewhere, Jose Aldo continued to climb up the Featherweight ranks with an impressive performance and Damacio Page scored a brutal knockout in just 18 seconds. Click for the full report.
WEC 39: Brown vs. Garcia
American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas
Live on Versus
-Our hosts are Todd Harris and not "THE CHAMP" FRANK MIR~! Jens Pulver is the color analyst for this event. Pulver breaks down Garcia and Brown. "When he (Garcia) hits you, it hurts. I promise you."
-Video preview for Hicks vs. McCullough.
Lightweight Fight: Marcus Hicks (8-1) vs. Rob McCullough (16-5)
Round One: Long feeling out process. Hicks throws an overhand and clinches. Knees to the thighs by Rob. Rob has Hicks pressed up against the cage. The ref breaks them. Overhand left by Hicks connects. Another big overhand left by Hicks. Fans start to boo. Hicks clinches and Rob puts him against the cage. Ref breaks them. Hicks goes to the body with a left. They trade leg kicks. Round ends. 10-9 Hicks.
Round Two: Big left drops Rob. Hicks pounces in and locks in the guillotine. Rob has an arm in. Rob pulls his head out and is now in the guard of Hicks. Heavy ground and pound by Rob. They stand. Rob catches Hicks with a kick to the groin. Hicks is quick to recover and ready to fight again. Rob putting combos together now but nothing landing clean. They clinch and Hicks has his back against the cage. Big right, left combo as they break followed by a knee to the body by Rob. Hicks looking gassed. Rob teeing off with hooks. Round ends. 10-9 Hicks.
Round Three: Nothing happening one minute in. Crowd booing. Left straight by Hicks. Overhand left by Hicks. Rob throwing middle kicks but all of them are coming up short or blocked. The ref says he'll call a no contest if they don't engage. Hicks shoots and Rob easily sprawls. Overhand left again by Hicks. Round ends. 10-9 Hicks.
-Really tough to score as little happened in round one, Hicks starts round two strong but McCullough ended strong, and nothing happened in round three.
Official Decision: Rob McCullough by Majority Decision (29-29, 30-27, 29-28)
-Video promo for WEC 40: Torres vs. Mizugaki
-Torres gets interviewed and is happy to be fighting in Chicago. His gameplan against Mizugaki is to knock him out. Torres wants people to stop calling him for tickets.
-Video preview for Aldo vs. Mickle
Featherweight Fight: Jose Aldo (13-1) vs. Chris Mickle (31-11-2)
Round One: Mickle throwing a good left hook. Body kick by Aldo. Aldo tagging him with a lead left jab. Knee to the body by Aldo. Mickle covers up against the cage as Aldo tees off on him. The ref stops it.
Official Decision: Jose Aldo by TKO at 1:39 in Round One
-Aldo says he will wait for his title shot.
Bantamweight Fight (Preliminary Fight): Marcos Galvao vs. Damacio Page
Round One: Big right hands by Page in the clinch. Page knocks him down and out cold.
Official Decision: Damacio Page by KO at :18 in Round One
-Page knew if he could stand with him, he would knock him out.
-Video preview for Palaszewski vs. Lamas.
Lightweight Fight: Bart Palaszewski (30-11) vs. Ricardo Lamas (5-0)
Round One: Bart moving forward and throwing leg kicks. Lamas catches a low kick and gets the takedown. Lamas in the guard of Bart. Bart going for a triangle choke but Lamas gets out and lands a big punch. Lamas stands over Bart and scores with a left. Lamas tries a jumping pass and Bart trips him and gets up. Lamas grabs a single and puts him against the cage. Lamas finally gets the takedown and is in the guard of Bart. Lamas postures up and lands good ground and pound. Lamas stands over him and comes down with the left followed by a right. Lamas back in the guard. More good ground and pound. Bart gets to his feet and starts landing hooks as the round ends. 10-9 Lamas.
Round Two: They trade leg kicks. Lamas shoots and Bart sprawls but Lamas gets the clinch and puts his back to the cage. Knees to the thigh by Bart. Lamas tries a judo throw but Bart blocks it. Clinch against the cage. Lamas drops for a single and ends up getting the back on the feet. Lamas lands a kick while maintaining the back of Bart. Lamas gets the single and the takedown. Good ground and pound by Lamas. Bart goes for an armbar but Lamas gets his wrists locked and escapes. Lamas in the guard of Bart. Lamas postures up and lands some more ground and pound. Bart tries to explode up and Lamas tags him on the way up. Round ends. 10-9 Lamas.
Round Three: Leg kick by Lamas. Body kick by Bart. Lamas catches Bart with a cup kick. Bart is quick to recover. Leg kick by Lamas. Bart pressing forward with the jab. Leg kick by Bart caught and he presses Bart against the cage. Lamas with a slam takedown and into guard. Lamas stands above Bart and comes down with a good left. Lamas seems content on riding out the decision. Bart gets to his feet but Lamas clinches as the round ends. 10-9 Lamas.
Official Decision: Ricardo Lamas by Unanimous Decision
-Lamas says he'll fight anyone.
-Pulver talks about the power and size of Mike Brown and the ferociousness of Leonard Garcia. Pulver says that he wants Garcia to win.
-Video preview for Garcia vs. Brown.
Featherweight Title Fight: Leonard Garcia (16-3) vs. Mike Brown (c) (20-4)
Round One: Big right by Brown drops Garcia. Brown pounces on him but Garcia is surviving. Brown has him in the turtle position and now has his back. Neck crank by Brown. Big cut on the forehead of Garcia. Garcia gets Brown into guard. Brown dropping elbows. Brown mounts and gets an arm triangle. Garcia taps out.
Official Decision: Mike Brown by Submission (Arm Triangle) at 1:57 in Round One
-Garcia makes no excuses for the loss.
-Brown says he loves Texas but tonight was his night. Brown says he wants to fight Faber again.
I was actually very impressed with Brown. More with this fight than the Faber fight. He's Got great hands and a killer instinct. I can't wait for Brown vs. Faber part 2
Posted By: jeremy (Guest) on March 02, 2009 at 12:41 AM
How in the hell did you score all 3 rounds for Hicks? I like the guy, but he was really one-dimensional tonight and not impressive at all...that goes for both of them for that matter. Awful way to start the show. Maybe Hicks suffered a broken rib or something after that liver kick, I don't know.
Posted By: mrw420 (Guest) on March 02, 2009 at 01:22 AM
Hicks/McCullough fight just aweful. I was really looking forward to it to! Think Hicks suffered an injury on the liver kick. 1st round pitiful, 3rd just as bad. Ref should have stopped it with a no-decision in the third. Fortunately some solid bouts followed.
Posted By: gb (Guest) on March 02, 2009 at 12:12 PM
I think Hicks won the first round, and Razor won 2 and 3. Not impressively but he was constantly moving forward and pushing the action. How did a judge get an even round? Isnt that the whole point of the ten point must system? I dont like the system and I think that they should judge events like old UFC and Pride with a judge just picking the winner of the fight. Great event though , I really enjoyed it. Lamas was very good for the first two rounds , and cant wait to see him again. Brown surprised me as I thought if would have been a little longer fight. Page is a savage. Aldo was also in top form. One a side note , What the hell was with that Argyle Sweater Jens? hahaha
Posted By: Steeler Steve (Guest) on March 02, 2009 at 12:42 PM
"How did a judge get an even round? Isnt that the whole point of the ten point must system?"
10-10 round.
Ten point must just means that at least one fighter has to given ten points in a round. It doesn't mean that the other fighter has to be given 9 or less.
Posted By: Tonley (Registered) on March 02, 2009 at 08:58 PM
