WEC Results - Faber and Brock Larson look good

Here are the fight results from last night's WEC event with a title fight on the line and the debut of Brock Larson in mixed martial arts:

Urijah Faber def. Chance Farrar Submission (Rear Naked Choke) 1st Round 3:19

Brock Larson def. Kevin Knabjan TKO (Strikes) 1st Rounds 0:27

Brian Stann def. Craig Zellner TKO (Strikes) 1st Round 4:57

Alex Karalexis def. Josh Smith Decision (Majority) 3d Round 5:00

Rani Yahya def. Mark Hominick Submission (Rear Naked Choke) 1st Round 1:19

Jeff Bedard def. Mike French Decision (Unanimous) 3rd Round 5:00

Brian Bowles def. Charlie Valencia Submission (Rear Naked Choke) 2nd Round 2:50

Cub Swanson def. Micah Miller Decision (Unanimous) 3rd Round 5:00

John Alessio def. Alex Serdyukov Submission (Guillotine Choke) 1st Round 1:17

WEC on TV - VS Channel

ThisThe World Extreme Cagefighting is being shown for "free" on cable TV, if you happen to receive the VS (Versus) channel, on June 3rd. Click below to see if you get VS. On the fight card: Alex Karalexis vs Josh Smith (Lightweights) Mark Hominick vs Rani Yahya (Featherweights) Urijah Faber vs Chance Farrar (Featherweight) Brian Stann vs Craig Zellner (Light Heavyweight) Click below for a video preview of the upcoming WEC event

WEC Fight Results

As I predicted (see previous entry), Doug Marshall defended his Light Heavyweight title last night by knocking out and out classing Justin McElfresh. Fight summary:

Marshall opened tossing hard left hooks and low kicks, while the 6’6 McElfresh shot an occasional jab or pushed out right hands. Marshall started dialing in after a couple minutes of exchanges, with nobody landing anything major, and slamming home a series of thumping shots from in close, using some effective dirty boxing to stun McElfresh, finally driving home enough shots to drop the challenger and win the bout 2:16 into the match. We should look for Marshall to head to the UFC pretty soon.

The rest of the World Extreme Cagefighting results:

Jason Miller def. Hiromitsu Miura - Decision (Unanimous)

Ariel Gandulla def. Gary Padilla Decision (Split)

Sherron Leggett def. Charlie Kohler TKO (Strikes) 2nd round

Marcus Hicks def. Sergio Gomez Submission (Guillotine Choke) 2nd round

Eric Schambari def. Art Santore Decision (Unanimous)

Ed Ratcliff def. Johnny Sampaio TKO (Knee injury) 1st round

Manny Tapia def. Brandon Foxworth TKO (Strikes) 2nd round

Tom Speer def. Sidney Silva KO (Punch) 1st round

WEC Title on the Line Tonight 5/12

Tonight from the Joint in Las Vegas, the WEC will put on a 9 fight mixed martial arts event with the Light Heavyweight Title on the line. The World Extreme Cagefighting organization was purchased by the UFC the in January of this year and will use as a kind of "farm league" for fighters not quite UFC material...yet. The WEC Light Heavyweight Title Fight is worth looking at because the winner will likely make a move to the UFC. James Irving, who will be fighting on the UFC 70 card, was a previous WEC champion before moving up the the UFC. A little deeper look at Doug Marshall and Justin McElfresh along with my fight prediction: Doug Marshall is a brawler who turned pro as a heavyweight before dropping down to light heavyweight. He has heavy hands and of his seven fights, only one of them has gone past the 1st round. This could be a factor if they fight goes into the third round as Marshall's cardio is a bit suspect. He has fought against UFC veteran James Irving and Pride and UFC veteran Lodune Sincade, losing to Irving and beating Sicade. In his fight with Irving, Marshall showed that he has one hell of a chin. Irving landed a ton of punches and knees to the head which Marshall was able to absorb. Below is a video clip of that fight.

James Irvin vs. Doug Marshall There's not a whole lot of informatin out there about Justin McElfresh, no video clips to be found. What is known is that after losing his MMA debut, he has rattled off five wins. Also of note, he is 6' 6" which is pretty damn tall for a light heavyweight. Another thing that stands out is that he trains with Rich "Ace" Franklin. Prediction Marshall has definitely faced stiffer competition than McElfresh with a OWLR of 2.25 compared to McElfresh's .75 OWLR (OWLR is stat I came up with that helps to measure level of competition a fighter has faced. It stands for Opponents Win Loss Ratio, with the higher the number the better). He's got a great chin and I don't see McElfresh hitting any harder than Irvin, even with his reach advantage. The one thing going against Marshall is that all but one of his fights have ended in the first roung. With McElfresh training with Franklin, you have to expect he'll come into the fight with great cardio which could come into play if the fight goes past the first round. My Pick: Marshall by KO.