Miguel Torres is better than Anderson Silva

Saturday night is a big night of fights – Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin, BJ Penn vs. Kenny Florian – but UFC 101 isn’t the only big show this weekend. Let’s not forget that WEC 42 is Sunday night with bantamweight champ Miguel Torres taking on contender Brian Bowles for the belt.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I love watching the little guys bang. And with Torres, the 5-foot-10, 135-pounder with the Energizer engine, you know it’s going to be a good fight. Torres is 37-1 and for my money one of the top one or two pound-for-pound best fighters in the world. Solid grappling, fantastic boxing, Muay Thai, the complete package, and unlike Anderson Silva, say, he doesn’t play it cautious. He’s balls-to-the-wall for the win every time out, like fucking Mighty Mouse.

MMAnia has a good interview with Torres, in which he talks about training, his upcoming fight with the 7-0 Bowles and whether he’d ever consider moving up to 145 pounds to face WEC champ Mike Brown.