WEC 46 out-entertained most recent UFC events

I’ve already touched on the lightweight title fight from Sunday’s WEC 46. Champ Jamie Varner got caught and interim champ Ben Henderson took advantage. End of story. I just wish Henderson had thrown a strike for every time he tucked a strand of hair behind his ear, though. Wonder if there’s any fight stats on that.

If the WEC is smart they’ll set Varner up in a rematch with Donald Cerrone to settle that old score, with the winner getting a rematch with Henderson for the belt (Henderson beat Cerrone for the interim belt while Varner was recovering from injuries he suffered in his first fight with Cerrone).

Urijah Faber made his return to the cage since busting both hands against Mike Brown. Faber subbed Raphael Assuncao with a third-round rear-naked choke after a back-and-forth battle that never shifted below fourth gear. Expect Faber, the former featherweight champ, to challenge current champ Jose Aldopay-per-view next. That fight could end up on the WEC’s first , and if I might suggest, how about setting it in Calgary, which the WEC is planning to hit in the near future?

Brown, who won the title off Faber only to lose it to Aldo, got back into the winner’s circle with a first-round rear-naked choke submission of Anthony Johnson. Brown’s been gracious about Faber getting Aldo next but expect Brown to get his next title shot as soon as puts up another win.

What else do I want to touch on from WEC 46? Hmm… How about Mark Hominick armbarring Bryan Caraway just moments after commentator Frank Mir said that being on his back is not the place that a striker like Hominick wants to be? Obviously Mir’s point was that Hominick is more comfortable on his feet, although you couldn’t tell by this fight. Oh yeah, and Waggney Fabiano got on the right side of the win/loss column with a unanimous-decision victory over Clint Godfrey.

All in all it was a good card that out-entertained most recent UFC cards even if it didn’t offer up any Fight/Knockout/Submission of the Year candidates. For the rest of the results, head over here.