WEC 32
| WEC 32: New Mexico | ||||
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 The poster for WEC 32: New Mexico | ||||
| Promotion | World Extreme Cagefighting | |||
| Date | February 13, 2008 | |||
| Venue | Santa Ana Star Center | |||
| City | Rio Rancho, New Mexico | |||
| Attendance | 4,648 | |||
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WEC 32: New Mexico was a 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 held in Rio Rancho, New Mexico and not the usual spot of Las Vegas, Nevada. The event drew an estimated 268,000 viewers on Versus, a record low for the WEC.[1]
Jesse Moreng was originally slated to face the debuting Scott Jorgensen at this event, but withdrew from the bout due to a leg injury and was replaced by WEC newcomer Damacio Page.[2]
Results
Preliminary card
- Featherweight bout:
Micah Miller vs. Chance Farrar
- Miller defeated Farrar via TKO (punches) at 1:39 of Round 1.
- Bantamweight bout:
Yoshiro Maeda vs. Charlie Valencia
- Maeda defeated Valencia via TKO (body kick) at 2:29 of Round 1. Although preliminary, this bout aired on the live broadcast.
- Bantamweight bout: Damacio Page vs. Scott Jorgensen
- Page defeated Jorgensen via unanimous decision (30–27, 29–28, 29–28).
- Bantamweight bout: Coty Wheeler vs. Del Hawkins
- Wheeler defeated Hawkins via submission (flying armbar) at 1:57 of Round 2.
- Featherweight bout: Josh Grispi vs.
Mark Hominick
- Grispi defeated Hominick via submission (rear naked choke) at 2:55 of Round 1.
- Featherweight bout: Leonard Garcia vs. Hiroyuki Takaya
- Garcia defeated Takaya via TKO (punches) at 1:31 of Round 1. Although preliminary, this bout aired on the live broadcast.
Main card
- Bantamweight bout: Manny Tapia vs. Antonio Banuelos
- Tapia defeated Banuelos via split decision (28–29, 30–27, 29–28). 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: Chase Beebe (c) vs. Miguel Torres
- Torres defeated Beebe via submission (guillotine choke) at 3:59 of Round 1 to become the new WEC Bantamweight champion.
- Lightweight Championship bout: Rob McCullough (c) vs. Jamie Varner
- Varner defeated McCullough via TKO (strikes) at 2:54 of Round 3 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: Carlos Condit (c) vs.
Carlo Prater
- Condit defeated Prater via submission (guillotine choke) at 3:48 of Round 1 to retain WEC Welterweight Championship.