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WEC 35: Stann vs. Cantwell is set to take place this Sunday Aug 3. from the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV. The show gets underway at 9pm EST live on Versus.

CageToday.com will have WEC 35 Results live starting at 7pm EST.

MAIN CARD

• Carlos Condit vs. Hiromitsu Miura (T)
• Brian Stann vs. Steve Cantwell (T)
• Jamie Varner vs. Marcus Hicks (T)
• Brian Bowles vs. Damacio Page
• Josh Grispi vs. Micah Miller

PRELIMINARY CARD

• Brock Larson vs. Carlo Prater
  Result:
• Blas Avena vs. Dave Terrel
  Result:
• Shane Roller vs. Todd Moore
  Result:
• Mike Budnik vs. Greg McIntyre
  Result: Mike Budnik defeats Greg McIntyre by Submission (Triangle Choke) at of R3.
• Scott Jorgensen vs. Kenji Osawa
  Result: Scott Jorgensen defeats Kenji Osawa by Unanimous Decision. (30-27 x3)

WEC 35 Quick Results

Hiromitsu Miura (169) vs. Carlos Condit (169.5)
Steve Cantwell (205) vs. Brian Stann (201.5)
Marcus Hicks (155*) vs. Jamie Varner (155)
Damacio Page (135) vs Brian Bowles (136)
Josh Grispi (145) vs Micah Miller (145)
Carlo Prater (170) vs Brock Larson (171)
Dave Terrel (170) vs Blas Avena (170)
Todd Moore (154) vs Shane Roller (155)
Mike Budnik (154) vs Greg McIntyre (155)
Kenji Osawa (135.5) vs Scott Jorgensen (135.5)

Marcus Hicks came in at 156. Since this is a title fight, no one pound allowances are given. He was given one hour to drop the pound and eventually did, coming in at the 155lb.

MMAmania.com has confirmed that Brock Larson and Carlo Prater have signed on to do battle in a welterweight tilt at WEC 35 on August 3, ensuring that the winner gets one step closer to a rematch with reigning 170-pound champion, Carlos Condit.

Prater — who is one of the few who has actually defeated Condit albeit in an ancient encounter back in 2004 — made his debut for the Zuffa-owned promotion against the “The Natural Born Killer” at WEC 32 this past February. Condit, however, would avenge his loss in short order, submitting Prater in the first round via rear naked choke.

Since that time, Prater has fought twice outside of the organization, picking up wins over Marcelo Brito and Garett Davis in the UWC and Raw Combat organizations, respectively. He certainly has his sights set on a rubbermatch with Condit, but Larson stands in his way for now.

Larson is coming off a high charged disqualification victory over John Alessio at WEC 33. The fight was stopped after Alessio landed a knee as Larson attempted a takedown. Larson, however, had one knee down as he took the shot, meaning that the blow was illegal.

He suffered a broken jaw as a result of the errant blow. And it added more fuel to the fire between the two rivals. In fact, after the official announcement was made with the result of the bout a melee between the two fighters and their camps broke out.

Larson and Alessio ceratinly have unfinished business. But with the “Natural” now out with a broken arm — and no longer fighting for the WEC — Larson has to focus on Prater and then Condit. Somewhere along the way perhaps he will get to settle the score with Alessio.

Again, the winner of this fight could still be next in line to fight Condit possibly later in the year.

Condit will actually be one of three champions also booked to fight at WEC 35, taking on former middleweight Hiromitsu Miura in a co feature fight of the evening. WEC Light Heavyweight Champion Brian Stann and WEC Lightweight Champion Jamie Varner will also compete, as well as several talented up-and-coming fighters such as Micah Miller, Cub Swanson, Damacio page and more.

This is a stacked line up of fights, which is set to go off from “The Joint” at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, and air on the Versus network at 9 p.m. ET.

Carlos Condit vs. Carlo Prater

Chase Beebe vs Miguel Torres

Jamie Varner vs Rob McCullough

Leonard Garcia vs Hiroyuki Takaya

WEC 32 Video: Carlos Condit vs Carlo Prater

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WEC 32 Video: Carlos Condit vs Carlo Prater

This review will be much shorter than usual, because as I write this I am just about ready to catch a flight.

But I just wanted to say that last night’s WEC show was perhaps the best MMA show I have ever seen on basic cable. If you did not enjoy last night’s show, I have to question whether you are a true MMA fan.

There weren’t any fight of the year candidates, however, all the matches provided great action. Even the Rob McCullough vs. Jamie Varner match, which started out slow, had its moments, especially the end, which I thought was insane. How many times did Varner have to nearly finish McCullough before he was declared the winner?

Manny Tapia vs. Antonio Banuelos was a great opener with back and forth action. Miguel Torres vs. Chase Beebe was short, but the ending sequence was thrilling and the announce team did a good job of selling the title change. Carlos Condit vs. Carlo Prater was a little disappointing in that I expected Prater to provide a stiffer test. But Condit’s win came off well on live television and made him look more of a star than he ever has before.

What I love about the WEC fights are that they are true MMA fights. They can go anywhere (standing or on the ground) at just about any time and the momentum changes are frequent. Just because a guy dominates the first two minutes doesn’t mean he’s going to be dominating the final seconds of the bout.

From a production standpoint, the show was nearly flawless. The pacing was not too fast, nor too slow. To me, Todd Harris has his best showing yet as a play-by-play announcer. He seemed to be more of a factor during the telecast and sounded more confident in his delivery. While I am a big fan of Frank Mir’s broadcast work, a more equitable split between the two as far as mic time is concerned as definitely an upgrade.

In regards to Mir, even his work was better than usual. One of my only complaints is that sometimes he can be a bit scattered when it comes to composing his thoughts. He really seemed to be focused and on point.

Overall, the way the show was presented is how every basic cable MMA show should be presented. We didn’t get killed with commercials and the broadcast came off as high-end, as there were no cheesy segments with interviewers having to interview half-interested movie stars about some soon-to-be box office bomb. The only in-show product placement we saw was from the WEC promoting its champions. Urijah Faber was used on the announce team and Doug Marshall got some mic time between fights to pump up his March fight vs. Brian Stann for the WEC light heavyweight title.

I also liked the pre-taped segment they did highlighting the fact that the WEC show was emanating from New Mexico, which has emerged as a hot bed for MMA. I would love to see more of those type of features.

The element of a larger crowd also added a lot of energy to the show. There’s nothing wrong with having a few “B” shows at the Palms or Hard Rock, but I’ll take the atmosphere of a big arena show as opposed to the “intimate” feel of a smaller show any day of the week. The WEC fighters came across as bigger stars last night.

The idea that both the UFC and WEC are produced by the same company is crazy to me because the WEC shows are so much better from a production standpoint. Some of the music the UFC uses is cheesy and their graphics are nothing special. The lighting, the sound, and the production effects are so much more crisp for the WEC. And I’m convinced the UFC is holding out on HD customers when it comes to their pay-per-views. I can’t think of a logical explanation, but last night’s WEC HD broadcast on Versus was way better than what I witnessed during UFC 81 several weeks back.

For me, if ESPN or HBO ever did an MMA show, the vision I have of it pretty much is what I saw on Versus last night. I don’t think I can give higher praise than that.

World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) 32: Condit vs. Prater - will feature three title bouts on the card, February 13 from the Santa Ana Star Center in Albuquerque, NM. This will be the first WEC show outside Las Vegas since Zuffa LLC took over the promotion in 2006.

WEC 32 Main Card

• Carlo Prater (170) vs. Carlos Condit (167.5)
• Jamie Varner (155) vs. Rob McCullough (155)
• Miguel Torres (133.5) vs. Chase Beebe (135)
• Manny Tapia (135) vs. Antonio Banuelos (136)
• Hiroyuki Takaya (143) vs. Leonard Garcia (145)
  Result: Leonard Garcia defeats Hiroyuki Takaya by TKO (Punchs) at 1:31 of R1.
• Josh Grispi (143) vs. Mark Hominick (146)
  Result: Josh Grispi defeats Mark Hominick by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 2:55 of R1.
• Del Hawkins (135) vs. Coty Wheeler (134.5)
  Result: Coty Wheeler defeats Del Hawkins by Submission (Flying Armbar) at 1:57 of R2.
• Scott Jorgensen (136) vs. Damacio Page (135)
  Result: Damacio Page defeats Scott Jorgensen by Unanimous Decision.
• Yoshiro Maeda (136) vs. Charlie Valencia (136)
  Result: Yoshiro Maeda defeats Charlie Valencia by KO (Body Kick) at 2:29 of R1.
• Micah Miller (146) vs. Chance Farrar (146)
  Result: Micah Miller defeats Chance Farrar by KO (Punch) at 1:39 of R1.

Top to bottom WEC is stacked with some great fighters.

Watch WEC live on tomorrow on Verses cable channel.