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Carlos Condit vs Hiromitsu Miura - WEC 35 Video
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WEC 35 from the “The Joint” at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, on August 3 has come to a close. And there was no shortage or exciting fights or bonus-worthy finishes.

Similar to the UFC, the Zuffa-based WEC promotion often passes out awards for “Fight of the Night,” “Submission of the Night” and “Knockout of the Night” after each event.

Sunday was no different — the promotion rewarded several participants on the card for their performances. In fact, in a rare move two of the three title bouts on the card received “Fight of the Night” honors, according to MMAWeekly.com.

Here’s the list of fighters who earned some cold hard cash for their outstanding performances at WEC 35:

Fight of the Night: Carlos Condit vs. Hiromitsu Miura and Jamie Varner vs. Marcus Hicks
Knockout of the Night: Brock Larson
Submission of the Night: Brian Bowles

Each fighter received $7,500 for their efforts in addition to their respective base salaries, which you can check out right here. Not a bad cherry on top, but a far cry from the usual $40,000 to $75,000 dished out for bonuses at UFC events.

For those who missed it, Bowles’ guillotine came out of nowhere. It looked like he was going to get slammed by Damacio Page; however, in mid air he secured the choke, which was impressive enough to win submission of the night over the other two under card matches that ended with a tapouts.

A very explosive 37-second knockout from Brock Larson will not only earn him some extra scratch, but this impressive win should get him back in line for a shot at Condit’s title. It appears either Larson or a rematch with Miura is up next for Condit … there aren’t too many other options.

Either way, it should be another great welterweight title fight for the WEC.

For complete WEC 35 results and blow-by-blow coverage of the main card action click here and here.

WEC 35 is set to go off tomorrow, Sunday, August 3, 2008, at 9 p.m. ET on Versus from “The Joint” at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

There are a whopping three title fights on tap during the free broadcast … let’s hear what the champions and challengers have to say to get us amped for this blockbuster event:

WEC Light Heavyweight Champion Brian Stann and challenger, Steve Cantwell:

WEC Lightweight Champion Jamie Varner:

Varner’s opponent, Marcus Hicks:

It’s the beginning of the second week since I returned from Afghanistan.

Training is going well — no injuries to report other than some minor stuff, but that’s normal. Even though this training camp has not been ideal because of so much traveling, I’m in great shape and feeling pretty sharp.

I’ve been waking up earlier than usual. I’m a bit of a night owl and tend to sleep fairly late in the day, but I guess I’m still on Afghan time. It’s actually been really good for training, giving me time to run in the mountains before it gets too hot.

Yesterday I went way up there! Farther than I’ve ever gone. I thoroughly enjoy running in the New Mexico foothills. Well, maybe not thoroughly … the air is very thin and the terrain is crazy steep and rocky. Actually, running up there is a bitch!

It’s an absolute blessing, however, for an endurance athlete. It’s a daunting obstacle that tests the mind and pushes the body to its breaking point. Not to mention the spiritual aspect of reaching an immense peak, literally and figuratively. Looking out over such intense natural beauty is a highlight for me during a day of grueling, tedious training.

The opponent I’ve been preparing to fight, Hiromitsu Miura, at WEC 35 on August 3 is not very well known. That being said, I believe he is a very tough and dangerous fighter. Some people may not be super excited for this match-up.

That’s because most fans probably don’t know much about Miura or they expect me to roll right over him. Hopefully they’re right, but from my perspective this is great style match-up.

He definitely likes to stand and bang and is a dangerous striker as he showed against Blas Avena. Sure, Blas isn’t known for his stand up skills, but Miura demonstrated his willingness to exchange. I’m looking too exhibit some of my striking skills and Miura is definitely a formidable target.

Until next time.

Carlos Condit (22-4) is the WEC welterweight champion and has bested several tough opponents throughout his six-year professional mixed martial arts career, including Frank Trigg, Brock Larson, Carlo Prater, Renato Verissimo, John Alessio and many others. The 24-year-old fighter out of Albuquerque, N.M., is widely considered to be among the top 170-pound fighters in the world and has not dropped a bout in more than two years. He will put his skills to the test and his title on the line next against the very dangerous Hiromitsu Miura at WEC 35 on August 3. Condit will check-in here at MMAMania.com between now and then with frequent updates from his training camp to give our readers and his fans a behind-the-scenes look as “The Natural Born Killer” prepares to claim another victim.