WEC 32 Results! Great fights!

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Three belts were on the line, two changed hands, but one dominant welterweight headliner avenged a loss and defended his title Wednesday at WEC 32.

“WEC: Condit vs. Prater,” which featured a total of three title fights, took place at the Santa Ana Star Center in Albuquerque, N.M. The main card aired live on the Versus network.

Local fighter Carlos Condit was the big draw at the event. And he delivered in what was the first-ever WEC show outside of Las Vegas since the UFC acquired the organization more than a year ago.

The much-anticipated main event would be a short one. Competing in front of a hometown crowd, Condit survived an early takedown attempt from Carlo Prater, patiently awaited an opening, and finally locking in the fight-ending guillotine choke at 3:48 of the first round.

It was Condit’s seventh-straight win, second consecutive title defense, and redemption from a September 2004 loss — the very first defeat of his career — to Prater.

While Condit reigned supreme, other WEC champions wouldn’t be so lucky.

UFC veteran Jamie Varner continued his success in the WEC by staking claim to “Razor” Rob McCullough‘s lightweight title. After grinding through the first two rounds to get the edge on the judges’ scorecards, Varner was stunned early in the third frame with a stiff right punch from McCullough. Varner called for a timeout after losing his mouthpiece, confusing the crowd. Referee Steve Mazzagatti complied, and Varner came out firing afterward, dropping the champ twice before the fight was finally halted due to a TKO stoppage at 2:54 of the round.

Varner has now lost just once in his past 16 fights. McCullough, meanwhile, tastes defeat for the first time since a split-decision loss to Harris Sarmiento more than four years ago.

The first champ to fall during Tuesday’s event was bantamweight title-holder Chase Beebe, who took on feel-good story Miguel Torres. Torres put on a submission clinic to end the fight in the first round. After dazing the former champ with an early head kick, Torres attempted an armbar, triangle choke, omaplata and a number of other submissions. Eventually, though, Torres forced the tap-out with a guillotine choke at 3:58 of the first round.

Torres pushes his career mark to a stellar 21-1 while the loss snaps Beebe’s six-fight win streak.

In the course of a few minutes, Manny Tapia went from blemishing his once-undefeated record to a close split-decision victory over Antonio Banuelos. After a tough-fought battle, the bout was ruled a rare split draw. However, moments later a score correction was read, and Tapia earned the split-decision victory, pushing his record to 10-0-1.

In his WEC debut, former UFC fighter Leonard Garcia made short work of K-1 and Shooto veteran Hiroyuki Takaya. The Team Jackson connected on a wild overhand right that set up the TKO via punches at 1:31 of the first round.

PRELIMINARY FIGHTS

* Josh Grispi def. Mark Hominick via submission (rear-naked choke) — Round 1, 2:55
* Coty “Ox” Wheeler def. Del Hawkins via submission (flying armbar) — Round 2, 1:57
* Damacio Page def. Scott Jorgensen via unanimous decision
* Yoshiro Maeda def. Charlie Valencia via KO (kick) — Round 1, 2:29
* Micah Miller def. Chance Farrar via KO (punch) — Round 1, 1:39
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TweetDOES DANA WHITE OWN THE WEC TOO?

[BigDawg]

TweetI gotta get Dana to let me audition for the UFC!!

[badasz32]

TweetI know chase personally. I saw him at school drinking and **** a few weeks before the fight.