Renan Barão won his WEC debut. Photo: Josh Hedges
This Sunday WEC 49 went down in Canada. It was the promotion’s maiden incursion into Canada. Despite the main event ending in a draw, the show featured a number of riveting bouts.
In the main event, former champion Jamie Varner launched an all-out onslaught on Kamal Shalorus. However, to the fighter’s surprise, after three rounds the scorecards revealed a draw.
Two Nova União athletes also featured on the card. The first to step into the cage was Renan Barão, making his debut for the organization. The JIu-Jitsu brown belt submitted Anthony Leone with an armbar in the third round. A few fights later, it was Wagnney Fabiano’s turn, and he took a unanimous decision over Frankie Gomes.
The best fight of the night was Mark Hominick and Yves Jabouin’s. The best submission award went to the guillotine Josh Grispi used to overcome LC Davis. Best knockout went to Eddie Wineland, for his win over Will Campuzano. Each bonus was worth 10 thousand dollars.
Check out all the results:
WEC 49
Edmonton, Canada
June 20, 2010
Jamie Varner drew with Kamal Shalorus
Josh Grispi submitted LC Davis via guillotine ats 2:33 min of R1
Chris Horodecki submitted Danny Downes via rear-naked choke at 1:09min of R3
Mark Hominick defeated Yves Jabouin via TKO at 3:21 min of R2
Eddie Wineland defeated Will Campuzano via KO at 4:44 min of R2
Will Kerr submitted Karen Darabedyan via armbar at 1:20min of R1
Wagnney Fabiano defeated Frank Gomez via unanimous decision
Chris Cariaso defeated Rafael Rebello via unanimous decision
Diego Nunes defeated Raphael Assunção via split decision
Erik Koch submitted Bendy Casimir via triangle choke at 3:01 min of R1
Renan Barão submitted Anthony Leone via armbar at 2:29 min of R1