Torres’ next bout March 6 in Columbus
Dec 14, 2009 | by MattE | No CommentsMatt Erickson
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East Chicago native and Hammond-based bantamweight Miguel Torres will start the climb back toward a title shot on March 6.
World Extreme Cagefighting on Monday made official WEC 47 for Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. The card will feature a main event bantamweight title fight between champion Brian Bowles and current top contender Dominick Cruz. Torres will likely be the co-main event taking on an as-yet-unannounced opponent.
Torres held the WEC bantamweight title until WEC 42 in August, when he lost the belt to Bowles by way of a first-round TKO. It was Torres’ first loss in nearly six years and just the second of his career. Still considered to be one of the top pound-for-pound fighters in all of mixed martial arts, Torres would likely earn a shot at getting his belt back with a win in March.
An official release from the WEC said Torres’ opponent “will be announced shortly.” That points to the potential for his opponent to come from one of the bantamweight bouts on Saturday’s WEC 45 card. Joseph Benavidez meets Rani Yahya and Takeya Mizugaki, whom Torres beat in April, takes on Scott Jorgensen.
Also on the card will be former UFC lightweight champion Jens Pulver, who trained for years at the Miletich Fighting Systems camp in Bettendorf, Iowa, before moving back to his native Idaho over the summer. Pulver last fought in June at WEC 41 and lost his fourth straight fight and sixth of seven.
WEC 47 will coincide with The Arnold Classic, a fitness expo run by California governor and former Mr. Olympia Arnold Schwarzenegger. For the last three years, the UFC has held an event in Columbus on the Saturday of The Arnold. But in 2010, it will be the WEC’s turn.
“We are really excited to bring our event to Columbus on the same weekend as The Arnold Sports Festival,” WEC General Manager Reed Harris said in a release. “Knowing that the weekend draws tens of thousands of the sporting world’s best athletes and enthusiasts to Columbus, WEC is proud to present the best of the best in the lighter weight classes in an event that is a can’t miss for MMA fans.”
Tickets for WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz go on sale Saturday at 9 a.m. Central and will range in price from $25 to $125. An Internet presale for WEC newsletter subscribers starts Thursday at 9 a.m. Central. For access to the presale, users must register for the WEC newsletter through wec.tv. Tickets can be purchased at all Ticketmaster locations, online at ticketmaster.com or by phone at (800) 745-3000.
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