Miguel Torres WEC

Miguel Torres - WEC bantam weight champion.

Torres is the current title holder at 135 pounds. He's fought five times for the economically embattled WEC. In a war for ratings the UFC is often seen as the bad guy. Fighters can't go anywhere else and earn the money the UFC pays. They have to take the fights that Dana White wants and they have to take the money he wants to give them.

The WEC has latched onto the lighter weight classes in order to break into the market. With the rise and Uriah Faber and Miguel Torres the WEC had two charismatic superstars. But Faber has since lost two close fights gainst Mike Brown and his career is curretnly in limbo.

Here are Torres' five fights in the WEC.

Torres vs Takeya Mizugaki (win) Decision
Torres vs Manny Tapia (win) TKO
Torres vs Yoshiro Maeda (win) TKO
Torres vs Chase Beebe (title fight win) Submissions by Choke
Torres vs Jeff Bedard (win) Submission


His TKO victory over Manny Tapia earned him $44,000 dollars which was double or more what the other fighters earned. Miguel has been a great draw, the mexican crowd cheers wildly and the die hard MMA fans love his brutal style and superior technical knowledge of ju jitsu.