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Once again, World Extreme Cagefighting brought a night of hard-hitting, action-packed fights to Sacramento on Saturday night. Leonard Garcia vs. Chan Sung Jung unexpectedly stole the show with three five-minute rounds of nonstop back-and-forth punches that resembled a scene out of the “Rocky” movies in what might have been the best fight I have ever seen. Arco Arena was filled with anticipation, and the energy could only be matched to the Sacramento Kings’ old playoff days. The only difference was this time, Sacramento showed up to cheer local hero and former WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber. Faber once again walked out to his patented entrance song, “California Love,” as thousan
The WEC (World Extreme Cagefighting) did not disappoint Sunday at Arco Arena with an action-packed card. The first fight of the night was a battle that set the stage with Will Campuzano’s bloody victory over Coty Wheeler. Charlie Valencia had a split-decision win over Akitoshi Tamura. Iranian Olympian Kamal Shalorus showed his stand-up skills winning by decision over Dave Jansen. Mike Brown had an easy dominating victory over Anthony Morrison in the first round. In the main event, Jamie Varner lost his lightweight championship belt to Benson Henderson with a submission in the third round. Even though Urijah Faber (23-3) versus Raphael Assuncao (14-2) was not the main event on paper, mos