Twenty for WEC:
Trio of Championship Fights Scheduled for Central Cali Standout
Report and photos by Daisy Rosas
(Thursday, May 4) Weigh-ins for World Extreme Cagefighting’s 20th event kicked off today in Lemoore. Headlining tomorrow night’s card, which begins at 6 pm at the Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino, WEC Heavyweight Champion Brian Olsen defends his title against Mike Kyle. For the vacant Light Heavyweight title, "The Ultimate Fighter" season one competitor Lodune Sincaid meets Dan Molina, a member of Ken Shamrock’s newly-formed Lion’s Den out of Susanville; while The Pit’s Antonio Banuelos takes on Duneland Vale Tudo’s Eddie Wineland for the promotion’s 135-pound accolade.
WEC XX Weigh-ins Results
- Keith Barry (205 lbs) vs. Donny Rider (204.5 lbs)
- Kenny Ento (185 lbs) vs. Phil Collins (185 lbs)
- Jimmy Dexter (184 lbs) vs. Fernando Gonzalez (185 lbs)
- Ashe Bowman (165.5 lbs) vs. Cassio Werneck (165 lbs)
- Gil "the Pitbull" Real (155 lbs) vs. Nathan Diaz (155 lbs)
- Randy Hauer (160 lbs) vs. "Razor" Rob McCullough (160 lbs)
- Paul "Monster" Moreno (204 lbs) vs. Jeremy Freitag (205 lbs)
- Glover "the Brazilian Pitbull" Teixeira (205 lbs) vs. Carlton "the Councilman" Jones (206 lbs)
- North American Lightweight Championship (155)
Cory "Casper" Cass (154 lbs) vs. Poppies "Tachi Kid" Martinez (155 lbs)
- WEC Bantamweight Championship (135)
Eddie Wineland (135 lbs) vs. Antonio Banuelos (135 lbs)
- WEC Championship Light Heavyweight Fight (205)
Lodune Sincaid (205 lbs) vs. Dan Molina (203 lbs)
- WEC Championship Heavyweight Fight (265)
Mike "Mak" Kyle (240.5 lbs) vs. Brian Olsen*
*Olsen to weigh-in later this evening
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Collins (left) vs. Ento |
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Real (left) vs. Diaz |
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Hauer |
McCullough |
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