Comments on: WEC Announces Varner vs. Henderson, Faber vs. Assuncao in Sacramento http://www.mmamadness.com/2009/11/wec-announces-varner-vs-henderson-faber-vs-assuncao-in-sacramento/ Mixed Martial Arts news, articles, features, videos and more Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:52:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: mu_shin http://www.mmamadness.com/2009/11/wec-announces-varner-vs-henderson-faber-vs-assuncao-in-sacramento/comment-page-1/#comment-1898 mu_shin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:13:31 +0000 http://www.mmamadness.com/?p=1777#comment-1898 Donald Cerrone gave Varner and Henderson all they could handle in his bouts with them. Makes me think this will be a very close contest, as were both matches with Cerrone. Varner has a slight edge in experience, and I think he's fought stronger opposition, but Henderson's wrestling will match up well against Varner's submission tactics. Both of these guys can handle themselves on their feet, so it should be a stong contest. Whoever wins, I think the Cowboy is in their future, and that will be a good one too. I'm a big Uriah Faber fan, and happy to hear he will be fighting again. A grappler like Assuncao is a perfect return match in this instance, as this fight will more than likely pit Uriah's wrestling against Raphael's BJJ, perhaps decreasing the chance that Faber would reinjure his hands in a boxing match. Also think it's appropriate that the California Kid works his way back up and earns another rematch with the champ Mike Brown. Not to dismiss Assuncao, but Uriah has a big edge in quality of opposition and has fought almost as many championship fights as Raphael has fights in total, so I'd be surprised if Uriah didn't find a way to win this one. Of course, I never thought he'd lose once to Mike Brown, let alone twice... Donald Cerrone gave Varner and Henderson all they could handle in his bouts with them. Makes me think this will be a very close contest, as were both matches with Cerrone. Varner has a slight edge in experience, and I think he’s fought stronger opposition, but Henderson’s wrestling will match up well against Varner’s submission tactics. Both of these guys can handle themselves on their feet, so it should be a stong contest. Whoever wins, I think the Cowboy is in their future, and that will be a good one too.

I’m a big Uriah Faber fan, and happy to hear he will be fighting again. A grappler like Assuncao is a perfect return match in this instance, as this fight will more than likely pit Uriah’s wrestling against Raphael’s BJJ, perhaps decreasing the chance that Faber would reinjure his hands in a boxing match. Also think it’s appropriate that the California Kid works his way back up and earns another rematch with the champ Mike Brown. Not to dismiss Assuncao, but Uriah has a big edge in quality of opposition and has fought almost as many championship fights as Raphael has fights in total, so I’d be surprised if Uriah didn’t find a way to win this one. Of course, I never thought he’d lose once to Mike Brown, let alone twice…

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