October 10

WEC 43 play-by-play commentary and results

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Photo by: Sherdog - The "Cowboy" stares down with a man who can finally see what he is staring back at. Henderson recently had corrective eye surgery. He has fought his whole career practically blind.
Photo by: Sherdog - "Cowboy" will face the man with new eyes. Ben Henderson recently had corrective eye surgery. He fought his entire career practically blind.

PROMMA.INFO brings live play-by-play commentary of “WEC 43: Cerrone vs. Henderson” which takes place tonight at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas. We will be covering the main card in detail as it airs live on Versus beginning at 9 p.m. CT.

The main event features a lightweight interim title fight between Team Jackson’s Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone (10-1) and Benson Henderson (9-1) who is on an eight-fight win streak.

Hit F5 on your keyboard to refresh often, as play-by-play is updated in real time after each round of action.

Quick Results:

  • Deividas Taurosevicius def. Javier Vazquez by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
  • Charlie Valencia def. Coty Wheeler by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
  • Eddie Wineland def. Manny Tapia by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
  • Mackens Semerzier def. Wagnney Fabiano by submission (triangle choke) Rd 1 (2:14)
  • Scott Jorgensen def. Noah Thomas by TKO (strikes) Rd 1 (3:13)
  • Anthony Njokuani def. Muhsin Corbbrey by TKO (strikes) Rd 2 (1:42)
  • Damacio Page def. Will Campuzano by submission (rear-naked choke) Rd 1 (1:02)
  • Raphael Assuncao def. Yves Jabouin by split decision (30-27, 27-30, 29-28)
  • Dave Jansen def. Rich Crunkilton by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
  • Benson Henderson def. Donald Cerone by unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 48-47)

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Autism fundraiser Oct. 10 at Grapplers Quest in Long Beach, Calif.

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LONG BEACH, Calif. – Grapplers Quest, “The World’s Largest Grappling Competition,” is hosting The 2009 West Coast Submission Grappling and Jiu Jitsu Championships on Saturday, October 10, at California State University-Long Beach’s Pyramid.

Competition starts at 10:00 AM and runs all day. Discount tickets and fighter registration for the October 10th event are available at: GrapplersQuest.com

Grapplers Quest helps raise funds for Autism Awareness, Education and Treatments at each competition nationwide. One dollar from each ticket sold and competitor is donated to help support alternative Autism Biomedical Treatments and goes towards a direct donation to Autism Speaks, to commemorating the grappling community’s support.

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WEC announces television agreement with Setanta Sports in Australia

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Las Vegas, NV (USA) – World Extreme Cagefighting announced today a television agreement with Setanta Sports in Australia. Beginning with the Oct. 10 card featuring an interim title fight between Donald Cerrone and Ben Henderson, Setanta Sports will now carry all WEC events live. The agreement gives over 80,000 viewers in Australia access to the best light weight fighters in the world.

“We are pleased to announce this partnership with Setanta Sports and excited to expand our offerings to fans in Australia,” WEC Vice President Peter Dropick said. “As we continue to grow our brand globally, we think Setanta Sports will play an important role in our international development.”

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WEC announces new location for “WEC 43: Cerrone vs. Henderson”

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“WEC 43: Cerrone vs. Henderson” was originally scheduled to take place Sept. 2 at the Covelli Center in Youngstown, Ohio but was postponed due to an injury to main event fighter Ben Henderson. The event will now take place Oct. 10 at the 18,000 seat AT&T center in San Antonio, Texas WEC officials announced on Friday.

The WEC released a statement just a week before their first venture into Ohio that the show would be rescheduled due to the undisclosed injury to Henderson. Shortly afterwards, it was made public the show would take place on Oct. 10, but whether or not it would be at the same location was left for speculation.

The Versus network which carries all the WEC shows had Oct. 10 available but the arena in Youngstown was booked already, thus prompting the move to San Antonio.

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International Combat Entertainment – Oct. 10 Worcester, MA

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On Friday Oct. 10th International Combat Entertainment (ICE Fighter) is coming to Worcester, Massachusetts.  The event will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel and is affectionately named:  HELL NIGHT.  The first fight starts at 7pm (doors open at 6pm).  For more information on the event, please call (401) 728-1356.

Tickets on sale now $35 general, $45 Floorseats, $65 Ringside, $90 Ringside Reserved VIP.  Visit Elite Martial Arts, 160 Smithfield Ave, Pawtucket, Rhode Island (401) 728-1356 or you can get your tickets from ticket outlets, from the fighters, or at the door.

From the looks of these pictures from some of their previous events, it looks like things can get pretty wild at the ICE Fighter events!  Check out these pictures below of their ring card girls gone wild:

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