WEC 51: The Rundown

Although this event hasn’t gotten much media coverage, it’s almost PPV worthy in its depth of quality matchups and fighters. The WEC is sort of seen as the little brother to the UFC, but in my opinion is often much more bankable for high paced action. Don’t let the price tag fool you, this should be one of the premier MMA events you see this year.

Kicking off the main card is a fight between two guys who will absolutely just stand in the center of the cage until one goes down. Garcia is coming off his ‘win’ in his epic battle with Chan Sung-Jung aka ‘the Korean Zonbie,’ and Hominick is riding high on a three fight win streak. The two make for an interesting style matchup because -- while both are strikers -- they have two completely different approaches to it. Garcia is more akin to a Chris Leben-esque type brawler, looking to draw fighters into a slugfest and edging them out with his power. Hominick, fighting out of Shawn Tompkins’ camp, has a pretty predictable fighting style (all of his fighters do). Showcasing a patented one-two-kick a la Ernesto Hoost, Hominick is going to use crisp Dutch-style kickboxing to try to survive the onslaught. His lack of head movement is going to be a major problem for him, and look like a juicy target to someone so unorthodox like Garcia. If Hominick can avoid getting Jens Pulvered in the first round he should be able to take the fight. If you hear someone screaming “Move your head!” it’s me.