Miguel Torres UFC Debut at UFC 126 – DNFW!!!

Heavy.com is reporting that former WEC champion Miguel Torres will make his UFC debut at UFC 126 in February against Antonio Banuelos. Both men are coming to the UFC in the coming merger between the world’s largest MMA promotion and it’s “little brother” promotion, the WEC. UFC 126 is to be main evented by a middleweight title fight between Vitor Belfort and long-time champion Anderson Silva.

Torres recently rebounded from back-to-back losses with a dominant win over Charlie Valencia. Prior to that he had lost his title to Brian Bowles and then lost the follow-up fight to Joseph Benavidez. Similarly, Banuelos recently reversed his fortunes as he followed up a loss to Scott Jorgensen with a win over Chad George on the same WEC 51 card where Torres found himself back on the winning track.

Both men are known as action fighters and both are more than capable of delivering fight of the night type stuff every time they enter the cage. This fight is a perfect example of how the UFC will use the lighter weight fighters to flesh out their cards. This card is filled with UFC stars but also will benefit from the excitement of the WEC fighters. The days of seeing bad fights between fledgling low-tier fighters make broadcasts are likely a thing of the past.

Careful:  Miguel Torres is voted one of the top ten pound for pound MMA fighters.  I welcome the former WEC Fighter and hope he does well.

Brawling Dallas Cowboys’ ‘Pacman’ Jones Joins UFC

Are you surprised? Dallas Cowboys players think they are Texas Rangers and can do what they want. Pacman, Irving, who else? The tradition of a Dallas Cowboy goofin’ up is carried through every year. I’m not saying I don’t like the Cowboys because I do but damn… Pick one… UFC or NFL

IRVING — Troubled Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones was in a physical confrontation with his bodyguards at a Dallas hotel Tuesday evening, according to multiple sources.

Police were called to the scene, but no charge was filed, and neither the hotel nor the Cowboys would comment.

“I don’t have any comment,” said Jones’ agent, Worrick Robinson, who is based in Nashville. “I don’t have any knowledge that anything happened. I’ve done my due diligence and I’m not satisfied that anything happened with Adam Jones. I know there are rumors. I haven’t put any stock into any of these rumors except they are just rumors.”

Robinson said he did talk to Jones.

“I’m not going to comment on our conversation,” he said. “I don’t believe anything occurred.”

KTVT/Channel 11 first reported the story, and sources confirmed it to the Star-Telegram.

Any type of off-the-field news involving Jones is exactly what the Cowboys were trying to avoid when they recently told him to keep a low profile. On Wednesday, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, who suspended Jones for the entire 2007 season and then reinstated him in August, dropped by Valley Ranch for a visit.

Pacman In the RIng

Jones was attending a party at the Joule Hotel in Dallas on Tuesday evening, according to sources. Among the other patrons were several Cowboys players as well as rap star Ludacris and Academy Award-nominated actor Mark Wahlberg, who are both in the area filming a movie.

Adam Jones and his bodyguards got into a fight that resulted in a broken mirror in a bathroom, according to the sources. This was the second time in the past couple of weeks Jones and a bodyguard had gotten into a fight, a source said.

“We have no comment on the report,” NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said Wednesday night.

This is the latest in a long line of off-the-field incidents for Jones. He has been arrested six times and involved in a dozen incidents that required police involvement since 2005. Some of his offenses include possession of marijuana, speeding, public intoxication and disorderly conduct. By MAC ENGEL and CLARENCE E. HILL Jr. http://www.star-telegram.com/804/story/962464.html

Way to go “Pacman” Now you can join the UFC!