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  - WEC 47: VAZQUEZ CLOSES THE DOOR ON PULVER
Sunday, March 07, 2010 - by Ken Pishna - MMAWeekly.com
Saturday night’s WEC 47 featherweight bout between Jens Pulver and Javier Vazquez at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, took on a little bit of a professional wrestling feel.
No, not because anything was scripted.
Pulver entered the bout on a four-fight losing skid, Vazquez off back-to-back losses. It was basically a loser leaves town bout – there’s your pro wrestling shtick.
Pulver twice attempted a guillotine choke off of Vazquez’s takedown attempts and scrambled to keep the fight on the feet, but it was more than he could manage.
Vazquez put the former UFC champion on his back, quickly passing to the side and trapping Pulver in a crucifix position, peppering him with shots to the head. Somehow Pulver managed to find a way out of the crucifix, but the ground is Vazquez’s world. Once he latched on, he wouldn’t let go.
“He got the take downs and before you know it, twist turn, there’s the armbar, pop, pop. I’m like damn; I’m stuck in this thing,” said Pulver after the fight.
Pulver tried to scramble and find a way out. Vazquez capitalized, moved to mount, and then dropped back into the ligament popping armbar, leaving Pulver no choice but to tap out or lose a limb.
“I’m just as big of a fan of Jens Pulver as everybody else,” Vazquez said following the victory. “It was an honor for me to fight him. You’ll never hear me say a bad thing about Jens Pulver.”
He didn’t quite make it official, saying that he’d never say that this is it, but Pulver made it clear that he’s not likely to step back in the cage.
Pointing down at his custom TapouT t-shirt that featured him as a character in the old Punchout video game, Pulver said, “This is the old Punchout, the old Tyson, the vintage, the authentic, and it’s over.”
He then pointed at himself saying, “The vintage, the authentic... I don't know how many more times I can cry in front of all y’all. I love y’all way too much to keep putting you through this.”
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