Top ranked bantamweight
Miguel Torres is gearing up to defend his World Extreme Cagefighting title in
December, and while his opponent has yet to be named, he expects it to be
undefeated Manny "The Mangler" Tapia.
"I fight Dec. 3. I
don't know who I'm going to fight yet, but I'm going to fight whoever they
bring to me," Torres
told MMAWeekly.com. "I don't know the venue. I think it
might be in Vegas."
While he will fight whomever
the WEC lines up, he has his sights set on Tapia. "Like I said, I'm
down to fight whoever they have in my weight class. I think Manny Tapia
will be an exciting fight because he'll want to bang the whole time.
Brian Bowles too, is very explosive standing up and has a good ground game.
But I'm hoping to fight anybody," said Torres.
"They have a long list
of guys for me to fight, but I think the guy next in line is going to be Manny
Tapia. I think him first and then after that, whoever."
Defending his title and the
opening of his new gym are Torres’ main focus these days, but the Chicago
resident thinks a super fight with WEC featherweight titleholder
Urijah Faber will happen somewhere down the line.
"I'd love to do that
fight, man. I know it's going to have to happen eventually,"
commented the 135-pound fighter. "He's the champion in his weight
class. I'm the champion in mine. It's a super fight.
It's going to have to happen."
Torres has a 34-1-0
professional mixed martial arts record and became the WEC bantamweight champion
on Feb. 13 when he defeated Chase Beebe by guillotine choke in the first
round.
VIDEO INTERVIEW WITH
WEC CHAMP MIGUEL TORRES
