Thu Dec 04, 2008 11:25 am EST
WEC bantamweight champ Miguel Torres is 35-1. He just destroyed a high level opponent, Manny Tapia, without using most of his weapons. Most pound-for-pound lists have him amongst the top 10 fighters in the world. He's quickly becoming the face of World Extreme Cagefighting with good exposure on Versus. He's on top of the world, right? Wrong. Torres says he's not good at anything and has a long way to go. Worse yet his wife pays the price for his humility:
"Being the champ for WEC, I have a bullseye on my back. A win against me can change somebody's life," said Torres. "I know (my opponents are) training 10 times harder. I'm just pre-occupied with my opponents. He's probably training or watching tape. There will be times it'll be two in the morning at my house, I'll tell my wife I got to go running."
He's almost won over his wife, Jyllian (pictured with daughter Yelena), but she still has a little doubt about his true motives:
"She thinks I'm going out somewhere else, til i come back home covered with sweat and stink."
Click below to listen to Torres speak about his drive:
Torres further explained what drives him to stay on top:
"Everything can get better. I'm not perfect. Everyone is human, anybody can be outworked. I can't think that I'm good at anything. I don't think that I'm good at anything. I try to keep that in mind. It pushes me to learn more things."
Torres also said Urijah Faber's recent title loss at featherweight is also a motivating factor. Faber hadn't dropped a fight since 2005 before he was knocked from 145-pound perch by Mike Brown.
You can hear the entire WEC 37 post-fight press here.
NOTE: WEC did hand out post-fight cash bonuses. Fight of the Night went to Cub Sawnson and Hiroyuki Takaya. Brian Bowles got Submission of the Night and Bart Palaszewski got Knockout of the Night. All four fighters got a $7,500 bonus. It was also a night to bet the favorites. The host venue, the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, booked all 10 fights. The favorites were 10-0.
Photo via CombatLifestyle.com
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I'm sure if I got up and left at 2 a.m. every night for an hour or so, my wife would think I was upto something too. Luckily for her- I don't have that kind of self-discipline, so she has nothing to worry about there. She finds plenty of other stupid reasons to get bi*chy with me, like the first comment...
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but seriously ufc needs 2 get these guys on ppv
how about a wec ufc promo card
get faber and torres to fight on under card
also get jens pulver and leonard garcia
and condit and varner
have a note of nothing but belts on the line
5 title fights that would be great
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Man i get that here as well....but she's coming around and letting me go with no problem. you see me and my best friend would have girls over like crazy and well you know what happened from there. But now we just drink and stuff and watch college games or the fights.
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so he does what he wants 2 do haha
its crazy if can sit right next to her a play call of duty online all nite
but if i go out 2 my boys house then its a problem, go figure
its all good tho
neways now we got fight for the troops coming up next week
pac man vs dela hoya im gonna check that out
and the greatest ppv at the end of the month
should be good man!
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he is a good LW
i was looking foward to seeing him on that card
gues i will have to settle for kos haha
i hope yoshida beats him 2 lol
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that ufc is makin a show ufc primetime
about gsp and penn basically like countdown on hbo for the boxing matches
it will last a few weeks and it will detail the live of them up into the match
and also WHY is shamrock about to fight tim silvia
and on the same card will be nick diaz vs joe riggs if his hand heals in time
it is for a smaller start up promotion 4get the name
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haha i was checkin on youtube and saw lloyd irvins two yr old son
doing all types of mma move it was funny
u should check it out when your bored one day
he has everything covered from leg kicks to ground and pound
haha
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so im guessing u checked it out lol
ant yea Darkness i cant stand kos 4 all the same reasons
i was never a tito fan even b4 i really got into mma
and knew who he was, he always talked alot of crap
same with kos they both have skills tho jus not a fan of either
and i wish there was bigger names on there too like edgar
but it is wat it is, i feel like i may donate 2 the fund
but u know what the say about donating
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he would be showcased more and fight more known opponents
imagine him vs penn
that would be a nice match up if it was possible
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HAHA, did you say Ken Shamrock was fighting Tim Syliva? Do you know when?
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