Anthony Njokuani next in like for WEC LW Title?

If he wins tonight I can see the WEC bringing him into the ring to confront the champ. That win over Horodecki was huge and all he's done since and before losing to Henderson was knock people out.

I think the garbage is next for the WEC LW title. I think UFC takes the good LW's from WEC after tonight.

I bet they wait until Shalorus and Varner fight to decide what to do with the title.

Shane Roller would also be on a nice little run if he won tonight with his only loss coming to Ben Henderson.

KingsOwn19 wrote:

I think the garbage is next for the WEC LW title. I think UFC takes the good LW's from WEC after tonight.

You may be right. It'll be interesting to see what WEC guys stick at the 'next' level.

chorky777 wrote:

I bet they wait until Shalorus and Varner fight to decide what to do with the title.

Could be true. I don't think Varner deserves another shot.

Shalorus is interesting though.

Both Cowboy and Bendo already beat Njkokuani.

Looks like I'm not the only one that thinks it happens.


http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news?slug=ys-mmaweekan042310

With a win, Njokuani will likely be next in line for a title shot and welcomes a rematch with either Henderson or Cerrone and doesn’t care which one wins on Saturday.

“Now it’s going to be a totally different fight if it’s me fighting Cowboy or it’s me fighting Ben,” commented the Las Vegas resident.

“The first time I fought Cowboy I was a person who was just fighting to fight. If you called me up I was going to go fight. They called me up and I wasn’t prepared at all. I was just a kickboxer at the time with a little jiu-jitsu, not as much as he had at the time,” Njokuani said about his 2007 loss to Cerrone in Ring of Fire.

“When I first fought Ben, I wasn’t training for Ben. I was training for Eddie Ratcliff, so I barely did any jiu-jitsu at the time,” said the lightweight contender. “Fighting those two guys now would be a totally different fight.”

But before Njokuani can get a rematch with either Henderson or Cerrone, he has to get past a game Shane Roller on Saturday.

The game plan is simple, to keep the fight standing and find an opening to knock Roller out.

“The eagle’s on the lookout,” stated Njokuani. “I’m looking for those openings. That’s pretty much what I’m set for.”