Crunkilton vs. Jansen for WEC 43, Card Filling In

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 mmajunkie.com/news/15676/richard-crunkilton-vs-dave-jansen-lightweight-bout-set-for-wec-43-in-september.mma



The latest WEC 43 card now includes:


  • Donald Cerrone vs. Benson Henderson (for WEC interim lightweight title)

  • Damacio Page and Akitoshi Tamura

  • Manny Tapia vs. Eddie Wineland

  • Rafael Assuncao vs. Yves Jabouin

  • Wagnney Fabiano vs. Erik Koch

  • Dave Jansen vs. Richard Crunkilton Jr.

  • Alex Karalexis vs. Anthony Pettis

  • Charlie Valencia vs. Coty Wheeler*



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Rich will whoop dat ass

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I'll still take 42.  Torres/Bowles, Curran/Mizugaki, and Cruz/Benavidez are all intra-top 10 135 matchups.



This card is nice but Assuncao and Fabiano are essentially in showcase fights.  I like Page vs Tamura though.

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Jansen chokes him out IMO.

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Mad Xyientist - I'll still take 42.  Torres/Bowles, Curran/Mizugaki, and Cruz/Benavidez are all intra-top 10 135 matchups.

This card is nice but Assuncao and Fabiano are essentially in showcase fights.  I like Page vs Tamura though.


Assuncao is definitely the favorite, but Yves Jabouin is a pretty exciting fighter. I like this fight.

Cerrone/Henderson should be a sick fight.

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 42 is just an insane card.  One of the best cards of the year on paper. 

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I trained with Rich a few weeks ago, and he was looking super sharp.

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In my opionion when was the last time Rich had a problem with a grappler?? And i know for a fact that he is 100% healthy and ready to fight. On top of that with the grappling Rich is no slouch on the ground, he is a brown belt under 2x World BJJ Champion Ricardo "Chita" Barros.

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Jansen crushes Crunkilton.

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WAR RICH CRUNKILTON!!!

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 Jansen!!!

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mcpeepants232003 - that's a pretty sick card. Better than 42 imo. Page/Tamura is going to be a great fight. The real question though is will Crunkilton actually fight or will he pull out?


Rich had a broken foot and an injured knee for the past two fights he was supposed to have. If he's healthy,he'll be there. Granted, even if he's not, he'll still be there as long as the doc will let him.

The guy won FL state Champs 2 weeks after getting his brown belt. I don't think anybody is going to hurt him on the ground. Should be a good fight.

The real question is, can Jansen keep from getting taken down. If he can do that, he has a chance.

WAR CRUNKILTON!

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i know he was legitimately hurt both times. a year ago when he hurt his foot he fractured in on a airdyne bike. dana white saw his foot and thought he would never fight again. the second time he tore his miniscus and still trained for a couple of weeks on it, the doctor just wouldn't let him fight right before his fight with Bartamus. i know the how good of shape he is in, i know how hard he has been training for this fight, and whoever thinks Jansen is going to kill him is an idiot. On sept 2nd those guys are going to be really upset.

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This card is nice but Assuncao and Fabiano are essentially in showcase fights. 


i'm not surprised that most people think that this is a gimme fight for Fabiano... it is not. i train with Eric Koch and i'm telling you, the kid is amazing. and not just against scrubs like me, he regularly rolls and spars with guys that are alot bigger and more experienced (Jessie lennox, Joe Vedapo both UFC Vets) and he's massive for 145... you heard it here first...

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djmackocean11 - and whoever thinks Jansen is going to kill him is an idiot. On sept 2nd those guys are going to be really upset.


 Ummm...



I don't think anyone is going to kill anyone, but I think Jansen will win and I'm not changing my mind just because you said so.

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Who has he fought?? The only 2 guys that have beat Rich are 2 of the better 1553ers on the plantet. Who has Jansen fought?

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fight4real - 
djmackocean11 - and whoever thinks Jansen is going to kill him is an idiot. On sept 2nd those guys are going to be really upset.


 Ummm...



I don't think anyone is going to kill anyone, but I think Jansen will win and I'm not changing my mind just because you said so.



Chris, I think you should reconsider changing your mind...cuz he said so!

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i never said anyone should change their mind, its a free country, so by all means. but you will see on sept 2nd that i know what i am talking about.