WEC 42 Features The Best Pound for Pound Fighter in MMA History
Is Brian Bowles the man to stop Miguel Torres’ 17-fight march towards MMA greatness?
With only seven pro fights to his name, Bowles must have some acid in his stomach when he considers the prospect of taking on the man who many say is the best pound for pound fighter in the game.
Five short months ago, Bowles was thinking a serious back injury might end his career. The unbeaten No. 1 contender says he’s more fit and explosive than ever and ready to knock Miguel Torres off his pedestal.
“I honestly think I can beat him,” said Bowles. “Either way it will be a really good fight. We both have good standup and good chins. I think it will be as good of a fight as him and Mizugaki.”
Torres is confident that there won’t be any slip-ups on his road to legend status.
“I’m going to go out there and I’m going to bust him down. I’ve been in this game for a long time. I can smell fear and I can smell doubt and in the back of his mind somewhere he’s got doubts because he knows he doesn’t have the experience that I have,” Torres said.
Torres’ single loss came nearly six years ago by decision after he returned too quickly from ACL surgery on his knee. The WEC bantamweight champ makes top contenders look like rank amateurs and they find it difficult to penetrate any part of his game. No one can take him down, and only Takeya Mizugaki has managed to land a solid shot on him.
Torres discovered something about himself in the wars he fought with Mizugaki and Maeda.
“The big difference is I know I can take a punch,” Torres said. “It’s one thing to take a punch in training and it’s another to take a punch in a fight in the fifth round. I know I can take damage and keep going. I know I can get hurt and keep going. I have more experience and my game has had more time to be refined. His standup is very open but he leaves himself open a lot. He seems strong but I think he’s all upper body – his legs are a little bit weak. He hasn’t been hit yet and he hasn’t fought anybody with my caliber of jiu-jitsu. So I think we’re going to go out there and bang. I’m going to hit him and he’s going to take me down and once we’re on the ground I’m going to show him what I can do on the floor.”
Torres says he’ll use more striking and movement against Bowles and circle away from Bowles’ right. He said his gritty performance against Mizugaki fight has reinforced his self-belief, and it’s hard to doubt that claim.
“I’ve been through so many fights, I’ve been in this situation so many times,” Torres said. “After my last fight with Mizugaki my confidence has been bolstered by ten times what it was before because I know that I’m not going to get knocked out, that I’m not going to get hurt, that I can go five rounds hard and I’m not going to get tired. There will be younger guys like Brian that are gunning for me so I can’t get lazy and think I’m The Man. But I don’t think this fight will go all five rounds simply because Brian is younger and he’ll probably try to take more chances to put me away.”
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