Miguel Angel Torres came into WEC 42 generally regarded as one of the top five pound-for-pound fighters on the planet.
downlevel descriptionThis video requires the Adobe Flash Player. Download a free version of the player.
After his fight with Brian Bowles on Sunday, however, Torres can't even call himself the WEC bantamweight champion.
Bowles scored a TKO victory over Torres in the first round of what will likely go down as one of the most shocking upsets of the year. The challenger had Torres in trouble from the outset, but he recovered from an early punch that stunned him and began chasing Bowles with relentless right-hand shots.
Bowles capitalized with an uppercut, however, and followed Torres to the ground. Torres tried to secure an armbar, but Bowles put an end to that idea with a brutal punch from a standing position. Six unanswered punches to the face later, and the fight was called by Josh Rosenthal in favor of the new WEC bantamweight champion.
Bowles is relatively inexperienced with an 8-0 record, but he now assumes control of a division with a host of challengers.
