Miguel Torres: I'm training to be more like Lyoto Machida and less like Wanderlei Silva

by Jesse Holland on Mar 5, 2010 11:10 AM EST

Quoteworthy:

"They wanted me to pick an opponent, I didn’t want to. I told (WEC matchmaker) Sean Shelby to give me the toughest guy he could find a match against, and that was Benavidez. He's one of those guys that just never gets tired, he never seems to be hurt, and he just doesn't stop coming. He punches and kicks from weird angles. He's very dangerous. I've been training a lot to be more crafty, and to be more Machida like, more of an Anderson Silva type fighter, instead of being a Wanderlei Silva. I'm very happy to be able to get back in the cage and show what I've been working on."

Former 135-pound kingpin Miguel Torres is training to become more crafty and less balls-to-the-wall for his upcoming WEC 47 bout against Joseph Benavidez on March 6. Torres is re-inventing himself after a stunning defeat at the heavy hands of new bantamweight champion Brian Bowles at WEC 42 back in August 2009. Will Torres get his revenge? Or has his storied championship reign come to an end, much like Urijah Faber's did at WEC 36 now that the promotion has a stacked roster? What say you?

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screw that, fight like Wand and Anderson and mix it up.

by NateDogg77 on Mar 5, 2010 11:23 AM EST reply actions

The quote implies that he thinks of Machida and AS the same way, and Wandy differently

Anderson Silva is p4p the greatest fighter of all time, Fedor and GSP fear the mighty Spider

by frosnt1 on Mar 5, 2010 11:35 AM EST up reply actions

e.g wandy = brawler Lyoto & AS = Technical strikers?

"In Japan, the crowd is quiet, this one time I heard a cute girl fart in the second row." - Rampage Jackson

by Rampagelangford on Mar 5, 2010 11:43 AM EST up reply actions

screw that

Fight like miguel torres, just not as cocky, lol

by Phenomenal Angel on Mar 5, 2010 11:25 AM EST via mobile reply actions

still dont like cocky Torres

I would hope he’ll lose but unfortunately he will get passed benavidez, but ill be pulling for Bowles AGAIN in a rematch.

worbanizer

by daniel worby on Mar 5, 2010 11:51 AM EST via mobile up reply actions

Agreed

its worked so far, why change now

by Robert(1) on Mar 5, 2010 1:55 PM EST up reply actions

Off the subject but,

Swick vs Serra is actually going down?? Could Serra somehow creep back into contention? he did look great against trigg…

by JRE on Mar 5, 2010 11:55 AM EST reply actions

to be fair though

trigg hasn’t looked great at all since returning hence the cut, and i just can’t see serra beating any top 5 guy in all honesty :/

"In Japan, the crowd is quiet, this one time I heard a cute girl fart in the second row." - Rampage Jackson

by Rampagelangford on Mar 5, 2010 11:58 AM EST up reply actions

but i think he'll beat swick if thats on

"In Japan, the crowd is quiet, this one time I heard a cute girl fart in the second row." - Rampage Jackson

by Rampagelangford on Mar 5, 2010 11:58 AM EST up reply actions

i dont know swick would be able to punch him from so far away

Serra would have to get a ladder in the cage but then we would wwe

Open up the Shit Gates and God Bless Marv

by BJPennfan on Mar 5, 2010 12:15 PM EST up reply actions

dana is a cunt

You guys type all the ‘he is a smart businessman’ typing. Not my dept. And I’m lazy.

worbanizer

by daniel worby on Mar 5, 2010 12:31 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

Fights off anyway

Swick tweeted that he’s having surgery on his arm.

"Not a lot of professional sports down here (in Australia)"
"We just had our best season (of TUF) last season and it was season 10"
"Nogueira is probabaly the best HW of all time"

Dana White, proving that he's clueless about Australian sports, has never heard of Fedor and is still trying to hype up TUF 10.

by David W-S on Mar 5, 2010 1:05 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

lol well there goes that.

Good. Serves em right trying to upstage SF. I understand the business aspect, doesn’t mean I have to appreciate it.

+swick/serra wasn’t enough to make me watch over this SF card anyways.

worbanizer

by daniel worby on Mar 5, 2010 1:49 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

I like that fight

Swick needs to come back to 185, he looks like a crack head at 170

by Robert(1) on Mar 5, 2010 1:56 PM EST up reply actions

he does look skinny to me too.

no more “quick” swick either.

I'm all about covering the spread and moneylines. I was building a house, I don't deserve this, deserves have nothing to do with it. Bang. "Unforgiven" I drink your milkshake. I drink it up! "There Will BE Blood"

by wolfmanshowlforever on Mar 5, 2010 2:11 PM EST up reply actions

Wise thoughts. Wanderlei is an exciting fighter but exposes himself so much. He’s been struggling to swith his style now. Anderson and Lyoto doesn’t get punched like Wand. Torres means he’ll be cautions so on.

"Once Flamengo, Flamengo until die"

by Eduardo Cruz on Mar 5, 2010 1:01 PM EST reply actions

I think Miguel Torres should be like Miguel Torres!!

I love Torres for the way he fights and people should be saying ’I’m going to fight like Miguel Torres" not the other way around. I think he ranks up there with the best of them. Granted he needs to be a little more cautious, but not overly cautious. His aggression is one the reasons he is so successful! I like Benavidez but I can see Torres finishing this one! He seems hyped up.

"Big guys, small gloves...somebody's gonna fall..." (Gabriel Gonzaga)

by Kenwoo on Mar 5, 2010 1:31 PM EST reply actions