Dominick Cruz vs. Scott Jorgensen Set for WEC 53

WEC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz will defend his title against Scott Jorgensen at WEC 53 on Dec. 16 in Arizona.

Cruz (16-1, 6-1 WEC) successfully defended his belt, earning a split-decision win over Joseph Benavidez at WEC 50. Since losing to Urijah Faber in a WEC featherweight championship bout, Cruz has gone 6-0, including 5-0 at bantamweight.

Jorgensen (11-3, 7-2 WEC) has won five fights in a row and has earned two Fight of the Night honors during that streak. Most recently, Jorgensen defeated Brad Pickett by unanimous decision at WEC 50 to earn a shot at the bantamweight strap.

This is the second title bout announced for WEC 53. Ben Henderson will also defend his WEC lightweight title against Anthony Pettis.

Cruz last three fights
Win (Split Decision) Joseph Benavidez - WEC 50
Win (TKO - Doctor Stoppage) Brian Bowles - WEC 47
Win (Unanimous Decision) Joseph Benavidez - WEC 42


Jorgensen last three fights:
Win (Unanimous Decision) Brad Pickett - WEC 50
Win (Unanimous Decision) Antonio Banuelos - WEC 48
Win (Submission - Guillotine Choke) Chad George - WEC 47

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FightMetric Scores for WEC 50: Cruz vs. Benavidez

If you're not familiar with FightMetric.com, it's a nifty system that breaks down MMA fights using statistics. FightMetric has released their data for two fights from last night's "WEC 50: Cruz vs. Benavidez."

Leger: Total Strikes (TS), Significant Strikes (SS), Takedowns/ Attempts (TD/ATT), Fight Metric Effectiveness (EFF), Ten-Point Must System (Score)

First up, the fight of the night bout between Scotty Jorgensen (SJ) and Brad Pickett (BP):

	SJ TS	BP TS	SJ SS	BP SS	SJ TD/ATT	BP TD/ATT	SJ EFF	BP EFF	SCORE
ROUND 1	27	17	24	16	1/2	0/2	122	122	10-10
ROUND 2	43	18	36	17	0/3	0/2	174	95	10-9 SJ
ROUND 3	34	16	23	12	3/3	0/0	127	93	10-9 SJ
TOTAL	104	51	84	45	4/8	0/4	423	310	30-28 SJ

Pickett was also credited for a guillotine attempt in Round 1. That 10-10 score shows just how close that first round (which we scored 10-9 Jorgensen by a hair) really was.

Next, the rematch between champion Dominick Cruz (DC) and challenger Joseph Benavidez (JB):

	DC TS	JB TS	DC SS	JB SS	DC TD/ATT	JB TD/ATT	DC EFF	JB EFF	SCORE
ROUND 1	29	15	17	8	1/2	0/0	51	44	10-9 DC
ROUND 2	19	12	12	11	0/0	0/4	56	39	10-9 DC
ROUND 3	14	11	11	10	1/2	0/4	41	22	10-9 DC
ROUND 4	26	1	0	0	2/2	0/2	56	40	10-9 DC
ROUND 5	15	7	14	5	1/2	0/1	54	34	10-9 DC
TOTAL	103	46	58	35	5/8	0/11	262	179	50-45 DC

Benavidez was also credited with a guillotine attempt in Round 4. Overall, it's a credit to Cruz's defense that Benavidez was not able to finish any of his 11 takedown attempts and only landed a paltry 46 total strikes (including just ONE in Round 4).