Thread: WEC doesn't want Jens to fight!!

World Extreme Cagefighting general manager Reed Harris appreciates everything Jens Pulver has done for his company and the sport of mixed martial arts, but he doesn’t want to see the 35-year-old featherweight fight again.

Harris would rather find other avenues for Pulver to work with the WEC.

“I don’t think I really want to see him fight again, so I think I would prefer to look at other options,” Harris told MMAWeekly.com content partner TapouT Radio.

“Certainly we love Jens, and Jens had asked some time ago about possibly coming in and working with us and doing some different things. And we’re open to all of that, but I haven’t actually had the discussion with Jens, and I’m hoping to do that probably in the next week or so,” explained the general manager.

Pulver has lost five fights in a row, and seven of his last eight, but he’s a fan favorite and offers more than just fighting. He’s commentated for the UFC and WEC, and it seems likely that will be his future role within the promotion.

“We’ve had a couple of meetings internally where we’ve discussed different things, and one of the things that came up was that a lot of people really liked him in the booth,” said Harris. “They liked his commentary, and he’s a great ambassador as well to the sport. I don’t have any problem having him involved.

“Certainly with the WEC, he’s a pioneer in the sport. Probably one of the nicest guys I’ve ever met, and he’s genuine. He’s easy to work with, which is so important. He gets it. If Jens Pulver is supposed to be somewhere at 10 o’clock, he’s there, and a lot of times when guys get as famous as him they don’t do that stuff. They become just a little more difficult, and with Jens, he’s just been the same ever since I met him. He‘s a great guy and I‘m hoping we can talk to him and get him involved.”

man I'd like to see him carry on fighting - did he ever hook up with BJ to improve his ground game???.

You can see their point tho' he seems to have hit that phase where the natural winning streak has come to an end.

Apparently he never took BJ up on the offer and the time he was slated to go out Faber and Lauzon went instead.

I can see what they mean about it reaching an end but it is such a shame, Jens is an exciting fighter and great for the sport, at the end of the day you can't fuck with the stats a five fight losing streak is not cool.

I just can't see him not having another figt. I feel he needs to prove to himself that he still has skills before he retires.
I'm not even sure that he should retire. I haven't seen his last fight yet but I really think he still has something to offer. It's not like Liddel being contnually ko'd.