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WEC Announces Faber vs. Mizugaki, November 11 in Las Vegas
Sep 21st
WEC Announces Faber vs. Mizugaki, November 11 in Las Vegas
WORLD EXTREME CAGEFIGHTING® RETURNS TO THE PALMS IN LAS VEGAS AS URIJAH FABER DEBUTS AT BANTAMWEIGHT
PLUS: BRIAN BOWLES VS. WAGNNEY FABIANO
JOSH GRISPI VS. ERIK KOCH
CHAD MENDES VS. JAVIER VAZQUEZ
Tickets Go On Sale Friday, Sept. 24 at 1 p.m. PT
Fight to Air Live on VERSUS at 9 p.m. ET/ 6 p.m. PT
Las Vegas, NV (USA) – Former featherweight champion “The California Kid” Urijah Faber makes his highly-anticipated 135-pound debut as World Extreme Cagefighting® returns to The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nev. on Thursday, Nov. 11. The 31-year-old pound-for-pound great, who once held the featherweight title for over two years, makes the cut to bantamweight in search of his second world title reign. He’ll take on one of the division’s toughest in Japanese striking sensation Takeya Mizugaki.
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VERSUS DELIVERS KNOCKOUTS, TAPOUTS AND A CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT DURING ENCORE PRESENTATION OF LATEST WEC EVENT
Mar 9th
NEW YORK, N.Y. (March 9, 2010)-VERSUS, the cable television home of World Extreme Cagefighting® (WEC®), will re-air a night of action-packed fights from the March 6 live WEC event on Wednesday, March 10, at 9 p.m. ET. The two- hour presentation will feature seven fights from this past weekend’s card, including the non-televised bout between Ricardo Lamas (8-1) and Bendy Casimir (19-6-2) – an intense battle that is already being touted as one of the best knockouts of 2010.
The re-air will also feature the bantamweight championship bout between Brian Bowles (8-1) and Dominick Cruz (15-1) as well as of the fight between former bantamweight champ Miguel Angel Torres (36-3) and seasoned wrestler Joseph Benevidez (12-1). Additional fights include UFC legend and crowd favorite Jens ‘Lil Evil’ Pulver (22-13-1) against Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt Javier Vazquez (14-3) and 23-year old Karen Darabedyan (9-2) in the cage with veteran Bart Palazewski (33-13) in a lightweight fight. Rounding out the night are battles between Scott “Young Guns” Jorgensen (9-3) and Chad George (11-5) and lightweight opponents Danny Castillo (8-3) and Anthony Pettis (8-1).