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WEC announces Cruz vs. Benavidez, Faber vs. Mizugaki for Aug. 18 in Las Vegas

WEC announces Cruz vs. Benavidez, Faber vs. Mizugaki for Aug. 18 in Las Vegas

WEC 50 will feature a bantamweight title fight between champion Dominick Cruz and number one contender Joseph Benavidez. Also, Urijah Faber will make his bantamweight debut against Takeya Mizugaki.

Urijah Faber's bantamweight career to begin against Takeya Mizugaki

Urijah Faber’s bantamweight career to begin against Takeya Mizugaki

Former WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber will make his bantamweight debut against Takeya Mizugaki at WEC 50. The card will take place at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas on Aug. 18.

Jeff Curran returns to action against Tomohiko Hori on Dec. 5 at "XFO 34: Worlds Collide"

Jeff Curran returns to action against Tomohiko Hori on Dec. 5 at “XFO 34: Worlds Collide”

“The Big Frog” Jeff Curran’s Xtreme Fighting Organization (XFO) presents “XFO 34: World’s Collide” on Dec. 5 at the Lakemoor Banquet Facility in Lakemoor, Ill.
The main event features current Strikeforce fighter* Jeff Curran (30-12-1), taking on Japanese star Tomohiko Hori (10-7-5) in a bantamweight showdown. The fight will be Curran’s second in under a  month. On Nov. [...]

Mizugaki returns to WEC Aug. 9 to face Curran

Mizugaki returns to WEC Aug. 9 to face Curran

PRO MMA (promma.info) was notified by the World Extreme Cagefighting organization on Monday that Japanese MMA fighter Takeya Mizugaki (11-3-2) will return to the WEC cage on Aug. 9, 2009 to face veteran Jeff Curran (31-11-1) at “WEC: Torres vs. Bowles” at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nev.
Mizugaki, a Shooto veteran, [...]

WEC 40 - live results and round by round summary

WEC 40 – live results and round by round summary

The WEC is back in action live tonight on Versus from Chicago Illinois, with “WEC 40: Torres vs. Mizugaki”.
Stay tuned here at PRO MMA (promma.info) for live round by round coverage of this evening’s event, which will feature the WEC Bantamweight Title Fight between reigning champion Miguel Torres and challenger Takeya Mizugaki.
WEC 40 quick results:
Main [...]

Video cram session for WEC 40

Video cram session for WEC 40

PRO MMA (promma.info) is back with yet another video cram session. On Sunday WEC returns with WEC 40. Bantamweight champion Miguel Torres will put his title on the line versus Japanese Takeya Mizugaki, and there is also an under card loaded with enjoyable sub-lightweight fights. This session includes Raphael Assuncao’s controversial showdown with [...]

WEC 40: Torres vs. Mizugaki weigh in results

WEC 40: Torres vs. Mizugaki weigh in results

The weigh-ins for WEC: TORRES vs. MIZUGAKI took place at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Chicago, Illinois today, April 4th, at 4:00pm CT/2:00pm PT.  All but one made weight, although three fighters had to remove their shorts to make their fight weight limit. Mike Budnik weighed in at 149 pounds; three pounds over the 146 [...]

Anthony Pettis injured, replaced by Bart Palaszewki at WEC 40 in Chicago

Anthony Pettis injured, replaced by Bart Palaszewki at WEC 40 in Chicago

PRO MMA (promma.info) has learned from WEC officials that Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s Anthony Pettis (6-0, 0-0 WEC) has been injured and will be replaced by the much more experienced Bart Palaszewski (30-12, 1-1 WEC) at WEC 40 on April 5th.
Palaszewski will now face Pettis’s original opponent, Art of War champion, Anthony Njokuani (9-2, WEC 0-1) on [...]

UFC Champ Frank Mir says Miguel Angel Torres is best pound-for-pound fighter in the world

UFC Champ Frank Mir says Miguel Angel Torres is best pound-for-pound fighter in the world

PRO MMA (promma.info) received the following press release from the WEC today regarding UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir’s opinion of WEC Bantamweight Champion Miguel Torres as the number one pound-for-pound fighter in the world. For those who have heard Mir commentate one of Torres’ fights, his opinion of the WEC champ was most likely [...]

Jeff Curran and Joseph Benavidez plan to steal show in Chicago

Jeff Curran and Joseph Benavidez plan to steal show in Chicago

Bantamweight contenders, Jeff Curran and Joseph Benavidez will face off in Chicago on Sunday, April 5th, as the co-main event to WEC 40’s Torres vs. Mizugaki. Curran and Benavidez will be fighting to stay alive in the hunt for a WEC Bantamweight Title shot. Ranked as a number seven featherweight, Curran a.k.a. “Big Frog”, is [...]

Top names in MMA marvel at domination shown by Miguel Angel Torres

Top names in MMA marvel at domination shown by Miguel Angel Torres

Takeya Mizugaki will challenge WEC Bantamweight Champion, Miguel Torres, on April 5, in the champ’s hometown of Chicago, Illinois. Torres has amassed an incredible 35-1 record and is considered among the best pound for pound fighters in the world. PRO MMA (promma.info) received the following press release today from the WEC concerning Torres and the [...]

Takeya Mizugaki wants to knockout Miguel Torres in WEC main event on April 5

Takeya Mizugaki wants to knockout Miguel Torres in WEC main event on April 5

Twenty-five year-old Japanese MMA star Takeya Mizugaki (11-2-2) is coming to America to face Miguel Angel Torres (35-1) for the WEC Bantamweight Title on April 5. Mizugaki is expecting a rude welcome as he steps inside the cage in Torres’ hometown of Chicago.
PRO MMA (promma.info) received a statement today in which Mizugaki stated through his [...]

World Extreme Cagefighting confirms remaining bouts for first ever WEC event in Chicago

World Extreme Cagefighting confirms remaining bouts for first ever WEC event in Chicago

WEC 40 takes place on Sunday, April 5, at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois. PRO MMA (promma.info) received confirmation today on the complete fight line up for this event. The main event features a WEC Bantamweight Title fight between Champion Miguel Torres (35-1) as he takes on Shooto and Cage Force veteran, Takeya Mizugaki (11-2), who will be [...]

Brian Bowles out of title fight due to injury

Brian Bowles out of title fight due to injury

The management of Brian Bowles’ (7-0) has confirmed with PRO MMA (promma.info) that due to a back injury incurred while training at ATT in Florida, the WEC top bantamweight contender has pulled out of his fight with champion Miguel Torres (35-1) set for WEC 40 on April 5th. 
The WEC has already named a replacement in [...]

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