WEC 52

WEC 52: Faber vs. Mizugaki
Information
Promotion World Extreme Cagefighting
Date November 11, 2010
Venue The Pearl at The Palms
City United States Paradise, Nevada
Event chronology

WEC 51: Aldo vs. Gamburyan WEC 52: Faber vs. Mizugaki WEC 53: Henderson vs. Pettis

WEC 52: Faber vs. Mizugaki was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting on November 11, 2010 at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada.[1]

Background

Urijah Faber made his bantamweight debut against Japanese striker Takeya Mizugaki at WEC 52.[2][3]

A bout between Bart Palaszewski and Kamal Shalorus was expected to take place at this event,[4] but was moved to WEC 53 after Shalorus injured his hand.[5] Shalorus won the rescheduled bout by split decision.

Brian Bowles was expected to face Wagnney Fabiano at this event but was forced off the card with an injury[6] and replaced by Joseph Benavidez.[7]

Eddie Wineland was expected to face Damacio Page at this event,[8] but was forced out of the bout with a shoulder injury and replaced by Demetrious Johnson.[9]

Josh Grispi was pulled from his fight with Erik Koch, to be inserted into a UFC Featherweight title shot against Jose Aldo at UFC 125.[10] Koch ended up fighting Francisco Rivera.[11]

This was the last WEC event to feature fights in the featherweight division. No featherweight fighters competed on the final WEC card the next month, and all fighters in the division were subsequently merged into the UFC.

With longtime Zuffa ring announcer Bruce Buffer in Germany for UFC 122, former WEC ring announcer Joe Martinez made a return to handle announcing duties for this event.[12]

The event drew an average of 570,000 viewers on Versus.[13]

Results

Main card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Bantamweight Urijah Faber def Takeya Mizugaki Technical Submission (rear-naked choke) 1 4:50
Featherweight Chad Mendes def Javier Vazquez Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) 3 5:00
Featherweight Erik Koch def Francisco Rivera TKO (head kick and punches) 1 1:36
Bantamweight Joseph Benavidez def Wagnney Fabiano Submission (guillotine choke) 2 2:45
Bantamweight Demetrious Johnson def Damacio Page Submission (guillotine choke) 3 2:27
Preliminary card
Featherweight Raphael Assunção def LC Davis Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) 3 5:00
Lightweight Anthony Njokuani def Edward Faaloloto TKO (knees and elbows) 2 4:54
Lightweight Dustin Poirier def Zach Micklewright TKO (punches) 1 0:53
Bantamweight Michael McDonald def Clint Godfrey Submission (armbar) 1 2:42
Featherweight Cub Swanson def Mackens Semerzier Decision (split) (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) 3 5:00 [lower-alpha 1]
Featherweight Yves Jabouin def Brandon Visher Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) 3 5:00
  1. This bout aired on the live broadcast.

Bonus Awards

Fighters were awarded $10,000 bonuses.[14]

Reported payout

The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Nevada State Athletic Commission. It does not include sponsor money or "locker room" bonuses often given by the WEC and also do not include the WEC's traditional "fight night" bonuses.[15]

See also

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