A foot injury has forced bantamweight Kenji Osawa to withdraw from his scheduled bout against Rani Yahya at WEC 42 on August 9 in Las Vegas, according to Versus.com.

John Hosman has agreed to replace Osawa and take on Yahya on short notice on the preliminary card of the Versus-televised event.

WEC bantamweight champion and Chicago-native Miguel Torres threw out the first pitch at today’s Chicago White Sox game against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

The first pitch was followed by Major League Baseball’s 18th perfect game, tossed by the White Sox’ Mark Buehrle.

Former WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber, who injured both his hands in July in an unsuccessful bid to reclaim the title against Mike Brown, has told MMA Fanhouse that he has “no idea” when he’ll return to the cage, with “The California Kid” unlikely to fight again until next year.

“Hopefully it’s sooner than later, but I’ll still be a happy dude,” said Faber. “I’ll be happy no matter what. I’m good no matter what happens.”

WEC lightweight contender Donald Cerrone poses with WBO/WBC middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik during an open workout at Jack Loew’s South Side Boxing Club in Youngstown, OH on July 9. Cerrone conducted a 60-minute workout for members of the media in preparation of his Sept. 2 interim title fight against Ben Henderson at the Covelli Centre. During the course of the training session, Cerrone chatted with Pavlik regarding the intricacies of the fight game.

WEC featherweight champion Mike Brown will take on 145-pound contender Jose Aldo in the main event of a November 11 WEC event, according to InTheGuard.tv.

A location has not yet been determined for the Versus-televised event.

A trio of bouts have been added to the rumored lineup for WEC 43, which takes place on September 2 in Youngstown, Ohio and airs live on Versus.

Bantamweights Manny Tapia and Eddie Wineland have agreed to square off and featherweight contenders Wagnney Fabiano and Rafael Assuncao will take on WEC newcomers Erik Koch and Yves Jabouin respectively.

Luiz Cane says he’d like to fight fellow light heavyweight contender Rich Franklin, heavyweight prospect Bobby Lashley will next fight in September, and Diego Sanchez will get the next lightweight title shot against the BJ Penn-Kenny Florian.

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Tickets for WEC 43: Cerrone vs. Henderson, World Extreme Cagefighting’s recently announced event which is set to take place on September 2 at the Covelli Center in Youngstown, Ohio, will go on sale to the general public on July 9.

WEC newsletter subscribers can purchase tickets one day early on July 8 for the Versus-televised event, which is headlined by an interim lightweight championship bout between Donald Cerrone and Ben Henderson.

For the latest details on Jamie Varner’s injury and the WEC’s title plans continue reading after the jump…

World Extreme Cagefighting has released the complete fight card for WEC 42: Torres vs. Bowles, which takes place on August 9 at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

Joining a headlining matchup between bantamweight champ Miguel Torres and challenger Brian Bowles on the Versus-televised main card are Joseph Benavidez vs. Dominick Cruz, Danny Castillo vs. Ricardo Lamas, Jeff Curran vs. Takeya Mizugaki.

Lightweight contenders Donald Cerrone and Ben Henderson will square off on Wednesday, September 2 in Youngstown, Ohio in the main event of WEC 43 to crown an interim lightweight champion with 155-pound title-holder Jamie Varner sidelined with a lingering broken hand.

With a rematch against WEC lightweight title-holder Jamie Varner postponed indefinitely, contender Donald Cerrone has been booked to fight Ben Henderson at a yet-unannounced September WEC event, according to MMA Madness.

The bout is the first confirmed for the Versus-televised card, which is rumored to possibly take place in Cincinnati on a date to-be-announced.

WEC lightweight champion Jamie Varner today announced on Twitter that a broken hand suffered in his January win over Donald Cerrone remains broken, further postponing a rematch between the pair.

“We’re still waiting on the medical reports, but it looks like Varner won’t be fighting in the foreseeable future,” Dave Sholler, a WEC representative, today told Cagewriter. “We’re moving forward with the lightweight division, and we haven’t ruled out an interim belt.”

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Jens Pulver, Manny Gamburyan, WEC featherweight title challenger Urijah Faber, and 145-pound champion Mike Brown were the top earners at Sunday's WEC 41 event in Sacramento, according to figures today released by the California State Athletic Commission.

A rematch between WEC lightweight champion Jamie Varner and contender Donald Cerrone is slated to take place in the fall, according to WEC general manager Reed Harris, who announced the bout at the post-WEC 41 press conference on Sunday.