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WEC 40 Results: Torres Edges Mizugaki in Five Round War
Apr 5, 2009 - 6:13 pm ET | 34 Comments
WEC 40 Results: Torres Edges Mizugaki in Five Round War

WEC bantamweight champion Miguel Torres retained the 135-pound title on Sunday in Chicago, edging challenger Takeya Mizugaki via unanimous decision in the evening's headliner.

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Torres, Mizugaki Make Weight For WEC 40 Headliner
Apr 4, 2009 - 7:39 pm ET | No Comments
Torres, Mizugaki Make Weight For WEC 40 Headliner

WEC bantamweight champ Miguel Torres, challenger Takeya Mizugaki, and the rest of the ten-bout WEC 40 card tipped the scales Saturday afternoon in Chicago. The event takes place on Sunday at the UIC Pavilion and airs live on Versus.

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WEC 39 Results: Brown Submits Garcia To Retain Title
Mar 1, 2009 - 7:52 pm ET | 13 Comments
WEC 39 Results: Brown Submits Garcia To Retain Title

WEC featherweight champion Mike Brown submitted Leonard Garcia just 1:57 into their WEC 39 headliner to retain the 145-pound title. Ricardo Lamas, Jose Aldo, and Rob McCullough also earned victories on the evening's main card.

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WEC 39 Weigh-In Results: All Fighters Make Weight
Feb 28, 2009 - 2:42 pm ET | 2 Comments
WEC 39 Weigh-In Results: All Fighters Make Weight

All twenty WEC 39 fighters, including featherweight champion Mike Brown and challenger Leonard Garcia, successfully made weight this morning at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas.
WEC 39: Brown vs. Garcia takes place tomorrow evening at the American Bank Center and airs live on Versus.
Mike Brown, who captured the 145-pound title from Urijah Faber [...]

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WEC 37 Results: Torres TKOs Tapia To Retain Bantamweight Title
Dec 3, 2008 - 6:33 pm ET | 36 Comments
WEC 37 Results: Torres TKOs Tapia To Retain Bantamweight Title

WEC Bantamweight Champion Miguel Torres (35-1) successfully defended his title on Wednesday night at The Joint at The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, dispatching 135-pound challenger Manny Tapia (10-1-1) with strikes midway through the second round of their WEC 37 headliner.
Bantamweight contender Brian Bowles (7-0) remained undefeated in a featured undercard bout, [...]

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Team Takedown Members Booked For Upcoming WEC Events
Oct 8, 2008 - 4:15 pm ET | No Comments

Team Takedown members Shane Roller, Johny Hendricks, and Jake Rosholt have been booked for upcoming WEC events, according to Five Ounces of Pain.
Lightweight Shane Roller (4-1) has been added to the WEC 37 card where he’ll square off with Mike Budnik (7-0). Roller won his WEC debut in August at WEC 35 where he defeated [...]

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WEC 35 Fighter Salaries: Carlos Condit Earns $44,000 For Title Defense
Aug 4, 2008 - 4:51 pm ET | 19 Comments

The Nevada State Athletic Commission today released the official fighter salaries for WEC 35.
The ten-bout event took place on Sunday, August 3rd, at The Joint at The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada and aired live on Versus.
Reigning WEC welterweight champion Carlos Condit was the highest paid fighter of the event, taking [...]

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WEC 35 Results: Condit and Varner Defend Titles, Cantwell Crowned Light Heavyweight Champ
Aug 3, 2008 - 6:18 pm ET | 32 Comments

Carlos Condit (c) def. Hiromitsu Miura via TKO – Round 4, 4:43
WEC Welterweight Championship
Steve Cantwell def. Brian Stann (c) via TKO – Round 2, 4:01
WEC Light Heavyweight Championship
Jamie Varner (c) def. Marcus Hicks via TKO – Round 1, 2:08
WEC Lightweight Championship
Brian Bowles def. Damacio Page via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 1, 3:30
Josh Grispi def. [...]

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WEC 35 Weigh-In Results
Aug 2, 2008 - 9:27 pm ET | 22 Comments

Hiromitsu Miura (169) vs. Carlos Condit (169.5)
WEC Welterweight Championship
Steve Cantwell (205) vs. Brian Stann (201.5)
WEC Light Heavyweight Championship
Marcus Hicks (155*) vs. Jamie Varner (155)
WEC Lightweight Championship
Damacio Page (135) vs. Brian Bowles (136)
Josh Grispi (145) vs. Micah Miller (145)
Carlo Prater (170) vs. Brock Larson (171)
Dave Terrel (170) vs. Blas Avena (170)
Todd Moore (154) vs. Shane [...]

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