WEC 40
Miguel Torres Vs Takeya Mizugaki
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Also Featuring Dominick Cruz, Eddie Wineland, Jeff Curran & more
WEC 40: Torres vs. Mizugaki was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting on April 5, 2009 at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois. The event aired live on the Versus Network.
This was the first WEC event to exclusively feature fights in the lightweight, featherweight, and bantamweight weight classes. The organization's heavier weight classes had been folded into the UFC over the previous four months. World Extreme Cagefighting would maintain this weight class structure for the remainder of the promotion's existence.
WEC Bantamweight Champion Miguel Torres was to defend his title against Brian Bowles at this event, but Bowles was forced to withdraw from the bout due to a back injury, and was replaced by WEC newcomer Takeya Mizugaki. The Torres/Bowles bout was rescheduled for WEC 42 that August, where Bowles won the title by knockout.
Anthony Pettis was scheduled to make his WEC debut at this event against Anthony Njokuani, but was forced from the card with a broken hand and was replaced by Bart Palaszewski.
A featherweight bout between Cub Swanson and Diego Nunes was once scheduled for this card, but was cancelled after Nunes suffered a hand injury three days prior to the event.[5]
The event drew an estimated 470,000 viewers on Versus.
Results:
Bantamweight Miguel Torres (c) def Takeya Mizugaki Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 48–47) 5 5:00 [a]
Bantamweight Joseph Benavidez def Jeff Curran Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) 3 5:00
Lightweight Benson Henderson def Shane Roller TKO (punches) 1 1:41
Featherweight Raphael Assunção def Jameel Massouh Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
Preliminary card
Lightweight Anthony Njokuani def Bart Palaszewski TKO (punches) 2 0:27 [b]
Bantamweight Dominick Cruz def Ivan Lopez Technical Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) 3 3:24 [c]
Featherweight Wagnney Fabiano def Fredson Paixao Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) 3 5:00
Bantamweight Rani Yahya def Eddie Wineland Submission (rear-naked choke) 1 1:07 [d]
Bantamweight Akitoshi Tamura def Manny Tapia Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) 3 5:00
Featherweight Rafael Dias def Mike Budnik Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) 3 5:00
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