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WEC 42 Full Card Revealed

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The WEC has officially unveiled the complete 10-fight card for WEC 42, scheduled for August 9th at the Joint at the Hard Rock in Las Vegas.  Set to be headlined by a bantamweight championship match between pound-for-pound great, Miguel Torres and challenger, Brian Bowles, the card also features many notable names rising the ranks in the WEC's bantamweight, featherweight, and lightweight divisions.

The card will play out as follows:

Main Card Bouts:
- Miguel Torres (37-1) -290 vs. Brian Bowles (7-0) +230


- Joseph Benvidez (10-0) vs. Dominick Cruz (13-1)


- Ricardo Lamas (6-0) vs. Danny Castillo (7-1)


- Takeya Mizugaki (11-3-2) vs. Jeff Curran (29-11-1)


Preliminary Bouts:
- Leonard Garcia (12-4) vs. Jameel Massouh (21-5)


- Fredson Paixao (8-3) vs. Cole Province (5-1)


- Marcus Hicks (8-2) vs. Shane Roller (5-2)


- Ed Ratcliff (6-1) vs. Phil Cardella (8-3)


- Rani Yahya (14-4) vs. Kenji Osawa (15-8-2)


- Diego Nunes (12-0) vs. Rafael Dias (12-5-1)

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i pick the guys on the left side. haha.

by Anton Tabuena on Jun 30, 2009 9:57 AM EDT reply actions   1 recs

Haha, same.

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by xFenixKnightx on Jun 30, 2009 10:24 AM EDT up reply actions  

Looks like a damn good night of fights… Benavidez is always exciting to watch..
Marcus Hicks, Leonard Garcia, and Rani Yahya all on the undercard go to show how deep this card is.

Oh and Yahya and Osawa’s pictures are flip flopped.. just FYI

by Fedorable on Jun 30, 2009 10:02 AM EDT reply actions  

Stoked!

Although it seems like there are bigger names in the prelims than on the main card?

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by PistonHyundai on Jun 30, 2009 10:23 AM EDT reply actions  

Mizugaki/Curran has me shivering with excitement.

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by Rundownloser on Jun 30, 2009 10:23 AM EDT reply actions  

Lamas/Castillo

brothers from different mothers?

by woooburn on Jun 30, 2009 10:25 AM EDT reply actions  

Now that you mention it, it kinda looks like Castillo is Lamas’ evil doppleganger.

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by Rundownloser on Jun 30, 2009 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions  

The undercard is better than most of the main card.

by toxic on Jun 30, 2009 10:33 AM EDT reply actions  

no it isn't..

mizugaki curran is a good fight. so are the benevidez and torres fights..

by Anton Tabuena on Jun 30, 2009 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions  

Undercard better than main? O_o Joo crecy meng!

I’m sure we will get to see Garcia :) And whats up with Damacio Page? Haven’t seen him since his brutal KO win last time around…

Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, growing up as a child Kimbo Slice was never given any bread with his meals. This is why he insists people... give him his bread."

by xFenixKnightx on Jun 30, 2009 10:49 AM EDT up reply actions  

Its a great card, don’t get me wrong. Just wish they could show the whole undercard too.

by toxic on Jun 30, 2009 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions  

YUS!

Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, growing up as a child Kimbo Slice was never given any bread with his meals. This is why he insists people... give him his bread."

by xFenixKnightx on Jun 30, 2009 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions  

But also I don’t like Jeff Curran very much and I’m kind of wondering how he gets fights after having gone 1-3 in the WEC.

by toxic on Jun 30, 2009 1:28 PM EDT up reply actions  

Agree, I’m not a fan either. But I am a Mizugaki fan after watching him last time around. Hope he pummels him. :)

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by xFenixKnightx on Jun 30, 2009 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

this is a STACKED card

and I love Hicks and Ratliff

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by Kid Nate on Jun 30, 2009 10:48 AM EDT reply actions  

but Roller might be too much for Marcus

and we’ve already seen that 9mm can be beaten by a good wrestler.

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by Kid Nate on Jun 30, 2009 10:49 AM EDT up reply actions  

Good card, although, I have no idea why Lamas vs Castillo is on the main card.

by MMASuPreMaCy on Jun 30, 2009 12:49 PM EDT reply actions  

To give them TV exposure. WEC has a limited amount of TV, and they don’t want to make the same mistake they made with Mike Brown. Plus, it’ll be an exciting fight.

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by Tim Burke on Jun 30, 2009 1:09 PM EDT up reply actions  

Maybe because in his last fight Lamas came in on short notice, made his WEC big league debut, and dominated the whole fight? Zuffa sees potential.

Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, growing up as a child Kimbo Slice was never given any bread with his meals. This is why he insists people... give him his bread."

by xFenixKnightx on Jun 30, 2009 1:27 PM EDT up reply actions  

Yeah, I would like to see some of the under card fights take that spot, though. I would have just put the Garcia vs Massouh fight in its place.

by MMASuPreMaCy on Jun 30, 2009 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions  

garcia had his title shot

it’ll be a while before he’s back on live TV.

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by Kid Nate on Jun 30, 2009 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions  

It's like Fitch being on the undercard against Gono

If you win, you’re supposed to, but if you lose, you’re in trouble. No reason to televise that fight since it’s lose-lose.

War Yahya

by Derek Suboticki on Jun 30, 2009 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions  

I wouldn’t mind seeing the Yahya fight, either.

Plus, people complained about Fitch and Okami being on the undercards before, people can complain about this now. =)

by MMASuPreMaCy on Jun 30, 2009 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

Damn! I wish they would show the whole card! How freakin awesome would that be! At least make it 3 hours and put it on Saturday Night or maybe Friday.

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by BJJDenver on Jun 30, 2009 2:12 PM EDT reply actions  

Yeah what’s up with WEC being on Sunday nights?

Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, growing up as a child Kimbo Slice was never given any bread with his meals. This is why he insists people... give him his bread."

by xFenixKnightx on Jun 30, 2009 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

Heck sometimes they’ve been on Wednesdays

by MMARich on Jun 30, 2009 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

I know Zuffa wants to keep Saturdays as “UFC Night”, but damn, A 3 hour show on Fridays would be primed for a good time!

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by BJJDenver on Jun 30, 2009 5:20 PM EDT up reply actions  

Only for those lucky enough to have access to that channel.

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by Richard Wade on Jun 30, 2009 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

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