WEC 43 Adds Hominick-Taurosevicius and Njokuani-Corbbrey

Another Affliction: Trilogy fight has been rescued by Zuffa, as Sherdog's Greg Savage is reporting that lightweights Mark Hominick (16-8, 2-0 UFC, 0-2 WEC) and Deividas Taurosevicius (10-3) will meet at WEC 43 in Youngstown, Ohio on September 2nd:

According to a source with knowledge of the situation, the bout has been verbally agreed to and bout agreements have been sent to the fighters.

Hominick's acquisition by Zuffa was confirmed by Dana White in his media conference call on Friday, but the ultra-talented Tauroseivicius is a new addition.  While the Shawn Tompkins-trained Hominick already has both UFC and WEC experience, the Lithuanian submisson specialist Taurosevicius made his name in the IFL and on the Northeast regional circuit.  Competing at both lightweight at featherweight, Hominick has defeated the likes of Yves Edwards, Savant Young, and Jorge Gurgel, but has struggled with slick grapplers in losses against Hatsu Hioki (twice), Rani Yahya, and Mike Brown.  Taurosevicius certainly has the ground game to give Hominick trouble with 8 submissions in 10 career victories, including notable wins over Bart Palaszewski, Dan Lauzon, and Savant Young.

EliteXC refugee Muhsin Corbbrey (7-3) will also make his WEC debut on the same card in a lightweight fight with Anthony Njokuani (10-2), according to the same report:

Another bout scheduled for the Buckeye State debut of WEC is a lightweight scrap between Anthony Njokuani and Muhsin Corbbrey.

After an unsteady start with the promotion when he was submitted by lightweight title contender Ben Henderson at WEC 38, Anthony Njokuani rebounded with an impressive TKO stoppage of Bart Palaszewski at WEC 40.  Combining his impressive striking arsenal with an improving ground game, Njokuani is one lightweight to keep an eye on.  Corbbrey is a muay-thai and BJJ specialist who was last seen in action over a year ago in an EliteXC catchweight bout against Nick Diaz, where the natural lightweight was clearly at both a size and skill disadvantage, leading to Diaz earning a dominant TKO stoppage in the third round.

Current WEC 43 card:

Donald Cerrone vs. Ben Henderson - interim lighweight championship

Manny Tapia vs. Eddie Wineland

Mark Hominick vs. Deividas Taurosevicius

Wagnney Fabiano vs. Erik Koch

Damacio Page vs. Akitoshi Tamura

Muhsin Corbbrey vs. Anthony Njokuani

Rafael Assuncao vs. Yves Jabouin

Alex Karalexis vs. Anthony Pettis

Charlie Valencia vs. Coty Wheeler

Richard Crunkilton vs. Dave Jansen