Joesph Benavidez gets a second chance at Dominick Cruz’s WEC belt on Aug. 18 live on Versus.
Urijah Faber Forced Out Of WEC 50 Fight With Takeya Mizugaki Due To Injury
Urijah Faber broke the news that his WEC bantamweight debut at WEC 50 against Takeya Mizugaki on Aug. 18th will have to wait. The fighter suffered a knee injury training for the fight and can’t train for six weeks.
Been quit the last few days, i was injured in pract on Mon. Just got results Im Out on Aug 18th. Not 2 happy chattin w @arielhelwani now. [Twitter]
Faber comments,
Somebody was going to take me down during training. They swept me and I heard a loud pop … They said it would be six weeks before I could train again, but it may heal even faster.[Heavy]
It is not yet known if Mizugaki will remain on the card.
MAIN CARD
Dominick Cruz vs. Joseph Benavidez
Takeya Mizugaki vs. TBA
Anthony Pettis vs. Shane Roller
Chad Mendes vs. Cub Swanson
Scott Jorgensen vs. Brad Pickett
PRELIMINARY CARD
Zach Micklewright vs. Bart Palaszewski
Mackens Semerzier vs. Javier Vazquez
Maciej Jewtuszko vs. Anthony Njokuani
Dave Jansen vs. Ricardo Lamas
Bryan Caraway vs. Fredson Paixao
WEC 50 “Cruz vs Benavidez” Video Trailer
Dominick Cruz will defend his title against Joseph Benavidez in the cards main event. Also Urijah Faber returns to the cage after his loss to Jose Aldo, taking on Takeya Mizugaki at bantamweight.
WEC 50 “Cruz vs. Benavidez” — August 18th from the Pearl Theater at the Palms Casino & Resort in Las Vegas.
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