WEC 40 - Torres Vs Mizugaki - Official Event Program (2009)

World Extreme Cagefighting Official Event Program

WEC 40

Miguel Torres Vs Takeya Mizugaki

Also Featuring  Joseph Benavidez, Dominick Cruz, Miguel Torres, Benson Henderson & more

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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.[2] The Torres/Bowles bout was rescheduled for WEC 42 that August, where Bowles won the title by knockout.

Early reports suggested that Wagnney Fabiano could face former WEC Featherweight Champion Urijah Faber at this event, though he was later confirmed to be facing Fredson Paixao instead.

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.

Cole Province was originally slated to face Rafael Dias at this event, but bowed out due to an injury and was replaced by Mike Budnik.

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.

Results:
Bantamweight     Miguel Torres (c)     def     Takeya Mizugaki     Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 48–47)
Bantamweight     Joseph Benavidez     def     Jeff Curran     Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)    
Lightweight     Benson Henderson     def     Shane Roller     TKO (punches) 
Featherweight     Raphael Assunção     def     Jameel Massouh     Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)    
Preliminary card
Lightweight     Anthony Njokuani     def     Bart Palaszewski     TKO (punches) 
Bantamweight     Dominick Cruz     def     Ivan Lopez     Technical Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)  
Featherweight     Wagnney Fabiano     def     Fredson Paixao     Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)   
Bantamweight     Rani Yahya     def     Eddie Wineland     Submission (rear-naked choke)
Bantamweight     Akitoshi Tamura     def     Manny Tapia     Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Featherweight     Rafael Dias     def     Mike Budnik     Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)