Wednesday was a busy day for the World Extreme Cagefighting promotion with several bouts announced, including a title bout, for WEC 50.
WEC 50 will take place on Aug. 18 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nev.
WEC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz (15-1) announced his first title defense via his Twitter page. He’ll be rematching Joseph Benavidez (12-1) in what should be, the events headliner.
Cruz was the only fighter so far to defeat Benavidez and did it at WEC 42 last August. The champ won the bantamweight title last March after defeating Brian Bowles for the belt. He’s won his last six straight fights.
Benavidez is coming off a sensational win over Miguel Torres at WEC 47 in March, submitting the former champ via guillotine. The submission also earned him the “Submission of the Night” award. That was his second straight victory having defeated Rani Yahya at WEC 45 before his only loss to Cruz.
Other bouts that have come to light, as we noted on Wednesday, will see Urijah Faber (23-4) drop to bantamweight and face Takeya Mizugaki (13-4-2). Shane Roller (8-2) is on tap to face Anthony Pettis (10-1) in a lightweight bout. And another lightweight matchup features undefeated Zach Micklewright (7-0) vs. Polish veteran fighter Bart Palaszewski (34-13).
Normally fans can watch WEC events on the Versus network, but with the recent success of it’s first ever pay-per-view with WEC 48: Aldo vs. Faber, fans could expect a card like this one to carry the promotions second ppv.
WEC 50 updates originally posted by MMAjunkie.com and MMAWeekly.com.