Fans one day will see the WEC’s silver and gold belts alongside bright blue gloves in a museum – or at least in a collector’s haven, according to its former featherweight champion Urijah Faber.
But before the relics come to rest inside a glass case, business is at hand: two more events before the promotion folds its talent into the UFC in January.
The WEC’s second-to-last hurrah features longtime posterboy Faber, who makes his bantamweight debut. Meeting him Thursday at WEC 52 is Takeya Mizugaki, a tough-as-nails veteran and one-time contender for the WEC’s 135-pound title.