WEC’s Urijah Faber Talks About Dropping To 135 Pounds

Urijah Faber gives his thoughts on his recent drop to 135 pounds in the WEC. Talks about his upcoming fight with Mizugaki, cutting weight, and Joseph Benavidez.
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Urijah Faber gives his thoughts on his recent drop to 135 pounds in the WEC. Talks about his upcoming fight with Mizugaki, cutting weight, and Joseph Benavidez.

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WEC 49 Main Card Sees Lineup Change, Horodecki Has New Opponent

This Sunday’s “WEC 49: Varner vs. Shalorus” event has seen a change of fighters to one of the bouts that will make the televised portion of the show. On Tuesday Ed Ratcliff (7-2) pulled out of his fight against Chris Horodecki (13-2) with less than a week before the event due to injury. […]

Chris HorodeckiThis Sunday’s “WEC 49: Varner vs. Shalorus” event has seen a change of fighters to one of the bouts that will make the televised portion of the show. On Tuesday Ed Ratcliff (7-2) pulled out of his fight against Chris Horodecki (13-2) with less than a week before the event due to injury. Stepping in will be undefeated Danny “Boy” Downes (6-0).

The news was first reported by TopMMANews.com, who picked up a post by Ratcliff on his Facebook page.

“I wanna say sorry to all the fans, family, and friends for having to pull out on such late notice. Even more importantly I wanna appologise to Chris Horodecki for going thru all of that hard work and not getting the final release u deserve. I wish u the best. Sorry everyone.!!!!!!”

WEC 49 will take place this Sunday, June 20, at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The Versus network will carry the main card live on their station.

Downes last competed at a King Of The Cage event in April, having defeated Bruce Johnson via TKO (punches) late in the first round. He’s won 5 of his 6 victories via TKO, with four stoppages in the first round of those wins.

The Duke Roufus-trained product (Downes) is 6-0, with five wins coming by way of knockout. Known for his electric striking, Downes is also a cerebral fighter who owns degrees in International Affairs and German from Marquette University.

The Horodecki vs. Downes bout will be featured on the televised portion of the WEC 49 event.

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Robbie Lawler On Making Weight…Eventually

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Robbie Lawler talks about having to drop 1/2 pound in order to make weight for his fight against Renato “Babalu” Sobral on Wednesday night. Lawler weighed in at 195.5 pounds but the California com…


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Robbie Lawler talks about having to drop 1/2 pound in order to make weight for his fight against Renato “Babalu” Sobral on Wednesday night. Lawler weighed in at 195.5 pounds but the California commission required him to make the contracted weight.

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‘Loser Drinks Their Own Urine’ Bout

MMAPrime.tv reporter Aaron Tru squares off against Womens Strikeforce champion Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos in a “loser drinks their own urine” bout, similar to a loser leaves town match. Tru joined “Cyborg” at MMA Conditioning in a previous video to join her in a Strength & Conditioning workout that proved way too much for the […]

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MMAPrime.tv reporter Aaron Tru squares off against Womens Strikeforce champion Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos in a “loser drinks their own urine” bout, similar to a loser leaves town match. Tru joined “Cyborg” at MMA Conditioning in a previous video to join her in a Strength & Conditioning workout that proved way too much for the reporter.

This time, Tru steps into the ring with Santos after making a side wager with her. If he can last two minutes in the ring then she has to drink her own urine, but if she forces him to quite before those two minutes are up then he has to drink his own. Find out who pulls a Machida at the end of the video.

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‘Strikeforce: Los Angeles’ Weigh-In Results

The weigh-ins for Wednesday’s “Strikeforce: Los Angeles” event took place today at the Crowne Plaza in the Continental Ball Room Salon C in Los Angeles.
The “Strikeforce: Los Angeles” event will take place at the Nokia Theatre on Wednesday evening. The event only features six bouts, with four matches being making the Showtime Broadcast which […]

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The weigh-ins for Wednesday’s “Strikeforce: Los Angeles” event took place today at the Crowne Plaza in the Continental Ball Room Salon C in Los Angeles.

The “Strikeforce: Los Angeles” event will take place at the Nokia Theatre on Wednesday evening. The event only features six bouts, with four matches being making the Showtime Broadcast which will be shown live on the East Coast and will be on tape delay in the West. The event coincides with the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) trade show.

Headlining the event is a 195 pound catchweight bout between Robbie Lawler (195) and Renato “Babalu” Sobral (193.5).

The full “Strikeforce: Los Angeles” fight card is as follows:

Main Card

Catchweight (195 lbs) bout: Robbie Lawler (195)* vs. Renato “Babalu” Sobral (193.5)
Welterweight bout: Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos (171) vs. Marius Zaramoskis (169.5)
Middleweight bout: Tim Kennedy (185.5) vs. Trevor Prangley (185.6)
Catchweight (160lb) bout: Conor Heun (159.5) vs. K.J. Noons (159.5)

Preliminary Card

Catchweight (160 lbs) bout: R.J. Clifford (159.5) vs. Jeremy Umphries (159.5)
Bantamweight bout: Marcus Kowal (134.75) vs. Hugo Sandoval (135.5)

* – Lawler was 1/2 pound over weight (195.5) and was given time to make the contracted weight.

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‘WEC 50: Cruz vs. Benavidez’ Poster

“WEC 50: Cruz vs. Benavidez” is scheduled to take place on August 18, 2010 at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Event Card:
Bantamweight Championship bout: Dominick Cruz vs. Joseph Benavidez
Bantamweight bout: Urijah Faber vs. T…

Wec-50-poster

“WEC 50: Cruz vs. Benavidez” is scheduled to take place on August 18, 2010 at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Event Card:

Bantamweight Championship bout: Dominick Cruz vs. Joseph Benavidez
Bantamweight bout: Urijah Faber vs. Takeya Mizugaki
Lightweight bout: Bart Palaszewski vs. Zach Micklewright*
Lightweight bout: Anthony Pettis vs. Shane Roller*

*-Not officially announced