WEC 52 Weigh-ins Live Right Here at 7:00 pm ET

For all of you who aren’t participating in our latest interactive edition ofThe Bum Rush Radio Show, you can watch the weigh-ins for WEC 52 live after the jump, but keep in mind that you’re dead to us.
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For all of you who aren’t participating in our latest interactive edition ofThe Bum Rush Radio Show, you can watch the weigh-ins for WEC 52 live after the jump, but keep in mind that you’re dead to us.

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Takeya Mizugaki Talks Urijah Faber, McDonald’s, and Sex

The folks at RawVegas.tv are never shy from asking the hard-hitting questions. They sat down with #6 ranked Bantamweight, Takeya Mizugaki at the WEC 52 open workouts inside the Palms Casino Resort to talk about his upcoming headlining bout against “The California Kid” Urijah Faber. Though translator, Shu Hirata was there to help […]

The folks at RawVegas.tv are never shy from asking the hard-hitting questions. They sat down with #6 ranked Bantamweight, Takeya Mizugaki at the WEC 52 open workouts inside the Palms Casino Resort to talk about his upcoming headlining bout against “The California Kid” Urijah Faber. Though translator, Shu Hirata was there to help with the conversation, Mizugaki had fun with the RawVegas crew talking about his favorite junk food, McDonald’s and American fighting rituals versus Japanese fighting rituals including the all too curious question of where he stands on sexual abstinence before a fight. Full video below:

Watch TAKEYA MIZUGAKI ON FABER, MCDONALD’S AND SEX BEFORE FIGHTING on RawVegas.tv

Urijah Faber Talks Arianny & Brittney in Playboy and Most Annoying Question

Our friends at RawVegas.tv were impressed with the media turnout at the WEC 52 open workouts today inside the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, but were not thrilled to ask the same questions as everyone else. So they decided to focus on a favorite topic this month, Arianny Celeste gracing the cover of […]

Our friends at RawVegas.tv were impressed with the media turnout at the WEC 52 open workouts today inside the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, but were not thrilled to ask the same questions as everyone else. So they decided to focus on a favorite topic this month, Arianny Celeste gracing the cover of the November issue of Playboy magazine and if WEC Ring Girl, Brittney Palmer could hold her own in an issue of Playboy. Wondering if there were any questions that Urijah Faber hasn’t been asked, RawVegas decided to ask him which question he was tired of hearing and which question he’d love to be asked. Full video below:

Watch URIJAH FABER TALKS ARIANNY & BRITTNEY IN PLAYBOY AND MOST ANNOYING QUESTION on RawVegas.tv

Urijah Faber Plans to Finish WEC Days by Finishing Mizugaki, Eyeing Cruz

Filed under: UFC, WECFor four years – the entire time Zuffa has owned the WEC – Urijah Faber has been the face of a promotion. A long-reigning featherweight champion, Faber became the only WEC star whose popularity could rival that of any UFC counterpa…

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Urijah FaberFor four years – the entire time Zuffa has owned the WEC – Urijah Faber has been the face of a promotion. A long-reigning featherweight champion, Faber became the only WEC star whose popularity could rival that of any UFC counterpart.

With the recent announcement that the WEC would merge into the UFC, it seems Faber will finally have his place among the sport’s biggest superstars, but fittingly, that time won’t come until he headlines one more WEC event, the penultimate show in company history. If all goes according to his plans, Faber will take on and defeat Takeya Mizugaki at WEC 52 on Thursday before declaring his presence in the UFC.

With time running out on his days as a WEC star, Faber took some time to speak with MMA Fighting about his last time in a WEC cage, holding a UFC belt, and the possible rematch against the only guy he doesn’t like in MMA, Dominick Cruz.

State of the UFC Bantamweights

Filed under: UFC, WECNovember is a month without any title fights, which makes it a good time to take a long view of the future title picture in each weight class. Today we look at the bantamweight division.

The decision to fold World Extreme Cagefigh…

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November is a month without any title fights, which makes it a good time to take a long view of the future title picture in each weight class. Today we look at the bantamweight division.

The decision to fold World Extreme Cagefighting into the UFC will have a big impact on the smallest fighters, and the talent-rich 135-pound division might soon be considered one of the deepest in the UFC. Our look at the state of the UFC bantamweights is below.

Urijah Faber Thrilled at Chance to Fight in UFC, Nostalgic at WEC’s Ending

Filed under: UFC, WEC, NewsSeven years ago when Urijah Faber was just beginning his professional MMA career, he wrote out a set of goals. One of his chief objectives was to become a champion in the UFC or PRIDE. The latter organization never had a cham…

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Seven years ago when Urijah Faber was just beginning his professional MMA career, he wrote out a set of goals. One of his chief objectives was to become a champion in the UFC or PRIDE. The latter organization never had a championship in his favored division when he fought as a featherweight, and he ran into the same problem when it came to the UFC.

Faber, it seemed, was too small to be a major champion. Only he found a way to buck the system, helping to build the WEC’s featherweight belt into a prestigious piece of hardware and the promotion into a player. So while Faber was never quite able to cross off that line on his to-do list, he was going to have to live with “close enough.”

Now though, his dream might become a reality. With the UFC-WEC merger, the “California Kid” is free to chase a a goal he had nearly resigned himself from ever getting: the UFC championship.