Filed under: WECAll 22 fighters who will step into the cage at WEC 52 on Thursday night will first step on the scale at the WEC 52 weigh-ins on Wednesday, and we’ll be streaming it live right here at MMAFighting.com.
All 22 fighters who will step into the cage at WEC 52 on Thursday night will first step on the scale at the WEC 52 weigh-ins on Wednesday, and we’ll be streaming it live right here at MMAFighting.com.
The weigh-in will be the first chance to get a look at former WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber at bantamweight. Faber and his opponent, Takeya Mizugaki, will need to come in at 136 pounds or less. Faber has fought most of his MMA career at 145 pounds, but he wrestled in college at 133 and has said he’ll be comfortable at bantamweight.
The weigh-in starts at 7 PM ET on Wednesday and the video is below.
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.
(The UFC’s newest Octagon Girl looks very familiar. GSP, as usual, is not impressed. Props: Twitter.com/BrittneyPalmer)
Some selected highlights from our friends around the MMA blogosphere. E-mail [email protected] for details on how your site …
(The UFC’s newest Octagon Girl looks very familiar. GSP, as usual, is not impressed. Props: Twitter.com/BrittneyPalmer)
Some selected highlights from our friends around the MMA blogosphere. E-mail [email protected] for details on how your site can join the MMA Link Club…
– ‘WEC 52: Faber vs. Mizugaki’ Open Workout Highlights (Heavy.com/MMA)
– Vazquez, Mendes Look to Settle Differences at WEC 52 (Versus MMA Beat)
– Rodriguez, Monson, Trigg, Sokoudjou Score Wins at Israel FC; Shonie Carter Might Retire After Loss (MMA Fighting)
– According to the Rumor Mill, Bellator May Be in Deep, Deep Doo-Doo (MiddleEasy)
– Jose Aldo’s Coach Turned Down Kenny Florian Fight Because It Wasn’t ‘Interesting’ (MMA Convert)
– Scott Carson Lashes Out at the ‘Keyboard Warriors’ Who Are Writing Him Off Against Herschel Walker (Five Ounces of Pain)
– Rashad Evans Explains ‘Conflicting Stories’ Are His Source of Frustration (LowKick)
– Thales Leites Back On The Winning Track At Superior Challenge 6 (FightMagazine)
– Jason ‘Mayhem’ Miller Beats the Crap Out of MTV Bully (MMA Scraps)
– Urijah Faber Looking To Make a Statement at WEC 52 vs. Takeya Mizugaki (SBNation.com/MMA)
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:
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:
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…
For 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.
All 22 fighters who will step into the cage at WEC 52 on Thursday night will first step on the scale at the WEC 52 weigh-ins on Wednesday, and we’ll be streaming it live right here at MMAFighting.com.
For four years – the entire time Zuffa has owned the WEC – 