This was the first WEC event to exclusively feature fights in the lightweight, featherweight, and bantamweight weight classes. The organization's heavier weight classes had been folded into the UFC over the previous four months. World Extreme Cagefighting would maintain this weight class structure for the remainder of the promotion's existence.
WEC Bantamweight Champion Miguel Torres was to defend his title against Brian Bowles at this event, but Bowles was forced to withdraw from the bout due to a back injury, and was replaced by WEC newcomer Takeya Mizugaki.[2] The Torres/Bowles bout was rescheduled for WEC 42 that August, where Bowles won the title by knockout.
Early reports suggested that Wagnney Fabiano could face former WEC Featherweight Champion Urijah Faber at this event, though he was later confirmed to be facing Fredson Paixao instead.[3]
Cole Province was originally slated to face Rafael Dias at this event, but bowed out due to an injury and was replaced by Mike Budnik.[4]
A featherweight bout between Cub Swanson and Diego Nunes was once scheduled for this card, but was cancelled after Nunes suffered a hand injury three days prior to the event.[5]
The event drew an estimated 470,000 viewers on Versus.[6]
^Cruz landed an illegal knee to the head of Lopez while he was on the ground at 3:24 of round 3. Since Lopez was unable to continue, the bout was stopped and went to the scorecards.[7]
torres, mizugaki, mixed, martial, arts, event, held, world, extreme, cagefighting, april, 2009, pavilion, chicago, illinois, event, aired, live, versus, network, torres, mizugakithe, poster, torres, mizugaki, informationpromotionworld, extreme, cagefightingdat. WEC 40 Torres vs Mizugaki was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting on April 5 2009 at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago Illinois 1 The event aired live on the Versus Network WEC 40 Torres vs MizugakiThe poster for WEC 40 Torres vs Mizugaki InformationPromotionWorld Extreme CagefightingDateApril 5 2009VenueUIC PavilionCityChicago IllinoisAttendance5 257Event chronologyWEC 39 Brown vs Garcia WEC 40 Torres vs Mizugaki WEC 41 Brown vs Faber 2 Contents 1 Background 2 Results 3 Bonus Awards 4 See also 5 External links 6 ReferencesBackground EditThis was the first WEC event to exclusively feature fights in the lightweight featherweight and bantamweight weight classes The organization s heavier weight classes had been folded into the UFC over the previous four months World Extreme Cagefighting would maintain this weight class structure for the remainder of the promotion s existence WEC Bantamweight Champion Miguel Torres was to defend his title against Brian Bowles at this event but Bowles was forced to withdraw from the bout due to a back injury and was replaced by WEC newcomer Takeya Mizugaki 2 The Torres Bowles bout was rescheduled for WEC 42 that August where Bowles won the title by knockout Early reports suggested that Wagnney Fabiano could face former WEC Featherweight Champion Urijah Faber at this event though he was later confirmed to be facing Fredson Paixao instead 3 Anthony Pettis was scheduled to make his WEC debut at this event against Anthony Njokuani but was forced from the card with a broken hand and was replaced by Bart Palaszewski Cole Province was originally slated to face Rafael Dias at this event but bowed out due to an injury and was replaced by Mike Budnik 4 A featherweight bout between Cub Swanson and Diego Nunes was once scheduled for this card but was cancelled after Nunes suffered a hand injury three days prior to the event 5 The event drew an estimated 470 000 viewers on Versus 6 Results EditMain cardWeight class Method Round Time NotesBantamweight Miguel Torres c def Takeya Mizugaki Decision unanimous 49 46 49 46 48 47 5 5 00 a Bantamweight Joseph Benavidez def Jeff Curran Decision unanimous 30 27 29 28 29 28 3 5 00Lightweight Benson Henderson def Shane Roller TKO punches 1 1 41Featherweight Raphael Assuncao def Jameel Massouh Decision unanimous 30 27 30 27 30 27 3 5 00Preliminary cardLightweight Anthony Njokuani def Bart Palaszewski TKO punches 2 0 27 b Bantamweight Dominick Cruz def Ivan Lopez Technical Decision unanimous 30 27 30 27 29 28 3 3 24 c Featherweight Wagnney Fabiano def Fredson Paixao Decision unanimous 30 27 30 27 30 27 3 5 00Bantamweight Rani Yahya def Eddie Wineland Submission rear naked choke 1 1 07 d Bantamweight Akitoshi Tamura def Manny Tapia Decision unanimous 29 28 29 28 29 28 3 5 00Featherweight Rafael Dias def Mike Budnik Decision unanimous 30 27 29 28 29 28 3 5 00 For the WEC Bantamweight Championship This bout was featured on the main broadcast Cruz landed an illegal knee to the head of Lopez while he was on the ground at 3 24 of round 3 Since Lopez was unable to continue the bout was stopped and went to the scorecards 7 This bout was featured on the main broadcast Bonus Awards EditFighters were awarded 10 000 bonuses 8 Fight of the Night Miguel Torres vs Takeya Mizugaki Knockout of the Night Anthony Njokuani Submission of the Night Rani YahyaSee also EditWorld Extreme Cagefighting List of World Extreme Cagefighting champions List of WEC events 2009 in WECExternal links EditOfficial WEC websiteReferences Edit Morgan John February 10 2009 WEC 40 to be held in Chicago headlined by Torres vs Bowles mmajunkie com BOWLES OUT MIZUGAKI TO FACE TORRES AT WEC 40 MMA WEEKLY Mixed Martial Arts amp UFC News Photos Rankings amp more www mmaweekly com Archived from the original on 2009 02 28 Wagnney Fabiano to meet Fredson Paixao not Urijah Faber at WEC 40 MMAjunkie com mmajunkie com Archived from the original on 2009 02 13 Mike Budnik replaces Cole Province at WEC 40 Torres vs Mizugaki MMAjunkie com mmajunkie com Archived from the original on 2009 03 30 With Nunes hurt Swanson s WEC 40 fight off love for deep dish pizza on MMAjunkie com mmajunkie com Archived from the original on 2009 04 06 WEC 40 Torres vs Mizugaki MMA Event Archived copy Archived from the original on 2012 10 15 Retrieved 2015 07 02 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link WEC 40 Torres Mizugaki Njokuani and Yahya earn 10K bonuses mmajunkie com 2009 04 06 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title WEC 40 amp oldid 1090899042, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
