''WEC 40: Torres vs. Mizugaki'' was a

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event held by

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on April 5, 2009 at the

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. The event aired live on the Versus Network.

Background

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

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. The Torres/Bowles bout was rescheduled for

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that August, where Bowles won the title by knockout. Early reports suggested that

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could face former WEC Featherweight Champion

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at this event, though he was later confirmed to be facing

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instead.

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was scheduled to make his WEC debut at this event against

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, 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

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and Diego Nunes was once scheduled for this card, but was cancelled after Nunes suffered a hand injury three days prior to the event. The event drew an estimated 470,000 viewers on Versus.

Results

Bonus Awards

Fighters were awarded $10,000 bonuses. *Fight of the Night: Miguel Torres vs. Takeya Mizugaki *Knockout of the Night: Anthony Njokuani *Submission of the Night: Rani Yahya

External links

Official WEC website

References

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Background

Results

Bonus Awards

See also

External links

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