''WEC 52: Faber vs. Mizugaki'' was a

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event held by

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on November 11, 2010 at The Pearl at The Palms in

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Background

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made his

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debut against Japanese striker

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at WEC 52. A bout between Bart Palaszewski and

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was expected to take place at this event, but was moved to

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after Shalorus injured his hand. Brian Bowles was expected to face

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at this event but was forced off the card with an injury and replaced by

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was expected to face

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at this event, but was forced out of the bout with a shoulder injury and replaced by

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was pulled from his fight with

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, to be inserted into a UFC Featherweight title shot against

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. Koch ended up fighting Francisco Rivera. This was the last WEC event to feature fights in the featherweight division. No featherweight fighters competed on the final WEC card the next month, and all fighters in the division were subsequently merged into the UFC. With longtime

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ring announcer

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in Germany for

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, former WEC ring announcer Joe Martinez made a return to handle announcing duties for this event. The event drew an average of 570,000 viewers on Versus.

Results

Bonus Awards

Fighters were awarded $10,000 bonuses. *Fight of the Night: Cub Swanson vs. Mackens Semerzier *Knockout of the Night: Erik Koch *Submission of the Night: Urijah Faber

Reported payout

The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the

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. It does not include sponsor money or "locker room" bonuses often given by the WEC and also do not include the WEC's traditional "fight night" bonuses. *Urijah Faber: $56,000 (includes $28,000 win bonus) def. Takeya Mizugaki: $10,000 *Chad Mendes: $17,000 ($8,500 win bonus) def. Javier Vazquez: $11,000 *Erik Koch: $8,000 ($4,000 win bonus) def. Francisco Rivera: $4,000 *Joseph Benavidez: $35,000 ($17,500 win bonus) def. Wagnney Fabiano: $19,000 *Demetrious Johnson: $8,000 ($4,000 win bonus) def. Damacio Page: $9,000 *Raphael Assunção: $26,000 ($13,000 win bonus) def. LC Davis: $11,000 *Anthony Njokuani: $14,000 ($7,000 win bonus) def. Eddie Faaloloto: $3,500 *Dustin Poirier: $6,000 ($3,000 win bonus) def. Zach Micklewright: $3,000 *Michael McDonald: $6,000 ($3,000 win bonus) def. Clint Godfrey: $3,000 *Cub Swanson: $22,000 ($11,000 win bonus) def. Mackens Semerzier: $4,000 *Yves Jabouin: $5,000 ($2,000 win bonus) def. Brandon Visher: $4,000

External links

Official WEC website

References