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LEONARD
04-04-2009, 11:58 AM
Sunday Night on Versus at 8:00 CT

WEC 40: APRIL 5, 2009
venue: UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois

Main Card Bouts:
-Miguel Torres (#1 BW) vs. Takeya Mizugaki (#5 BW)
-Jeff Curran (#8 FW) vs. Joseph Benavidez (#10 BW)
-Raphael Assuncao (#9 FW) vs. Jameel Massouh
-Benson Henderson vs. Shane Roller

Preliminary Bouts:
-Wagnney Fabiano (#4 FW) vs. Fredson Paixao
-Akitoshi Tamura (#6 FW) vs. Manny Tapia (#7 BW)
-Rani Yahya vs. Eddie Wineland
-Bart Palaszewski vs. Anthony Njokuani
-Rafael Dias vs. Cole Province

Watch the weigh-ins for WEC 40 live on WEC.tv at 5PM ET/2PM PT today.

Preview
http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=8507&zoneid=13

This card is pretty loaded...8 top 10 fighters, according to the "experts"... :ihit:ihit

Evan
04-05-2009, 03:31 PM
Televised Card

WEC Bantamweight Championship Bout
Takeya Mizugaki (135 lbs.) vs. Miguel Torres (135 lbs.)

Joseph Benavidez (134 lbs.) vs. Jeff Curran (135 lbs.)
Benson Henderson (156 lbs.) vs. Shane Roller (156 lbs.)
Jameel Massouh (146 lbs.) vs. Raphael Assuncao (145.5 lbs.)

Undercard Bouts

Anthony Njokuani (156 lbs.) vs. Bart Palaszewski (155 lbs.)
Ivan Lopez (134.5 lbs.) vs. Dominick Cruz ( 135 lbs.)
Fredson Paixao (144 lbs.) vs. Wagnney Fabiano (146 lbs.)
Eddie Wineland (135 lbs.) vs. Rani Yahya (136 lbs.)
Akitoshi Tamura (135.5 lbs.) vs. Manny Tapia (135.5 lbs.)
Mike Budnik (149 lbs.*) vs. Rafael Dias (145 lbs.)

Evan
04-05-2009, 03:32 PM
we need to all hang our heads in shame for not doing predictions.....

djohn14
04-05-2009, 06:03 PM
We should....I totally forgot about this card...with MLB opening day tonight!!!!....but yeah, Im gonna be watching some of this!

dallaskd
04-05-2009, 06:43 PM
bad night for me. im gonna miss it. what's with a sunday night card?

djohn14
04-05-2009, 07:55 PM
Its Wec

Evan
04-05-2009, 08:24 PM
WEC is always Sunday...even back when it was on HDNet before Zuffa bought it

This is such a badass card

sorry djohn14...I am not a baseball fan really unless the Rangers are doing well (lol!!!!) I am all into MMA, NFL and EPL. In that order. :)

djohn14
04-05-2009, 09:01 PM
I just love sports in general man! Love it!....and Im lovin this...goodjob by Assuncao, and Roller, Im sorry but I would have called it too.

Evan
04-05-2009, 09:32 PM
omg these fights are so awesome...WEC is always badass!

Evan
04-05-2009, 09:32 PM
maybe its because we expect too much from the UFC so everything else looks good..............

robbie380
04-05-2009, 10:30 PM
maybe its because we expect too much from the UFC so everything else looks good..............

good call...this main event is only good because we want it to be good...

Kobulingam
04-05-2009, 10:44 PM
MIzagati has the best chin on earth.

djohn14
04-06-2009, 07:03 AM
Great card!

LEONARD
04-06-2009, 09:32 AM
We all forgot to make picks...hahaha

Great card... :fro