WEC 52

WEC 52: Faber vs. Mizugaki
WEC 52: Faber vs. Mizugaki
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Information
Promotion	World Extreme Cagefighting
Date	November 11, 2010
Venue	The Pearl at The Palms
City	Paradise, Nevada
Event chronology

WEC 52: Faber vs. Mizugaki was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting on November 11, 2010 at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas.^[1]

Background

Urijah Faber made his bantamweight debut against Japanese striker Takeya Mizugaki at WEC 52.^[2]^[3]

A bout between Bart Palaszewski and Kamal Shalorus was expected to take place at this event,^[4] but was moved to WEC 53 after Shalorus injured his hand.^[5]

Brian Bowles was expected to face Wagnney Fabiano at this event but was forced off the card with an injury^[6] and replaced by Joseph Benavidez.^[7]

Eddie Wineland was expected to face Damacio Page at this event,^[8] but was forced out of the bout with a shoulder injury and replaced by Demetrious Johnson.^[9]

Josh Grispi was pulled from his fight with Erik Koch, to be inserted into a UFC Featherweight title shot against José Aldo at UFC 125.^[10] Koch ended up fighting Francisco Rivera.^[11]

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 Zuffa ring announcer Bruce Buffer in Germany for UFC 122, former WEC ring announcer Joe Martinez made a return to handle announcing duties for this event.^[12]

The event drew an average of 570,000 viewers on Versus.^[13]

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Bantamweight	Urijah Faber	def	Takeya Mizugaki	Technical Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	4:50
Featherweight	Chad Mendes	def	Javier Vazquez	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00
Featherweight	Erik Koch	def	Francisco Rivera	TKO (head kick and punches)	1	1:36
Bantamweight	Joseph Benavidez	def	Wagnney Fabiano	Submission (guillotine choke)	2	2:45
Bantamweight	Demetrious Johnson	def	Damacio Page	Submission (guillotine choke)	3	2:27
Preliminary card
Featherweight	Raphael Assunção	def	LC Davis	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Anthony Njokuani	def	Edward Faaloloto	TKO (knees and elbows)	2	4:54
Lightweight	Dustin Poirier	def	Zach Micklewright	TKO (punches)	1	0:53
Bantamweight	Michael McDonald	def	Clint Godfrey	Submission (armbar)	1	2:42
Featherweight	Cub Swanson	def	Mackens Semerzier	Decision (split) (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)	3	5:00	^[a]
Featherweight	Yves Jabouin	def	Brandon Visher	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00

^ This bout aired on the live broadcast.

Bonus Awards

Fighters were awarded $10,000 bonuses.^[14]

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 Nevada State Athletic Commission. 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.^[15]

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