WEC 42

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WEC 42: Torres vs. Bowles
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Information
Promotion World Extreme Cagefighting
DateAugust 9, 2009
Venue Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
City Paradise, Nevada
Attendance2,082 [1]
Total gate$175,835 [1]
Event chronology
WEC 41: Brown vs. Faber 2 WEC 42: Torres vs. Bowles WEC 43: Cerrone vs. Henderson

WEC 42: Torres vs. Bowles was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting on August 9, 2009 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada [2]

Contents

Background

Kenji Osawa was originally scheduled to face Rani Yahya at this event, but was pulled from the bout due to injury and replaced by WEC newcomer John Hosman. [3]

The event drew an estimated 670,000 viewers on Versus. [4]

Results

Main card
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Bantamweight Brian Bowles def Miguel Torres (c)KO (punches)13:57 [lower-alpha 1]
Bantamweight Dominick Cruz def Joseph Benavidez Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
Lightweight Danny Castillo def Ricardo Lamas TKO (punches)24:15
Bantamweight Takeya Mizugaki def Jeff Curran Decision (split) (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)35:00
Featherweight Leonard Garcia def Jameel Massouh Decision (split) (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)35:00
Preliminary card
Featherweight Fredson Paixão vs.Cole ProvinceNo Contest (overturned)35:00 [lower-alpha 2]
Catchweight (159 lb) Shane Roller def Marcus Hicks Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
Lightweight Ed Ratcliff def Phil Cardella Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30-27, 29–28)35:00
Bantamweight Rani Yahya defJohn HosmanSubmission (north-south choke)12:08
Featherweight Diego Nunes defRafael DiasDecision (unanimous) (30–27, 30-27, 30-27)35:00
Featherweight LC Davis def Javier Vazquez Decision (split) (30-27, 28–29, 29–28)35:00
  1. For the WEC Bantamweight Championship.
  2. Originally ruled a split decision (29–28, 28-29, 29–28) victory for Province, the result was changed to "No Contest" after Province tested positive for a banned substance during a post fight screening. [5]

Bonus Awards

Fighters were awarded $10,000 bonuses. [6]

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. [7]

^ Roller was contracted to earn $10,000 in show money, while Hicks was scheduled to make $8,000. When Hicks was unable to make the contracted weight of 156 pounds at Saturday's weigh-ins, the two parties agreed to a catchweight bout of 159 pounds, and Roller was awarded 15 percent (or $1,200) of his opponent's show money. [8]

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