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Date
  
November 11, 2010

City
  
Paradise, Nevada

Venue
  
The Pearl at The Palms

Promotion
  
World Extreme Cagefighting

WEC 52 Faber vs. Mizugaki
  
WEC 53 Henderson vs. Pettis

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.

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Background

Urijah Faber made his bantamweight debut against Japanese striker Takeya Mizugaki at WEC 52.

A bout between Bart Palaszewski and Kamal Shalorus was expected to take place at this event, but was moved to WEC 53 after Shalorus injured his hand. Shalorus won the rescheduled bout by split decision.

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

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

Josh Grispi was pulled from his fight with Erik Koch, to be inserted into a UFC Featherweight title shot against Jose Aldo at UFC 125. 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 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.

The event drew an average of 570,000 viewers on Versus.

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 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.

  • 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

    • References

    WEC 52 Wikipedia
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