WEC News and Notes

World Extreme Cagefighting, otherwise known as the little brother to the UFC, has made some announcements regarding several upcoming events.

First, the WEC announced the full card for WEC 42.

MAIN CARD (televised on Versus)

• Champion Miguel Torres © vs. Brian Bowles for the WEC Bantamweight title. 
• Joseph Benavidez vs. Dominick Cruz
• Danny Castillo vs. Ricardo Lamas
• Jeff Curran vs. Takeya Mizugaki

PRELIMINARY CARD (may not be televised on Versus)

• Leonard Garcia vs. Jameel Massouh
• Fredson Paixao vs. Cole Province
• Marcus Hicks and Shane Roller
• Phil Cardella vs. Ed Ratcliff
• Kenji Osawa vs. Rani Yayha
• Rafael Dias vs. Diego Nunes

Also there is good news for Ohio MMA fans. WEC 43 will take place on September 2 at the Corelli Centre Youngstown, Ohio. The main event is a rumored interim lightweight championship bout between Donald Cerrone  Ben Henderson. Current WEC lightweight champion, Jamie Varner, is still recovering from a hand injury.