
The official weigh-ins for WEC 40: “Torres vs Mizugaki” are complete for the event that is set to go off from the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois, this Sunday night (April 5).
All 20 fighters set to compete on the card tipped the scales on Saturday afternoon — though not everyone escaped the event without incident.
Lightweights Ben Henderson and Anthony Njokuani, as well as featherweight Jameel Massouh all needed a second attempt to hit their respective marks.
And featherweight Mike Budnik didn’t even come close. He plopped down at a hefty three pounds over the limit in his first and only attempt — forcing the bout to be converted to a catchweight of 149 lbs.
Bantamweight champion Miguel Torres will put his 16-fight winning streak on the line when he faces Japanese import and Shooto veteran Takeya Mizugaki in the main event.
WEC 40 is scheduled to air live on the Versus network beginning at 9pm ET on fight night.
Here are the complete WEC 40 weigh in results:
Main Card:
Miguel Torres (135) vs. Takeya Mizugaki (135)
Joseph Benavidez (134) vs. Jeff Curran (135)
Ben Henderson (156) vs. Shane Roller (156)
Rafael Assuncao (145.5) vs. Jameel Massouh (146)Under Card:
Anthony Njokuani (156) vs. Bart Palaszewski (155)
Dominick Cruz (135) vs. Ivan Lopez (134.5)
Wagnney Fabiano (146) vs. Fredson Paixao (144)
Eddie Wineland (135) vs. Rani Yahya (136)
Akitoshi Tamura (135.5) vs. Manny Tapia (135.5)
Mike Budnik (149) vs. Rafael Dias (145)
Note: Fighters are allowed to weigh one pound more than the division limit in non-title fights.
Remember, MMAmania.com will provide live coverage of the action on fight night beginning with the 9pm ET telecast on Versus, as well as up-to-the minute quick results of the entire under card earlier in the evening.
Check in early and often.
In the meantime, feel free to leave your WEC 40-related thoughts and predictions in the comments section below. For more on WEC 40 be sure to hit up our archive for the promotion right here.
Thanks to CombatLifestyle.com for the weigh-in pic.
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Wow, Dream was an awesome event, now we get wec tonight! Aioki got kneed and punched into next month, other matches were like watching BJJ clinics. Time to go to bed!
There is a dream thread above and below this WEC one. I purposely turned my head away from the screen as I scrolled through the Dream threads to find the WEC. Thanks alot for RUINING an event I am recording on Friday.
YOU F*CKER!!!!!!!
fuck me sergei got owned
off topic here and dont know if posted already, but it seems dana white will be cutting back on public appearances from here on in, thats right, gone are the video blogs, here’s the link:http://www.mmanews.com/ufc/UFC-To-Scale-Back-On-Appearances-Of-Dana-White.html
side note, when is the ufc97 site up??
I know I posted it friday as well as a question I had that I heard Joe Rogan plans on refereeing, possibly at 100!
Joe would be a good ref imo… better than alot of the morons they get in there..
good, maybe now we can get a better commentator
Miguel is quite intense.