WEC 50: 3 Fights Added
At WEC 50, “Cruz vs. Benavidez 2” on Aug. 18 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, World Extreme Cagefighting featherweight contenders Cub Swanson and Chad Mendes will face off on Tuesday by the promotion, the bout and two others were made official. On the Versus network, WEC 50 will air live.
With a third-round submission win over John Franchi at WEC 44 last November, the 26-year-old Swanson rebounded from his June 2009 defeat to divisional leader Jose Aldo.
In the WEC cage against Erik Koch and Anthony Morrison, who the 2008 NCAA wrestling tournament finalist submitted in the first round at WEC 48 in April, the undefeated Mendes, a noted up-and-comer out of Urijah Faber’s Team Alpha Male camp, sports back-to-back wins.
Anthony Njokuani will welcome newcomer Maciej Jewtuszko to the promotion in a lightweight bout, while Anthony Njokuani will welcome newcomer Maciej Jewtuszko to the promotion in a lightweight bout, was made official on Tuesday.
After four straight wins in the WEC cage, Jorgensen continues his march toward a bantamweight title shot. With a unanimous decision nod over the John Hackleman-trained fighter, Jorgensen avenged a June 2009 split decision loss to Antonio Banuelos in April.
A staple of the U.K.’s MMA scene for years, Pickett, has made the most of his WEC invitation, with wins over Kyle Dietz and Demetrius Johnson, who the brawling Pickett decisioned in April.
Njokuani will look to rebound from a first-round submission defeat at the hands of Shane Roller at WEC 48 in April, after three consecutive WEC victories.
In seven bouts, Polish import Jewtuszko is undefeated, including a first-round heelhook victory against Edvardas Norkeliunas at a Beast of the East event on June 12 in Gydnia, Poland.
