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''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, Nevada.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=WEC: Faber vs. Mizugaki )〕 ==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,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Bart Palaszewski vs. Kamal Shalorus targeted for WEC 52 in November )〕 but was moved to WEC 53 after Shalorus injured his hand.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Palaszewski vs. Shalorus moved to WEC 53 )〕 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〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Injured Brian Bowles out of WEC 52, replacement search underway )〕 and replaced by Joseph Benavidez.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Benavidez replaces injured Bowles, meets Fabiano at WEC 52 )〕 Eddie Wineland was expected to face Damacio Page at this event,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Damacio Page vs. Eddie Wineland slated for WEC 52 in November )〕 but was forced out of the bout with a shoulder injury and replaced by Demetrious Johnson.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Demetrious Johnson to Replace Eddie Wineland at WEC 52 )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=UFC 125: Jose Aldo vs Josh Grispi in the works for Jan. 1 in Las Vegas )〕 Koch ended up fighting Francisco Rivera.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Erik Koch to Stay on WEC 52 Card, Face Newcomer 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Are You Ready? Cage announcer Joe Martinez to return at WEC 52 )〕 The event drew an average of 570,000 viewers on Versus.〔http://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/wec-52-faber-vs-mizugaki〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「WEC 52」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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