LIVE ON VERSUS – WEDNESDAY, NOV. 5, 2008

LIVE FROM THE SEMINOLE HARD ROCK HOTEL & CASINO IN HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA

Tickets on Sale Now

Las Vegas, NV (USA) – The fights are on! World Extreme Cagefighting® presents WEC: FABER vs. BROWN, live on the VERSUS network at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT, Wednesday, Nov. 5 from The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.

The card that was originally postponed in September due to Hurricane Ike is back, finalized and better than ever. On November 5, “The California Kid” Urijah Faber (21-1) defends his WEC Featherweight championship against Coconut Creek, Florida’s Mike Brown (19-4).

Tickets for WEC: FABER vs. BROWN are on sale now and are priced at $175, $125, $100, and $50 (not including applicable services or taxes). Tickets are available at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino box office and all Ticketmaster locations. To charge by phone with a major credit card, call Ticketmaster at (954) 523-3309. Tickets also are available online through www.wec.tv or www.ticketmaster.com.

WEC: FABER vs. BROWN will be televised live nationally on VERSUS beginning at 8:00 pm ET/5:00 pm PT. All live WEC events will be presented in Hi-Definition (HD) and Spanish SAP where available. For more information and how to find VERSUS in your local viewing area, visit http://www.versus.com/findversus

Days before their title match, Mother Nature decided to make these two gladiators wait two more months. Now, the question is – Who will benefit from the extra eight weeks of training?

“I was 100 percent ready to go,” Brown said. “It was kind of rough on me. I took a week off to relax, just like I would’ve if I fought.”

But Brown remains confident. To counteract Faber’s wrestling ability, the Portland, Maine native who now trains with American Top Team in Florida, has been wrestling with Cuban Olympic Bronze Medalist Alexis Vila. Brown admits that it might be “easier to stand and trade” with the champ, but he is not focused on one aspect of the fight game.

“I just want the win,” he added. “I don’t care how it comes. I just want to be the No. 1 guy…this is the biggest fight of my life.”

As far as the 145-pound champion is concerned, the time off couldn’t have come at a better time.

“I think I definitely benefited from the break,” Faber said. “It gave me a chance to heal up a bit. I was 90 percent and now I’m ready to go.” (more…)

Describe Your Training Routine.
I train from 4 to 6 hours a day typically. I train grappling and MMA in the morning and individual stand up training with my trainer in the afternoon. Sparring is usually every Tuesday and Friday, and I grapple everyday hard. I vary my training depending on how my body feels and I take training intensity up or down depending on how I feel.



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WORLD EXTREME CAGEFIGHTING®
ANNOUNCES BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

MIGUEL ANGEL TORRES vs. MANNY TAPIA

Live From The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino In Las Vegas, Wednesday, Dec. 3 Tickets Go On Sale Monday, Oct. 6 at 10am PT

Las Vegas, NV (USA) – With two spectacular wins that sky-rocketed him into the pound-for-pound stratosphere, WEC® bantamweight champion Miguel Angel Torres has been one of 2008’s great success stories. But the only man standing between him and likely recognition as Fighter of the Year is one of his greatest rivals, Manny Tapia, an unbeaten contender who has been waiting six months for his shot at the 135-pound weight class’ greatest prize. The World Extreme Cagefighting® organization is pleased to announce that on Wednesday, December 3rd, at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, these two warriors will finally meet in an explosive contest guaranteed to produce fireworks.

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No Fear MMA Fighter
Falaniko Vitale Featured in
Strikeforce Co-Main Event, October 3, 2008

No Fear sponsored MMA warrior Falaniko “Niko” Vitale (26-8) will face Frank Trigg in a featured Strikeforce “Payback” MMA contest at Colorado’s Broomfield Event Center on Friday, October 3rd, with preliminary bouts starting at 6:30 pm.

The 34-year-old Vitale considered a submission expert, is a nine-year veteran who’s competed for the UFC, ICON Sport and many of the world’s other top promotions. The Hawaiian won five of his past six fights. The loss came to Trevor Prangley at a November 2007 Strikeforce event. Vitale’s career highlights include victories over Matt Lindland, Yushin Okami and Dave Menne.

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WEC, Urijah Faber and No Fear Join Forces

On December 12, 2007, Urijah Faber put Jeff Curran in a guillotine choke at the 4:34 second mark of the second round to score a highly impressive win and, for all intents and purposes, put his name in bright lights as a full-on World Extreme Cagefighting superstar. That same evening and on the very same fight card, Jens Pulver convincingly won his fight, and within a few hours after the event, it was decided that Pulver and Faber would fight each other for the WEC Featherweight Championship on Sunday, June 1, 2008 in Arco Arena in Sacramento, California.

In the months leading up to the bout — a bout that was being hyped as one of the most important featherweight bouts of all-time — Carlsbad, California-based company No Fear, a high profile, longtime fixture in the world of alternative sports, formed a relationship with Faber.

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Urijah Faber’s fight has been rescheduled for November 5th at the Hard Rock & Casino in Hollywood, FL.