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WEC 50: Cruz vs. Benavidez 2 is an upcoming mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting scheduled to take place on August 18, 2010 at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Main card
* Bantamweight Championship bout: United States Dominick Cruz (c) vs. United States Joseph Benavidez
* Lightweight bout: United States Shane Roller vs. United States Anthony Pettis
* Featherweight bout: United States Cub Swanson vs. United States Chad Mendes
* Bantamweight bout: United States Scott Jorgensen vs. England Brad Pickett
* Lightweight bout: Poland Bart Palaszewski vs. United States Zach Micklewright
Preliminary Card
* Lightweight bout: Nigeria Anthony Njokuani vs. Poland Maciej Jewtuszko
* Featherweight bout: Cuba Javier Vazquez vs. United States Mackens Semerzier
* Lightweight bout: United States Ricardo Lamas vs. United States Dave Jansen
* Featherweight bout: Brazil Fredson Paixão vs. United States Bryan Caraway
* Lightweight bout: United States Danny Castillo vs. United States Dustin Poirier
Background
This event marks WECs first visit to Las Vegas since WEC 45 in December 2009 and will also be shown on the Versus channel.
Urijah Faber was expected to make his bantamweight debut against Japanese striker Takeya Mizugaki. however Faber was forced off the card with an injury. As a result Mizugaki was also pulled from the event. The Faber/Mizugaki bout is expected to simply be pushed back, possibly as early as WEC 52.
Stephan Bonnar will serve as color commentator for the event along with Todd Harris.