Urijah Faber made his Bantamweight debut by choking out Takeya Mizugaki at 4:50 of round one of a scheduled three round bout that headlined a WEC card at the Pearl at the Palms in Las Vegas.
Faber choked Mizugaki and was impressive in his new weight class.
Faber, 136 lbs of Sacramento, CA is now 24-4. Mizugaki, 136 lbs of Japan is now 13-5-2.
Chad Mendes remained undefeated with a three round unanimous decision over Javier Vazquez in a Featherweight bout.
Scores were 30-27 on all cards for Mendez, 145 1/2 lbs and is now 9-0. Vazquez, 146 lbs of Rancho Cucamunga, CA is now 15-5.
Cub Swanson scored a three round split decision over Mackens Semerzier in a Featherweight fight.
Swans0n, 145 lbs won by scores of 29-28 on two cards while Semerzier won a card 29-28.
Erik Koch landed one devastating and made quick work over previously undefeated Francisco Rivera by scoring a stoppage in round one of their scheduled three round Featherweight bout.
Koch landed a hard left kick to the face that sent Rivera to the canvas and quickly pounced on Rivera before referee Steve Mazagatti stopped the bout just ninety-six seconds into the bout.
Koch, 146 lbs of Cedar Rapids, IA is now 11-1. Rivera, 146 lbs of Buena Park, Ca is now 5-1
Joseph Benavidez submitted Wagney Fabiano in round two of the scheduled three round Bantamweight bout.
Benavidez locked in chokes on three separate occasions with the third time being the charm as Fabiano finally tapped out.
The end came at 2:45 of round two for Benavidez, 136 lbs of Sacramento is 13-2. Fabiano, 136 lbs of Rio Di Janerio, Brazil is now 14-.3
Demetrious Johnson choked out Damacio Page in round three of their scheduled three round Bantamweight bout.
The end came at 2:27 of round for Johnson 135 lbs of Parkland, Washington is now 12-1. Page, 136 lbs of Albuquerque, is now 12-5.
