WEC 45 (Dec 19)

WEC 45
Date: Dec 19, 2009
Location: Las Vegas
Venue: The Pearl at The Palms Casino Resort
Broadcast: Versus

* Donald Cerrone vs. Ed Ratcliff*
* Chris Horodecki vs. Anthony Njokuani*
* Takeya Mizugaki vs. Damacio Page*
* Bart Palaszewski vs. TBA*

* - Not yet officially announced.

A bantamweight bout between contenders Joseph Benavidez (10-1 MMA, 2-1 WEC) and Rani Yahya (15-4 MMA, 4-1 WEC) is set for next month's WEC 45 event.

The official latest lineup now includes:

•Donald Cerrone vs. Ed Ratcliff
•Chris Horodecki vs. Anthony Njokuani
•Joseph Benavidez vs. Rani Yahya
•Takeya Mizugaki vs. TBA*
•Bart Palaszewski vs. TBA*

* - Not officially announced

The event takes place Dec. 19 at The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, and the night's Versus-televised main card features a headliner of Donald Cerrone vs. Ed Ratcliff.

The featured bout of the preliminary card is IFL veteran Bart Palaszewski (32-13 MMA, 1-2 WEC) vs. fellow lightweight and Roufusport striker Anthony Pettis (7-0 MMA, 1-0 WEC). Palaszewski recently took a fight outside the organization and defeated Tyler Combs at an October Xtreme Fighting Organization event. Pettis, after defeating Mike Campbell via first-round submission in his WEC debut, was recently forced out of a WEC 44 bout with "Razor" Rob McCullough due to injury.

Corbbrey (7-4 MMA, 0-1 WEC), meanwhile, looks for his first WEC victory after a knockout loss to Anthony Njokuani at WEC 43. The EliteXC veteran takes on WEC newcomer and fellow lightweight Zach Micklewright (6-0 MMA, 0-0 WEC).

MAIN CARD

* Donald Cerrone vs. Ed Ratcliff
* Chris Horodecki vs. Anthony Njokuani
* Joseph Benavidez vs. Rani Yahya
* Scott Jorgensen vs. Takeya Mizugaki

PRELIMINARY CARD

* Bart Palaszewski vs. Anthony Pettis
* Muhsin Corbbrey vs. Zach Micklewright
* John Hosman vs. David Smith
* Tyler Toner vs. Brandon Visher
* Kyle Dietz vs. Brad Pickett
* Erik Koch vs. Jameel Massouh