WORLD EXTREME CAGEFIGHTING® ANNOUNCES FULL CARD LINE UP FOR WEC: CONDIT VS. PRATER

Courtesy of World Extreme Cagefighting:

For Immediate Release:
January 15, 2008

CARLOS CONDIT vs. CARLO PRATER
ROB MCCULLOUGH vs. JAIME VARNER
CHASE BEEBE vs. MIGUEL TORRES
JOSH GRISPI vs. MARK HOMINICK
MANNY TAPIA vs. ANTONIO BANUELOS
SCOTT JORGENSEN vs. JESSE MORENG
CHARLIE VALENCIA vs. YOSHIRO MAEDA
HIROYUKI TAKAYA vs. LEONARD GARCIA
MICAH MILLER vs. CHANCE FARRAR
DEL HAWKINS vs. OX WHEELER

WEDENSDAY, FEBRUARY 13 LIVE FROM THE SANTA ANA STAR CENTER IN ALBUQUERQUE

TICKETS ON SALE NOW

Las Vegas, Nev. (USA) – World Extreme Cagefighting® (WEC™) today announced the full line-up of fights for WEC: Condit vs. Prater, including three intense championship bouts. WEC: Condit vs. Prater features the “Natural Born Killer,” WEC Welterweight Champion Carlos Condit, in his homecoming bout vs. Carlo Prater, WEC Lightweight Champion “Razor” Rob McCullough putting his belt on the line vs. Jamie “The Worm” Varner, and WEC Bantamweight Champion Chase Beebe defending his title against jiu-jitsu ace Miguel Torres. All the action takes place LIVE from the Santa Ana Star Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Wednesday, February 13, 2008.

WEC: Condit vs. Prater will be televised live nationally on VERSUS beginning at 9:00 pm ET/6:00 pm PT. All live WEC events will be presented in Hi-Definition (HD) where available. For more information and how to find VERSUS in your local viewing area, visit http://www.versus.com/findversus.

Tickets for WEC: Condit vs. Prater, which are on sale now, are priced at $185, $115, $65, and $35 (not including applicable services or taxes). Tickets are available at GetTix.net, by calling 1-866-442-8849, at the Santa Ana Star Center box office, at the Santa Ana Star Casino Player’s Club, and select Ace Hardware locations. Tickets also are available online through www.wec.tv.

WEC: Condit vs. Prater features a solid undercard, with fights that could be headliners anywhere else in the mixed martial arts world, including Manny Tapia vs. Antonio Banuelos, Josh Grispi vs. Mark Hominick, Hiroyuki Takaya vs. Leonard Garcia, Scott Jorgensen vs. Jesse Moreng, Charlie Valencia vs. Yoshiro Maeda, Micah Miller vs. Chance Farrar, and Del Hawkins vs. Ox Wheeler.

Mexico’s unbeaten Manny Tapia (9-0-1) plans on continuing his climb up the bantamweight ranks on February 13th as he does battle with The Pit’s Antonio Banuelos (15-4). Tapia was impressive in his last outing against Brandon Foxworth, defeating him by TKO at 3:17 of the second round. But the veteran Banuelos is also coming off a big victory, out pointing Justin Robbins unanimously over three rounds in August.

Boston native Josh Grispi (10-1) will be making his WEC debut when he steps into the cage with stand up sensation Mark Hominick. At nineteen years of age, Grispi is one of the top prospects in the featherweight division, and is always looking to impress the crowd with a KO victory. But standing in his way is Hominick, a hard-hitting UFC® veteran who has won two in a row since a WEC loss to Rani Yahya last June.

Another UFC vet looking to strike championship gold is Leonard ‘Bad Boy’ Garcia (14-3). Now able to fight at his natural weight of 145 pounds thanks to the WEC, this scrappy fighter will not get an easy return to the featherweight division when he steps in to face fellow WEC debutant Hiroyuki Takaya (9-4-1). An exciting battler who has starred in Japan’s K-1 and Shooto organizations, the “Streetfight Bancho” is never in a boring fight, making him the perfect fit for the sport’s most exciting organization.

But that’s not all, as the rest of the February 13th undercard is packed with thrilling matchups.

Albuquerque bantamweight Ox Wheeler (6-1) will be battling in front of his hometown crowd when he returns to action in search of his first WEC win against Phoenix’ Del Hawkins (22-12).

Former world featherweight title challenger Chance Farrar (5-1) is back in a crossroads clash against rising star Micah Miller (9-1).

In bantamweight action, Japanese standout Yoshiro Maeda (22-4-2) makes his WEC debut against hard-nosed Charlie Valencia (9-3), and Idaho ’s Scott Jorgensen (4-1) takes on Arizona ’s Jesse Moreng (8-1).

About World Extreme Cagefighting

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About VERSUS

VERSUS celebrates real competition in all its forms across all platforms (VERSUS.com, VERSUS on Demand and VERSUS HD). Now in more than 74 million homes, the network is the national cable home of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the Stanley Cup Playoffs as well as best-in-class events such as The Tour de France, Davis Cup Tennis, the Professional Bull Riders (PBR), World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) and Professional Boxing. The network also offers collegiate sports featuring nationally-ranked teams from top conferences such as the Pac-10, Big 12 and Mountain West. VERSUS features the best field sports programming on television and is a destination for sports fans, athletes and sportsmen to find exclusive, competitive events that audiences can't find elsewhere. VERSUS, a wholly owned company of Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK), is distributed via cable systems and satellite operators throughout the United States.