| WEC 50: Cruz vs. Benavidez 2 | ||||
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 The poster for WEC 50: Cruz vs. Benavidez 2 | ||||
| Promotion | World Extreme Cagefighting | |||
| Date | August 18, 2010 | |||
| Venue | The Pearl at The Palms | |||
| City |  Paradise, Nevada, United States | |||
| Attendance | 1,861[1] | |||
| Total gate | $275,340[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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WEC 50: Cruz vs. Benavidez 2 was amixed martial arts event held byWorld Extreme Cagefighting that took place on August 18, 2010 atThe Pearl at The Palms inLas Vegas.[2]
This event marked WEC's first visit to Las Vegas sinceWEC 45 in December 2009 and was also shown on the TV channelVersus.
Urijah Faber was expected to make hisbantamweight debut against Japanese strikerTakeya Mizugaki.[3] However, Faber was forced off the card with an injury. As a result, Mizugaki was also pulled from the event.[4] The Faber/Mizugaki bout was simply pushed back, toWEC 52.[5][6] Faber won the rescheduled matchup by first round submission.
Stephan Bonnar served as color commentator for the event along withTodd Harris.[7]
The event drew an average of 316,000 TV viewers.[8]
| Main card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Bantamweight | Dominick Cruz (c) | def | Joseph Benavidez | Decision (split) (47–48, 48–47, 49–46) | 5 | 5:00 | [a] |
| Lightweight | Anthony Pettis | def | Shane Roller | Submission (triangle choke) | 3 | 4:51 | |
| Featherweight | Chad Mendes | def | Cub Swanson | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Scott Jorgensen | def | Brad Pickett | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Bart Palaszewski | def | Zach Micklewright | KO (punches) | 2 | 0:31 | |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Lightweight | Maciej Jewtuszko | def | Anthony Njokuani | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:35 | |
| Featherweight | Javier Vazquez | def | Mackens Semerzier | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 1:35 | |
| Lightweight | Ricardo Lamas | def | Dave Jansen | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Fredson Paixão | def | Bryan Caraway | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Danny Castillo | def | Dustin Poirier | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Fighters were awarded $10,000 bonuses.[9]
The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to theNevada State Athletic Commission. It does not include sponsor money or "locker room" bonuses often given by the WEC and also do not include the WEC's traditional "fight night" bonuses.[10]