Courtesy of mmaweekly.com Urijah Faber will now officially be a problem for the bantamweight division. The former WEC featherweight champion will make the move down to 135lbs for his next fight on August 18 as he faces Japanese fighter Takeya Mizugaki in the WEC. The bout was confirmed to MMAWeekly.com by sources close to the [...]

Las Vegas, NV (USA) – Former World Extreme Cagefighting® bantamweight champion Miguel Angel Torres received the Key to the City of East Chicago, Ind. on Friday. Born and raised in East Chicago, the 29-year-old was also honored by city officials with “Miguel Angel Torres Day” for his dedication to bettering the community. “It was truly [...]

Courtesy of cagepotato.com In an interview with ProMMARadio this weekend, former WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber confirmed that he will be dropping down to bantamweight to test the 135-pound waters. “From the sound of things, they want me to go down to 35. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a long time — go down [...]

Courtesy of the underground… On Friday night, NFL wide receiver Chad Ochocinco, whose previous latest connection to MMA was following Chuck Liddell in naked video viral marketing, called out former WEC champion Miguel Torres, twitter. As detailed below, Torres proved to be too fast a wordsmith for the eventually sleeping Bengal. Ochocinco: @MiguelTorresMMA would you [...]