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UFC president Dana White has confirmed the event for heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar’s (5-1) next title defense. Lesnar will face Cain Velasquez (8-0) at the yet-to-be officially announced UFC 121 on Oct. 23 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.

MMAFighting.com was first to break the news Friday night after speaking with White.

Lesnar is coming off his second successful title defense after using a surprise submission to defeat knock-out artist Shane Carwin last weekend at UFC 116 in Las Vegas. That victory was the former professional wrestler’s fourth straight win, having defeated former champ Frank Mir last summer at UFC 100.

Velasquez is undefeated in eight bouts and has won all six of his UFC fights. He’s earned his title shot after defeating former PRIDE champion Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira last February at UFC 110. Velasquez KO’d Nogueira to win his second “Knockout of the Night” honor in that fight.

The winner is expected to face either Junior dos Santos or Roy “Big Country” Nelson who face off at UFC 117.

Other bouts rumored for UFC 121 are as follows:

- Brock Lesnar vs. Cain Velasquez
- Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. TBA
- Sam Stout vs. Paul Taylor

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A previously anticipated match-up between former WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber and heavy handed Japanese wrestler Takeya Mizugaki scheduled for WEC 50 will have to wait for now as “The California Kid” recently broke the unfortunate news that the bout has been scratched via his Twitter account.

Faber reported that he suffered an inury on Monday that will prevent him from competing on the card.

The bout with Mizugaki was expected to be Faber’s debut in the 135 lb division, as the 31-year-old Isla Vista resident has spent the bulk of his career competing at the 145 lb mark.

Faber vs. Mizugaki was slated to take place during “WEC 50: Cruz vs. Benavidez” from The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas on August 18.

It also appears that Mizugaki will be scratched from the card entirely as MMAJunkie.com has reported that the promotion has no immediate plans to salvage his participation in the event.

Stay tuned to FiveOuncesofPain.com as we keep you up to date on a possible return date for the former WEC champion.

Urijah Faber is out of his WEC 50 bout against Takeya Mizugaki on Aug. 18 from “The Pearl” at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada due to injury.

Faber let everyone know the news via twitter:

Been quit the last few days, i was injured in pract on Mon. Just got results Im Out on Aug 18th. Not 2 happy

Faber was set to fight at 135(bantamweight) but now will be sidelined for some time. No word on how long his injury is estimated to take to heal, or allow training.

Urijah Faber is out of his WEC 50 bout against Takeya Mizugaki on Aug. 18 from “The Pearl” at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada due to injury.

Faber let everyone know the news via twitter:

Been quit the last few days, i was injured in pract on Mon. Just got results Im Out on Aug 18th. Not 2 happy

Faber was set to fight at 135(bantamweight) but now will be sidelined for some time. No word on how long his injury is estimated to take to heal, or allow training.

On Monday, the Nevada State Athletic Commission released the medical suspensions for this past weekends “UFC 116: Lesnar vs. Carwin” event. All four headlining fighters were issued with medical suspensions.

UFC 116 went down at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev.

The full medical suspensions are as follows:

- Brock Lesnar: Suspended until Aug. 18 with no contact till Aug. 3 – Right eye and left eyebrow lacerations.
- Shane Carwin: Suspended until Sept 2 with no contact till Aug. 18.
- Chris Leben: Suspended until Aug. 3 with no contact till July 25. – “Tough fight.”
- Yoshihiro Akiyama: Suspended until Aug. 18 with no contact till Aug. 3. – “Tough fight.”
- Stephen Bonnar: Suspended until Aug. 18 with no contact until Aug. 3. – Facial lacerations.
- Krzysztof Soszynski: Suspended until Sept. 2 with no contact until Aug. 18. – Left thumb must be cleared by a physician or suspension will extend until Dec. 31.
- Kurt Pellegrino: Suspended until Aug. 18 with no contact until Aug. 3 – Left knee must be cleared by a physician or suspension will extend until Dec. 31.
- Chris Tuchscherer: Suspended until Sept. 2 with no contact until Aug. 18. – Right cheek laceration. Must receive clearance for left ear with a specialist or suspension will extend until Dec. 31.
- Ricardo Romero: Suspended until Sept. 2 with no contact until Aug. 18. – Broken left lower jaw must receive clearance by specialist or suspension will extend until Dec. 31.
- David Branch: Suspended until Sept. 2 with no contact until Aug. 18.

Half of the fighters on the action-packed UFC 116 received medical
suspensions, and a few might be on the bench until the end of the year.

Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer today
emailed the list of UFC 116 medical suspensions to MMAjunkie.com.

UFC 116 took place this past Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in
Las Vegas and aired live on pay-per-view.

The WEC returns to Las Vegas for the first time since December for "WEC
50: Cruz vs. Benavidez" on Aug. 18, and 10 bouts are now official for
the evening's fight card.

WEC officials today confirmed the previously reported bouts of Scott
Jorgensen vs. Brad Pickett, Chad Mendes vs. Cub Swanson, Maciej
Jewtuszko vs. Anthony Njokuani.

Featuring a bantamweight title fight between current title holder
Dominick Cruz and challenger Jospeh Benavidez, WEC 50 takes place Aug.
18 at The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.

In what should come as no surprise, Brock Lesnar was the highest paid fighter during last weekend’s UFC 116 event from Las Vegas with a reported $400,000 paycheck for his efforts. In what should come as a minor surprise to many, his opponent Shane Carwin picked up $40,000 for his troubles, which means Lesnar was paid ten-times the amount Carwin was for his appearance in the main event of the evening.

Also among the highest paid athletes to compete at UFC 1116 were Chris Leben ($86,000), who also picked up a hefty “Fight of the Night” bonus check for his third round triangle submission of Yoshihiro Akiyama in a back-and-forth war between middleweights, and Chris Lytle ($52,000) who submitted Matt Brown with a nasty reverse triangle/straight armlock in a welterweight battle.

A full list of the disclosed fighter salaries for UFC 116 is below:

Brock Lesnar: $400,000 (no win bonus) def. Shane Carwin: $40,000

Chris Leben: $86,000 ($43,000 win bonus) def. Yoshihiro Akiyama: $45,000

Chris Lytle: $52,000 ($26,000 win bonus) def. Matt Brown: $10,000

Stephan Bonnar: $50,000 ($25,000 win bonus) def. Krzysztof Soszynski: $10,000

George Sotiropoulos: $24,000 ($12,000 win bonus) def. Kurt Pellegrino: $25,000

Brendan Schuab: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus) def. Chris Tuchscherer: $12,000

Ricardo Romero: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. Seth Petruzelli: $10,000

Kendall Grove: $50,000 ($25,000 win bonus) def. Goran Reljic: $5,000

Gerald Harris: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus) def. David Branch: $6,000

Daniel Roberts: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus) def. Forrest Petz: $6,000

Jon Madsen: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. Karlos Vemola: $8,000

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