WEC 40: Diego Nunes vs Cub Swanson

A battle between up-and-coming featherweight scrappers Cub Swanson (13-2) and Diego "The Gun" Nunes (12-0) has been added to the WEC 40: "Torres vs. Bowles" card, set to go down on April 5 from the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois.

Swanson started his mixed martial arts career with eleven straight wins after dropping his debut to current UFC veteran Shannon Gugerty in 2004. The WEC signed him in early 2007 and he went on to win his first two fights for the promotion against Tommy Lee (submission) and Micah Miller (decision).

At WEC 31 in December of 2007 Cub dropped his first contest under the WEC banner by succumbing to a first round guillotine choke laid down by former UFC champion Jens "Little Evil" Pulver. The loss was a setback for the Southern California native for sure, but recent wins over Donnie Walker (submission) and most recently Hiroyuki Takaya (decision) at WEC 37 in December have put Swanson back on the map.

His opponent, 26-year old Team Nogueira Brazil product Diego Nunes, has yet to lose a professional MMA match. He's managed to stop eleven of his twelve foes before the final bell (six by submission and five by technical knockout). He made his WEC debut on the WEC 37 card with a unanimous decision win over the previously unbeaten Cole Province.

Slowly the WEC's featherweight division is starting to fill up with viable contenders for current champion Mike Thomas Brown. With guys like Urijah Faber, Wagnney Fabiano, Jose Aldo, Leonard Garcia and others ready and waiting for their chance, a loss for either of these two guys could drop that fighter out of any sort of title contention for quite some time, meaning this and all 145-pound fights under the WEC banner have become very important.

The main card of WEC 40 will air live on the Versus network beginning at 9:30 p.m. ET on fight night and will feature a main event with hometown hero Miguel Torres defending his 135 pound title against number one contender Brian Bowles.