WEC tickets for 'Torres vs Bowles' at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on sale soon

Tickets for WEC 42, which is slated for Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Sunday, August 9, will go on sale to the general public on Saturday, June 6 at 10 a.m. PT.

"Torres vs. Bowles" will feature WEC Bantamweight Champion Miguel Torres and top undefeated challenger Brian Bowles finally meeting inside the cage after much delay.

The 135-pound studs were initially booked to throwdown at WEC 40 in front of Torres’ hometown crowd at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Ill., on Sunday, April 5. Unfortunately, the undefeated Hardcore Gym prospect suffered an undisclosed injury in training and was scratched from the main event.

World-ranked Takeya Mizugaki stepped in to replace Bowles and gave Torres — arguably the most talented pound-for-pound fighter in the world — all he could handle, taking the champion the distance for the first time in four years.

The champ has put together five straight wins under the WEC banner, beginning with his debut for the promotion against Jeff Bedard in September of 2007, easily winning with a first round triangle choke. Following that he was granted a title shot against Chase Beebe at WEC 32 in February, taking it early with a first round submission.

Bowles has put together four solid wins for the promotion over Charlie Valencia (submission), Marcos Galvao (knockout), Damacio Page (submission) and Will Ribeiro (submission). He trains out of the "Hard Core" gym in Athens, which is considered the American Top Team of Georgia. Some other recognizable names that train there are Rory Singer, Cale Yarbrough, Stephen Ledbetter and others.

No question he’s earned his number one contender spot, but he’ll face the stiffest challenge of his young career when he gets locked inside a cage opposite Torres. He’ll need to be at his absolute best on Aug. 9 to stay competitive.

Remember: WEC 42 tickets can be purchased through StubHub.com (Note: StubHub often has seats available even if the event is "sold out"). It will also be available to watch on Versus at 9 p.m. ET on fight night.

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