With three title bouts already on tap, Zuffa has formalized two additional bouts for its Aug. 3's World Extreme Cagefighting 36 card at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
Surging bantamweight upstart
Brian Bowles (Pictures) takes on gritty Greg Jackson charge
Damacio Page (Pictures), while American Top Team product
Micah Miller (Pictures) will tangle with touted teenager
Josh Grispi.
Bowles, 28, turned pro just over two years ago. However, the Athens, Georgia native exploded onto the scene in 2007 going three for three, including a submission win over the ever-tough
Charlie Valencia (Pictures) and a plunking of highly regarded Marcos "Louro" Galvao.
The rugged Page, who has competed as a lightweight and featherweight, gained considerable attention as the focus of the premiere episode of the "Tapout" reality series last year. The drop to 135 pounds has paid off for "The Angel of Death," who stepped in on short notice for
Jesse Moreng (Pictures) against
Scott Jorgensen (Pictures) in February, and took a hard-fought, exciting decision victory.
Last June, Micah Miller suffered the first loss of his career,
dropping a unanimous decision to
Cub Swanson (Pictures) at WEC 28. However, the 21-year-old, known for his slick grappling skills, showed off his vastly improved standup in last appearance in February at WEC 32, where he iced
Chance Farrar (Pictures) in 99 seconds.
Even younger than Miller, 19-year-old Josh Grispi has been on the circuit for less than two years. Grispi became highly touted amongst those who had seen his exploits in Massachusetts, where he stopped all his opponents in the first round. Grispi's status is no longer an insider's secret after February, where he choked
Mark Hominick (Pictures) unconscious inside of three minutes in his WEC debut.
The Aug. 3 event will be headlined by a title tripleheader which will see lightweight champion
Jamie Varner (Pictures) defend his crown against undefeated Marcus Hicks, light heavyweight champ
Brian Stann (Pictures) take on former foe
Steve Cantwell (Pictures), and welterweight king
Carlos Condit (Pictures) risk his title against
Hiromitsu Miura (Pictures).