▁Sem er z ier . ▁Fab iano ▁was ▁defeated ▁by ▁Sem er z ier ▁by ▁submission ▁via ▁triangle ▁cho ke ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁round , ▁ending ▁his ▁eight - f ight ▁win ▁stre ak . ▁Fab iano ▁found ▁himself ▁on ▁the ▁wrong ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁Sh erd og . com ▁U ps et ▁of ▁the ▁Year ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁that ▁submission ▁loss . ▁ ▁Fab iano ▁was ▁expected ▁to ▁face ▁Frank ▁G ome z ▁on ▁January ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁at ▁W EC ▁ 4 6 . ▁However , ▁G ome z ▁had ▁been ▁forced ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁bout ▁with ▁an ▁injury . ▁ ▁Fab iano ▁instead ▁faced ▁Cl int ▁God f rey , ▁winning ▁his ▁b ant am weight ▁debut ▁via ▁un anim ous ▁decision . ▁ ▁Fab iano / G ome z ▁eventually ▁took ▁place ▁on ▁June ▁ 2 0 , ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁at ▁W EC ▁ 4 9 . ▁Fab iano ▁won ▁the ▁fight ▁via ▁un anim ous ▁decision . ▁ ▁Fab iano ▁was ▁expected ▁to ▁face ▁former ▁W EC ▁B ant am weight ▁Champion ▁Brian ▁Bow les ▁at ▁W EC ▁ 5 2 . ▁ ▁However , ▁Bow les ▁was ▁forced ▁off ▁the ▁card ▁with ▁an ▁injury , ▁and ▁replaced ▁by ▁Joseph ▁Ben av ide z . ▁ ▁Fab iano ▁was ▁defeated ▁by ▁Ben av ide z ▁via ▁second ▁round ▁submission . ▁ ▁Despite ▁going ▁ 4 - 2 ▁in ▁the ▁W EC , ▁Fab iano ▁was ▁cut ▁by ▁Z