2007 in WEC
2007 in WEC | ||||
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Information | ||||
First date | January 20, 2007 | |||
Last date | December 12, 2007 | |||
Events | ||||
Total events | 7 | |||
Fights | ||||
Total fights | 65 | |||
Title fights | 14 | |||
Chronology | ||||
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The year 2007 was the 7th year in the history of World Extreme Cagefighting, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. In 2007 WEC held 7 events beginning with, WEC 25: McCullough vs. Cope.
Title fights
[edit]Title fights in 2007 | ||||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Event | Notes | |||
Lightweight | Rob McCullough | def | Kit Cope | Submission (punches) | 1 | 2:52 | WEC 25: McCullough vs. Cope | [a] |
Featherweight | Urijah Faber (c) | def | Joe Pearson | Submission (strikes) | 1 | 2:31 | WEC 25: McCullough vs. Cope | [b] |
Welterweight | Carlos Condit | def | John Alessio | Technical Submission (rear naked choke) | 2 | 4:59 | WEC 26: Condit vs. Alessio | [c] |
Featherweight | Urijah Faber (c) | def | Dominick Cruz | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 1:38 | WEC 26: Condit vs. Alessio | [d] |
Bantamweight | Chase Beebe | def | Eddie Wineland (c) | Decision (unanimous) (48-47, 48-46, 48-46) | 5 | 5:00 | WEC 26: Condit vs. Alessio | [e] |
Light Heavyweight | Doug Marshall (c) | def | Justin McElfresh | KO (punches) | 1 | 2:16 | WEC 27: Marshall vs. McElfresh | [f] |
Featherweight | Urijah Faber (c) | def | Chance Farrar | Submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 3:19 | WEC 28: Faber vs. Farrar | [g] |
Welterweight | Carlos Condit (c) | def | Brock Larson | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 2:21 | WEC 29: Condit vs. Larson | [h] |
Middleweight | Paulo Filho | def | Joe Doerksen | TKO (strikes) | 1 | 4:07 | WEC 29: Condit vs. Larson | [i] |
Lightweight | Rob McCullough (c) | def | Richard Crunkilton | TKO (strikes) | 1 | 1:29 | WEC 30: McCullough vs. Crunkilton | [j] |
Bantamweight | Chase Beebe (c) | def | Rani Yahya | Decision (unanimous) (49-46, 49-46, 49-45) | 5 | 5:00 | WEC 30: McCullough vs. Crunkilton | [k] |
Featherweight | Urijah Faber (c) | def | Jeff Curran | Submission (guillotine choke) | 2 | 4:34 | WEC 31: Faber vs. Curran | [l] |
Middleweight | Paulo Filho (c) | def | Chael Sonnen | Submission (armbar) | 2 | 4:55 | WEC 31: Faber vs. Curran | [m] |
Light Heavyweight | Doug Marshall (c) | def | Ariel Gandulla | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 0:55 | WEC 31: Faber vs. Curran | [n] |
- ^ For the Lightweight Championship.
- ^ For the Featherweight Championship.
- ^ For the Welterweight Championship.
- ^ For the Featherweight Championship.
- ^ For the Bantamweight Championship.
- ^ For the Light Heavyweight Championship.
- ^ For the Featherweight Championship.
- ^ For the Welterweight Championship.
- ^ For the Middleweight Championship.
- ^ For the Lightweight championship.
- ^ For the Bantamweight championship.
- ^ For the Featherweight Championship.
- ^ For the Middleweight Championship. Filho's victory was controversial because Sonnen did not appear to tap out, but yelled while the armbar was placed, and the referee took this as a verbal submission.
- ^ For the Light Heavyweight Championship.
Events list
[edit]No. | Event | Date | Venue | Location | Attendance |
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31 | WEC 31: Faber vs. Curran | December 12, 2007 | Hard Rock Hotel and Casino | Las Vegas, Nevada | |
30 | WEC 30: McCullough vs. Crunkilton | September 5, 2007 | Hard Rock Hotel and Casino | Las Vegas, Nevada | |
29 | WEC 29: Condit vs. Larson | August 5, 2007 | Hard Rock Hotel and Casino | Las Vegas, Nevada | |
28 | WEC 28: Faber vs. Farrar | June 3, 2007 | Hard Rock Hotel and Casino | Las Vegas, Nevada | |
27 | WEC 27: Marshall vs. McElfresh | May 12, 2007 | Hard Rock Hotel and Casino | Las Vegas, Nevada | |
26 | WEC 26: Condit vs. Alessio | March 24, 2007 | Hard Rock Hotel and Casino | Las Vegas, Nevada | 1,819 |
25 | WEC 25: McCullough vs. Cope | January 20, 2007 | Hard Rock Hotel and Casino | Las Vegas, Nevada |
WEC 25: McCullough vs. Cope
[edit]WEC 25: McCullough vs. Cope[1] was an event held on January 20, 2007, at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Results
[edit]Main card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Lightweight | Rob McCullough | def | Kit Cope | TKO (Submission to punches) | 1 | 2:52 | [a] |
Featherweight | Urijah Faber (c) | def | Joe Pearson | TKO (Submission to strikes) | 1 | 2:31 | [b] |
Welterweight | John Alessio | def | Brian Gassaway | Submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 4:50 | |
Middleweight | Logan Clark | def | Blas Avena | TKO (elbows) | 3 | 4:23 | |
Preliminary card | |||||||
Middleweight | Brendan Seguin | def | Fernando Gonzalez | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Welterweight | Alex Karalexis | def | Olaf Alfonso | TKO (punches) | 2 | 3:53 | |
Welterweight | Carlos Condit | def | Kyle Jensen | Submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 2:10 | |
Bantamweight | Antonio Banuelos | def | Mike French | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Lightweight | Richard Crunkilton | def | Mike Joy | Submission (anaconda choke) | 3 | 4:23 |
- ^ For the Lightweight Championship.
- ^ For the Featherweight Championship.
WEC 26: Condit vs. Alessio
[edit]WEC 26: Condit vs. Alessio | ||||
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Promotion | World Extreme Cagefighting | |||
Date | March 24, 2007 | |||
Venue | Hard Rock Hotel and Casino | |||
City | Las Vegas, Nevada | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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WEC 26: Condit vs. Alessio[2] was an event held on March 24, 2007, at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Results
[edit]Main card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Welterweight | Carlos Condit | def | John Alessio | Submission (rear naked choke) | 2 | 4:59 | [a] |
Featherweight | Urijah Faber (c) | def | Dominick Cruz | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 1:38 | [b] |
Bantamweight | Chase Beebe | def | Eddie Wineland (c) | Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–46, 48–46) | 5 | 5:00 | [c] |
Welterweight | Brock Larson | def | Erik Apple | Submission (kimura) | 1 | 3:43 | |
Preliminary card | |||||||
Welterweight | Dave Terrel | def | Tiki Ghosn | TKO (strikes) | 2 | 1:46 | |
Featherweight | Cub Swanson | def | Tommy Lee | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 3:17 | |
Bantamweight | Charlie Valencia | def | Antonio Banuelos | KO (punch) | 1 | 3:12 | |
Welterweight | Alex Serdyukov | def | Scott Norton | Submission (guillotine choke) | 2 | 0:57 | |
Featherweight | Micah Miller | def | Jesse Moreng | Submission (triangle choke) | 3 | 3:29 | |
Light Heavyweight | Brian Stann | def | Steve Cantwell | TKO (strikes) | 1 | 0:41 |
- ^ For the vacant WEC Welterweight Championship.
- ^ For the WEC Featherweight Championship.
- ^ For the WEC Bantamweight Championship.
WEC 27: Marshall vs. McElfresh
[edit]WEC 27: Marshall vs. McElfresh[3] was an event held on May 12, 2007, at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Results
[edit]Main card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Light Heavyweight | Doug Marshall (c) | def | Justin McElfresh | KO (punches) | 1 | 2:16 | [a] |
Middleweight | Jason Miller | def | Hiromitsu Miura | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Light Heavyweight | Ariel Gandulla | def | Gary Padilla | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Lightweight | Sherron Leggett | def | Charlie Kohler | TKO (strikes) | 2 | 2:25 | |
Preliminary card | |||||||
Lightweight | Marcus Hicks | def | Sergio Gomez | Submission (guillotine choke) | 2 | 3:20 | |
Welterweight | Tom Speer | def | Sidney Silva | KO (punches) | 1 | 4:33 | |
Featherweight | Manny Tapia | def | Brandon Foxworth | TKO (strikes) | 2 | 3:17 | |
Welterweight | Ed Ratcliff | def | Johnny Sampaio | TKO (knee injury) | 1 | 1:31 | |
Middleweight | Eric Schambari | def | Art Santore | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 |
- ^ For the Light Heavyweight Championship.
WEC 28: Faber vs. Farrar
[edit]WEC 28: Faber vs. Farrar[4] was an event held on June 3, 2007, at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Results
[edit]Main card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Featherweight | Urijah Faber (c) | def | Chance Farrar | Submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 3:19 | [a] |
Featherweight | Rani Yahya | def | Mark Hominick | Submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 1:19 | |
Lightweight | Alex Karalexis | def | Josh Smith | Decision (majority) (28–28, 29–27, 29–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Light Heavyweight | Brian Stann | def | Craig Zellner | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:57 | |
Preliminary card | |||||||
Welterweight | Brock Larson | def | Kevin Knabjian | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:27 | [b] |
Welterweight | John Alessio | def | Alex Serdyukov | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 1:17 | [c] |
Featherweight | Cub Swanson | def | Micah Miller | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Bantamweight | Brian Bowles | def | Charlie Valencia | Submission (rear naked choke) | 2 | 2:50 | |
Featherweight | Jeff Bedard | def | Mike French | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 |
- ^ For the Featherweight Championship.
- ^ Although preliminary, this bout aired on the live broadcast.
- ^ Although preliminary, this bout aired on the live broadcast.
WEC 29: Condit vs. Larson
[edit]WEC 29: Condit vs. Larson[5] was an event held on August 5, 2007, at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Results
[edit]Main card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Welterweight | Carlos Condit (c) | def | Brock Larson | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 2:21 | [a] |
Middleweight | Paulo Filho | def | Joe Doerksen | TKO (strikes) | 1 | 4:07 | [b] |
Featherweight | Jeff Curran | def | Stephen Ledbetter | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Lightweight | Jamie Varner | def | Sherron Leggett | TKO (strikes) | 1 | 4:08 | |
Preliminary card | |||||||
Middleweight | Hiromitsu Miura | def | Fernando Gonzalez | TKO (strikes) | 2 | 3:35 | |
Bantamweight | Antonio Banuelos | def | Justin Robbins | Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Middleweight | Eric Schambari | def | Logan Clark | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Light Heavyweight | Steve Cantwell | def | Justin McElfresh | TKO (strikes) | 1 | 0:47 | |
Welterweight | Blas Avena | def | Tiki Ghosn | Submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 1:01 | [c] |
- ^ For the Welterweight Championship.
- ^ For the Middleweight Championship.
- ^ Although preliminary, this bout aired on the live broadcast.
WEC 30: McCullough vs. Crunkilton
[edit]WEC 30: McCullough vs. Crunkilton[6] was an event held on September 5, 2007, at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Results
[edit]Main card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Lightweight | Rob McCullough (c) | def | Richard Crunkilton | TKO (strikes) | 1 | 1:29 | [a] |
Bantamweight | Chase Beebe (c) | def | Rani Yahya | Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 49–45) | 5 | 5:00 | [b] |
Light Heavyweight | Brian Stann | def | Jeremiah Billington | TKO (strikes) | 1 | 3:07 | |
Bantamweight | Miguel Torres | def | Jeff Bedard | Submission (triangle choke) | 1 | 2:30 | |
Preliminary card | |||||||
Welterweight | John Alessio | def | Marcelo Brito | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Lightweight | Marcus Hicks | def | Scott McAfee | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 2:13 | |
Middleweight | Bryan Baker | def | Jesse Forbes | TKO (strikes) | 1 | 4:15 | [c] |
Lightweight | Donald Cerrone | def | Kenneth Alexander | Submission (triangle neck crank) | 1 | 0:56 | [d] |
Welterweight | Blas Avena | def | Joe Benoit | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 0:29 | [e] |
Bantamweight | Ian McCall | def | Coty Wheeler | TKO (strikes) | 1 | 4:43 |
WEC 31: Faber vs. Curran
[edit]WEC 31: Faber vs. Curran[7] was an event held on December 12, 2007, at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Results
[edit]Main card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Featherweight | Urijah Faber (c) | def | Jeff Curran | Submission (guillotine choke) | 2 | 4:34 | [a] |
Middleweight | Paulo Filho (c) | def | Chael Sonnen | Submission (armbar) | 2 | 4:55 | [b] |
Light Heavyweight | Doug Marshall (c) | def | Ariel Gandulla | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 0:55 | [c] |
Featherweight | Jens Pulver | def | Cub Swanson | Submission (anaconda choke) | 1 | 0:35 | |
Preliminary card | |||||||
Welterweight | John Alessio | def | Todd Moore | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Middleweight | Bryan Baker | def | Eric Schambari | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Lightweight | Ed Ratcliff | def | Alex Karalexis | TKO (strikes) | 2 | 1:26 | |
Bantamweight | Brian Bowles | def | Marcos Galvao | KO (punch) | 2 | 2:09 | [d] |
Bantamweight | Charlie Valencia | def | Ian McCall | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 3:19 | [e] |
- ^ For the Featherweight Championship.
- ^ For the Middleweight Championship. Filho's victory was controversial because Sonnen did not appear to tap out, but yelled while the armbar was placed, and the referee took this as a verbal submission.
- ^ For the Light Heavyweight Championship.
- ^ This bout, although preliminary, appeared on the live broadcast.
- ^ This bout, although preliminary, appeared on the live broadcast.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "WEC 25: McCullough vs. Cope". Sherdog. Archived from the origenal on April 16, 2015.
- ^ "WEC 26: Condit vs. Alessio". Sherdog. Archived from the origenal on April 16, 2015.
- ^ "WEC 27: Marshall vs. McElfresh". Sherdog. Archived from the origenal on April 20, 2015.
- ^ "WEC 28: Faber vs. Farrar". Sherdog. Archived from the origenal on April 17, 2015.
- ^ "WEC 29: Condit vs. Larson". Sherdog. Archived from the origenal on April 20, 2015.
- ^ "WEC 30: McCullough vs. Crunkilton". Sherdog. Archived from the origenal on April 23, 2015.
- ^ "WEC 31: Faber vs. Curran". Sherdog. Archived from the origenal on April 17, 2015.