WEC 31
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| Promotion | World Extreme Cagefighting | |||
| Date | December 12, 2007 | |||
| Venue | Hard Rock Hotel and Casino | |||
| City | Las Vegas, Nevada | |||
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WEC 31: Faber vs. Curran was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC). The event took place on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada and was aired live on the Versus Network.
The main event featured a featherweight title match between champion Urijah Faber and challenger Jeff Curran.[1] The card also featured Doug Marshall defending his light heavyweight championship against Ariel Gandulla and Paulo Filho defending his middleweight championship against Chael Sonnen.
The event drew an estimated 629,000 viewers on Versus.[2]
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[edit] Results
[edit] Preliminary card
- Bantamweight bout:
Charlie Valencia vs. Ian McCall
Valencia defeated McCall via submission (guillotine choke) at 3:19 of Round 1. This bout, although preliminary, appeared on the live broadcast.
- Bantamweight bout: Brian Bowles vs
Marcos Galvao
Bowles defeated Galvao via KO (punch) at 2:09 of Round 2. This bout, although preliminary, appeared on the live broadcast.
- Lightweight bout: Alex Karalexis vs. Ed Ratcliff
Ratcliff defeated Karalexis via TKO (strikes) at 1:26 of Round 2.
- Middleweight bout: Bryan Baker vs. Eric Schambari
Baker defeated Schambari via split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28).
- Welterweight bout: Todd Moore vs. John Alessio
Alessio defeated Moore via unanimous decision(30–27, 30–27, 29–28).
[edit] Main card
- Featherweight bout: Jens Pulver vs. Cub Swanson
Pulver defeated Swanson via submission (anaconda choke) at 0:35 of round 1.
Marshall defeated Gandulla via submission (armbar) at 0:55 of round 1 to retain the WEC Light Heavyweight Championship.
Filho defeated Sonnen via submission (armbar) at 4:55 of round 2 to retain the WEC 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.
Faber defeated Curran via submission (guillotine choke) at 4:34 of round 2 to retain the WEC Featherweight Championship.
[edit] Reported Payouts
The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Nevada State Athletic Commission. It does not include sponsor money or "locker room" bonuses often given by the WEC.
- Urijah Faber: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus) def. Jeff Curran: $10,000
- Paulo Filho: $56,000 ($28,000 win bonus) def. Chael Sonnen: $25,000
- Doug Marshall: $10,000 ($5,000 win bonus) def. Ariel Gandulla: $4,000
- Jens Pulver: $60,000 ($30,000 win bonus) def. Cub Swanson: $5,000
- John Alessio: $26,000 ($13,000 win bonus) def. Todd Moore: $4,000
- Charles Valencia: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus) def. Ian McCall: $3,000
- Bryan Baker: $8,000 ($4,000 win bonus) def. Eric Schambari: $5,000
- Ed Ratcliff: $8,000 ($4,000 win bonus) def. Alex Karalexis: $8,000
- Brian Bowles: $6,000 ($3,000 win bonus) def. Marcos Galvao: $5,000
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