WEC 36
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| Promotion | World Extreme Cagefighting | |||
| Date | November 5, 2008 | |||
| Venue | Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino | |||
| City | Hollywood, Florida | |||
| Attendance | 5,227[1] | |||
| Total gate | $563,578[1] | |||
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WEC 36: Faber vs. Brown was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting that took place on November 5, 2008 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida. The event aired live on the Versus Network.
WEC Middleweight Champion Paulo Filho fought Chael Sonnen in the co-main event of the evening in a rematch of their WEC 31 title fight, where Filho won via a controversial submission. The rematch was also supposed to be a title bout, but became a non-title fight after Filho failed to make weight. After losing the fight (but not the title) to Sonnen, Filho pledged to mail the belt to Sonnen[2], but the division was absorbed into the UFC on December 3rd, before future plans for the title could be determined, making this the last middleweight fight in WEC history.
WEC Featherweight Champion Urijah Faber also put his belt on the line against Mike Brown. The event was originally scheduled for September 10, 2008 but was postponed due to the threat of Hurricane Ike. [1]
The event drew an estimated 497,000 viewers on Versus.[3]
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[edit] Results
[edit] Preliminary card
- Catchweight (137 lb) bout:
Yoshiro Maeda vs. 
Rani Yahya
- Yahya defeated Maeda via submission (guillotine choke) at 3:30 of round 1.
- Lightweight bout: Rafael Dias vs.
Danny Castillo
- Castillo defeated Dias via TKO (strikes) at 2:54 of round 2.
- Light Heavyweight bout: Carmelo Marrero vs. Steve Steinbeiss
- Marrero defeated Steinbeiss via split decision (29–28, 29–28, 28–29)
- Featherweight bout: José Aldo vs. Jonathan Brookins
- Aldo defeated Brookins via TKO (strikes) at 0:45 of round 3.
- Middleweight bout: David Avellan vs. Aaron Simpson
- Simpson defeated Avellan via KO (punch) at 0:18 of round 1. This bout aired on the live broadcast.
- Lightweight bout: Rob McCullough vs. Donald Cerrone
- Cerrone defeated McCullough via unanimous decision (30–27, 29–28, 29–27).
[edit] Main card
- Middleweight bout: Jake Rosholt vs. Nissen Osterneck
- Rosholt defeated Osterneck via TKO (punches) at 3:48 of round 2.
- Featherweight bout: Jens Pulver vs. Leonard Garcia
- Garcia defeated Pulver via TKO (punches) at 1:12 of round 1.
- Catchweight (189 lb) bout: Paulo Filho vs. Chael Sonnen
- Sonnen defeated Filho via unanimous decision. (30–27, 30–27, 30–27). Filho was supposed to defend his Middleweight Championship belt, but missed weight by four pounds, forcing the bout to be a non-title catchweight bout.
- Featherweight Championship bout: Urijah Faber (c) vs. Mike Brown
- Brown defeated Faber via TKO (punches) at 2:23 of round 1 to become the new WEC Featherweight champion.
[edit] Bonus Awards
Fighters were awarded $7,500 bonuses.[4]
- Fight of the Night: Donald Cerrone vs. Rob McCullough
- Knockout of the Night: Mike Brown and Leonard Garcia
- Submission of the Night: Rani Yahya[5]
[edit] Reported Payouts
The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Florida State Athletic Commission. It does not include sponsor money or "locker room" bonuses often given by the WEC.[6]
- Mike Brown: $18,000 (includes $9,000 win bonus) def. Urijah Faber: $14,000
- Chael Sonnen: $48,250 ($19,000 win bonus) def. Paulo Filho: $30,750 ^
- Leonard Garcia: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus) def. Jens Pulver: $33,000
- Jake Rosholt: $22,000 ($11,000 win bonus) def. Nissen Osterneck: $4,000
- Donald Cerrone: $14,000 ($7,000 win bonus) def. Rob McCullough: $18,000
- Aaron Simpson: $10,000 ($5,000 win bonus) def. David Avellan: $3,000
- Jose Aldo: $8,000 ($4,000 win bonus) def. Jonathan Brookins: $3,000
- Carmelo Marrero: $8,000 ($4,000 win bonus) def. Steve Steinbeiss: $6,000
- Danny Castillo: $6,000 ($3,000 win bonus) def. Rafael Dias: $3,000
- Rani Yayha: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus) def. Yoshiro Maeda: $6,000
^ Filho was forced to surrender 25 percent of his base pay to Sonnen after failing to make weight for the fight.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ a b "WEC 36 "Faber vs. Brown" a success at the gate". mmaweekly.com. November 6, 2008. http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=7511.
- ^ Filho to Give Up WEC Belt. Fighters.com. Retrieved on 2011-08-24.
- ^ http://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/wec-36-faber-vs-brown
- ^ "WEC 36 FIGHTER SALARIES AND AWARD BONUSES". mmaweekly.com. 2008-11-07. http://mmaweekly.com/wec-36-fighter-salaries-and-award-bonuses-3.
- ^ http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=7511&zoneid=13
- ^ "WEC 36 fighter salaries and award bonuses". mmaweekly.com. http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=7521&zoneid=1. Retrieved November 7, 2008.
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