WEC 38

WEC 38: Varner vs. Cerrone
Information
Promotion	World Extreme Cagefighting
Date	January 25, 2009
Venue	San Diego Sports Arena
City	San Diego, California
Attendance	10,201
Total gate	$486,324
Event chronology
WEC 37: Torres vs. Tapia WEC 38: Varner vs. Cerrone WEC 39: Brown vs. Garcia

WEC 38: Varner vs. Cerrone was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting on January 25, 2009. It aired live on the Versus Network.

In the main event WEC Lightweight Champion Jamie Varner defended his title against number one contender and undefeated Donald Cerrone. Also featured on the card was a rematch between former WEC Featherweight Champion Urijah Faber and Jens Pulver.

The event drew an estimated 702,000 viewers on Versus.

Results

Preliminary card

• Bantamweight bout: Charlie Valencia vs. Seth Dikun

Valencia defeated Dikun via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)

• Welterweight bout: Blas Avena vs. Jesse Lennox

Lennox defeated Avena via KO (strikes) at 0:41 of round 2.

• Bantamweight bout: Scott Jorgensen vs. Frank Gomez

Jorgensen defeated Gomez via submission (guillotine choke) at 1:09 of round 1. This bout aired on the live broadcast.

• Bantamweight bout: Dominick Cruz vs. Ian McCall

Cruz defeated McCall via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)

• Welterweight bout: Hiromitsu Miura vs. Edgar Garcia

Garcia defeated Miura via KO (punches) at 1:18 of round 1.

• Lightweight bout: Ben Henderson vs. Anthony Njokuani

Henderson defeated Njokuani via submission (guillotine choke) at 0:42 of round 2.

Main card

• Featherweight bout: José Aldo vs. Rolando Perez

Aldo defeated Perez via TKO (strikes) at 4:15 of round 1. Aldo then leaped out of the cage, ran into the stands and began celebrating with the San Diego crowd. He has since been warned against this.

• Welterweight bout: Danillo Villefort vs. Mike Campbell

Villefort defeated Campbell via TKO (punches) at 3:53 of round 1.

• Featherweight bout: Urijah Faber vs. Jens Pulver

Faber defeated Pulver via submission (guillotine choke) at 1:34 of round 1.

• Lightweight Championship bout: Jamie Varner (c) vs. Donald Cerrone

Varner defeated Cerrone by technical split decision (49–46, 47–48, 49–46) to retain the WEC Lightweight title. Cerrone landed an illegal knee to the head of Varner while he was on the ground. Since Varner was unable to continue, the bout went to the scorecards.

Bonus Awards

Fighters were awarded $7,500 bonuses.

• Fight of the Night: Jamie Varner vs. Donald Cerrone
• Knockout of the Night: José Aldo
• Submission of the Night: Urijah Faber

Reported Payouts

The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the California State Athletic Commission. It does not include sponsor money or "locker room" bonuses often given by the WEC and also do not include the WEC's traditional "fight night" bonuses.

• Jamie Varner: $34,000 (includes $17,000 win bonus) def. Donald Cerrone: $9,000
• Urijah Faber: $48,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus) def. Jens Pulver: $35,000
• Danillo Villefort: $8,000 (includes $4,000 win bonus) def. Mike Campbell: $3,000
• José Aldo: $10,000 (incudes $5,000 win bonus) def. Rolando Perez: $3,000
• Benson Henderson: $5,000 (includes $2,000 win bonus) def. Anthony Njokuani: $2,000
• Edgar Garcia: $6,000 (includes $3,000 win bonus) def. Hiromitsu Miura: $6,000
• Dominick Cruz: $8,000 (includes $4,000 win bonus) def. Ian McCall: $3,000
• Scott Jorgensen: $8,000 ($includes $4,000 win bonus) def. Frank Gomez: $2,000
• Jesse Lennox: $4,000 (includes $2,000 win bonus) def. Blas Avena: $7,000
• Charlie Valencia: $14,000 (includes $7,000 win bonus) def. Seth Dikun: $2,000

See also

• List of WEC Events

External links

• Official WEC website