WEC 31

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WEC 31
Details
Promotion World Extreme Cagefighting
Date December 12, 2007
Venue Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
City Las Vegas, Nevada
Event chronology
WEC 30 WEC 31 WEC 32

WEC 31 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.

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[edit] Fights

[edit] *Bantamweight bout: Flag of the United StatesBrian Bowles vs Flag of BrazilMarcos Galvao

Bowles defeats Galvao via TKO (strikes) at 2:09 of round 2

[edit] *Bantamweight bout: Flag of the United StatesCharlie Valencia vs. Flag of the United StatesIan McCall

Valencia defeats McCall via Submission (Guillotine Choke) at 3:19 of round 1.

[edit] *Lightweight bout: Flag of the United StatesAlex Karalexis vs. Flag of the United StatesEd Ratcliff

Ratcliff defeats Karalexis via TKO (strikes) at 1:26 of round 2.

[edit] *Middleweight bout: Flag of the United StatesBryan Baker vs. Flag of the United StatesEric Schambari

Baker defeats Schambari via split decision.

[edit] *Welterweight bout: Flag of the United StatesTodd Moore vs. Flag of the United StatesJohn Alessio

Alessio defeats Moore via unanimous decision.

[edit] *Featherweight bout: Flag of the United StatesJens Pulver vs. Flag of the United StatesCub Swanson

Pulver defeats Swanson via Submission (Anaconda Choke) at 0:35 of round 1. This fight was Pulver's WEC debut.

[edit] *Light Heavyweight championship bout: Flag of the United StatesDoug Marshall (champion) vs. Flag of CubaAriel Gandulla

Marshall defeats Gandulla via Submission (Armbar) at 0:55 of round 1 to retain his title.

[edit] *Middleweight championship bout: Flag of BrazilPaulo Filho (champion) vs. Flag of the United StatesChael Sonnen

Filho defeats Sonnen via Referee Stoppage (Armbar) at 4:55 of round 2 to retain his title. Filho's victory was controversial because Sonnen did not appear to tap out, but he yelled while the armbar was placed, and the referee took this as a verbal submission.

[edit] *Featherweight championship bout: Flag of the United StatesUrijah Faber (champion) vs. Flag of the United StatesJeff Curran

Faber defeats Curran via Submission (Guillotine Choke) at 4:34 of round 2 to retain his title.

[edit] Purses

The disclosed fighter payroll for WEC 31 was $295,000. [2] The individual payouts are listed below. Purse amounts were provided by www.mmanews.com, and includes the payment amounts for show and win. The figures do not include sponsor payments, fees, taxes, or special award bonuses

  • Jens Pulver ($60,000) def. Cub Swanson ($5,000)
  • Urijah Faber ($40,000) def. Jeff Curran ($10,000)
  • Paulo Filho ($56,000) def. Chael Sonnen ($25,000)
  • Doug Marshall ($10,000) def. Ariel Gandulla ($4,000)
  • John Alessio ($26,000) def. Todd Moore ($4,000)
  • Charles Valencia ($12,000) def. Ian McCall ($3,000)
  • Bryan Baker ($8,000) def. Eric Schambari ($5,000)
  • Ed Ratcliff ($8,000) def. Alex Karalexis ($8,000)
  • Brian Bowles ($6,000) def. Marcos Galvao ($5,000)

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ WEC 31 Fight Card.
  2. ^ "FIGHTER SALARY BREAKDOWN FOR WEC 31", www.mmanews.com, 2008-02-13. Retrieved on 2008-02-21]].