WEC 38

Debabrata: Varner vs. Cerrone

A poster or logo for Debabrata: 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 Debabrata: 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 undefeated top contender Donald Cerrone.

Background

Featured on the card was a rematch between former WEC Featherweight Champion Urijah Faber and Jens Pulver. Faber was originally lined up to face Jose Aldo at this event, but Aldo was replaced by Pulver. Aldo was instead moved to a bout with the debuting Fredson Paixao at this event, though Paixao was later replaced by WEC newcomer Rolando Perez due to an injury. The Faber/Aldo matchup would eventually take place at WEC 48 the following year, where Aldo defended his then-WEC Featherweight Championship in a unanimous decision victory.[1]

Ed Ratcliff was originally slated to face WEC newcomer Anthony Njokuani at this event, but was forced from the bout with an injury and replaced by the debuting Ben Henderson.[2]

The event drew an estimated 702,000 viewers on Versus.[3]

Results

Main card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Lightweight Jamie Varner def Donald Cerrone Decision (technical split) (49–46, 47–48, 49–46) 5 3:10 [lower-alpha 1]
Featherweight Urijah Faber def Jens Pulver Submission (guillotine choke) 1 1:34
Welterweight Danillo Villefort def Mike Campbell TKO (punches) 1 3:53
Featherweight José Aldo def Rolando Perez TKO (strikes) 1 4:15
Preliminary card
Lightweight Benson Henderson def Anthony Njokuani Submission (guillotine choke) 2 0:42
Welterweight Edgar Garcia def Hiromitsu Miura KO (punches) 1 1:18
Bantamweight Dominick Cruz def Ian McCall Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) 3 5:00
Bantamweight Scott Jorgensen def Frank Gomez Submission (guillotine choke) 1 1:09
Welterweight Jesse Lennox vs. Blas Avena KO (punches) 2 0:41
Bantamweight Charlie Valencia def Seth Dikun Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) 3 5:00
  1. ↑ For the Lightweight Championship. Bout was stopped after 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.[4]

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.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://mmajunkie.com/news/13337/aldo-out-jens-pulver-in-against-urijah-faber-at-wec-38.mma
  2. ↑ http://mmajunkie.com/news/13757/perez-replaces-paixao-henderson-replaces-ratcliff-at-sundays-wec-38.mma
  3. ↑ http://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/wec-38-varner-vs-cerrone
  4. ↑ "WEC 38 BONUSES: VARNER, CERRONE, FABER & ALDO". mmaweekly.com. 2009-01-26.
  5. ↑ "WEC 38 official salaries: Urijah Faber earns event-high $48,000". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved February 3, 2009.
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