2008 in WEC

World Extreme Cagefighting events 2008 in WEC Wec logo.jpg 176px February 13, 2008 December 3, 2008 6 61 11 2007 in WEC 2009 in WEC The year 2008 was the 8th year in the history of World Extreme Cagefighting, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. In 2008 WEC held 6 events beginning with, WEC 32: Condit vs. Prater. 2 Title fights Title fights in 2008 Welterweight Carlos Condit (c) def. Carlo Prater Submission (guillotine choke) 1 3:48 WEC 32: Condit vs. Prater For the Welterweight Championship. Lightweight Jamie Varner def. Rob McCullough (c) TKO (strikes) 3 2:54 WEC 32: Condit vs. Prater For the Lightweight Championship. Bantamweight Miguel Torres def. Chase Beebe (c) Submission (guillotine choke) 1 3:59 WEC 32: Condit vs. Prater For the Bantamweight Championship. Light Heavyweight Brian Stann def. Doug Marshall (c) KO (punches) 1 1:35 WEC 33: Marshall vs. Stann For the Light Heavyweight Championship. Featherweight Urijah Faber (c) def. Jens Pulver Decision (unanimous) (50-45, 50-44, 50-44) 5 5:00 WEC 34: Faber vs. Pulver For the Featherweight Championship. Bantamweight Miguel Torres (c) def. Yoshiro Maeda TKO (doctor stoppage) 3 5:00 WEC 34: Faber vs. Pulver For the Bantamweight Championship. Welterweight Carlos Condit (c) def. Hiromitsu Miura TKO (strikes) 4 4:43 WEC 35: Condit vs. Miura For the Welterweight Championship. Light Heavyweight Steve Cantwell def. Brian Stann (c) TKO (punches) 2 4:01 WEC 35: Condit vs. Miura For the Light Heavyweight Championship. Lightweight Jamie Varner (c) def. Marcus Hicks TKO (punches) 1 2:08 WEC 35: Condit vs. Miura For the Lightweight Championship. Featherweight Mike Brown def. Urijah Faber (c) TKO (punches) 1 2:23 WEC 36: Faber vs. Brown For the Featherweight Championship. Bantamweight Miguel Torres (c) def. Manny Tapia TKO (punches) 2 3:04 WEC 37: Torres vs. Tapia For the Bantamweight Championship. yes Events list List of WEC events No.EventDateVenueLocationAttendance 37 WEC 37: Torres vs. Tapia 2008 December 3 Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Las Vegas, Nevada 643 36 WEC 36: Faber vs. Brown 2008 November 5 Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood, Florida 5,227 35 WEC 35: Condit vs. Miura 2008 August 3 Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Las Vegas, Nevada 1,006 34 WEC 34: Faber vs. Pulver 2008 June 1 ARCO Arena Sacramento, California 12,682 33 WEC 33: Marshall vs. Stann 2008 March 26 Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Las Vegas, Nevada 32 WEC 32: Condit vs. Prater 2008 February 13 Santa Ana Star Center Rio Rancho, New Mexico 4,648 WEC 32: Condit vs. Prater WEC 32 WEC 32: Condit vs. PraterWEC 32: Condit vs. Prater Sherdog http://www.sherdog.com/events/WEC-32-Albuquerque-6233 https://web.archive.org/web/20150505041339/http://www.sherdog.com/events/WEC-32-Albuquerque-6233 May 5, 2015 live was an event held on February 13, 2008 at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. Results Main card Welterweight Carlos Condit (c) def. Carlo Prater Submission (guillotine choke) 1 3:48 For the Welterweight Championship. Lightweight Jamie Varner def Rob McCullough (c) TKO (strikes) 3 2:54 For the Lightweight Championship. Bantamweight Miguel Torres def Chase Beebe (c) Submission (guillotine choke) 1 3:59 For the Bantamweight Championship. Bantamweight Manny Tapia def Antonio Banuelos Decision (split) (28–29, 30–27, 29–28) 3 5:00 The fight was originally announced as a split draw, Banuelos being awarded the victory 29–28 on referee Cecil Peoples' scorecard, and the two others being 30–27 for Tapia and a 28–28 draw, though a scorecard error was realized, and corrected to the ultimate outcome of a split decision for Manny Tapia. Preliminary card no Featherweight Micah Miller def Chance Farrar TKO (punches) 1 1:39 Bantamweight Yoshiro Maeda def Charlie Valencia TKO (body kick) 1 2:29 Although preliminary, this bout aired on the live broadcast. Bantamweight Damacio Page def Scott Jorgensen Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00 Bantamweight Coty Wheeler def Del Hawkins Submission (flying armbar) 2 1:57 Featherweight Josh Grispi def Mark Hominick Submission (rear naked choke) 1 2:55 Featherweight Leonard Garcia def Hiroyuki Takaya TKO (punches) 1 1:31 Although preliminary, this bout aired on the live broadcast. yes WEC 33: Marshall vs. Stann WEC 33 WEC 33: Marshall vs. StannWEC 33: Marshall vs. Stann Sherdog http://www.sherdog.com/events/WEC-33-Back-To-Vegas-6706 https://web.archive.org/web/20150507021055/http://www.sherdog.com/events/WEC-33-Back-To-Vegas-6706 May 7, 2015 live was an event held on March 26, 2008 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Results Main card Light Heavyweight Brian Stann def. Doug Marshall (c) KO (punches) 1 1:35 For the Light Heavyweight Championship. Middleweight Chael Sonnen def Bryan Baker Decision (unanimous) (30-26, 30-25, 30-25) 3 5:00 Lightweight Marcus Hicks def Ed Ratcliff Submission (guillotine choke) 1 1:42 Light Heavyweight Steve Cantwell def Tim McKenzie Submission (rear-naked choke) 1 2:13 Preliminary card no Welterweight Hiromitsu Miura def Blas Avena KO (punches) 1 2:35 Welterweight Brock Larson def John Alessio Disqualification (illegal knee) 1 1:50 Lightweight Richard Crunkilton def Sergio Gomez Decision (unanimous) (30-26, 30-27, 29-28) 3 5:00 Welterweight Alex Serdyukov def Ryan Stonitsch Submission (triangle choke) 1 1:35 Bantamweight Chris Manuel vs. Kenji Osawa Draw (split) (28-29, 29-28, 28-28) 3 5:00 Middleweight Logan Clark def Steve Harper TKO (strikes) 1 4:37 yes WEC 34: Faber vs. Pulver WEC 34 WEC 34: Faber vs. PulverWEC 34: Faber vs. Pulver Sherdog http://www.sherdog.com/events/WEC-34-Sacramento-6995 https://web.archive.org/web/20150517041839/http://www.sherdog.com/events/WEC-34-Sacramento-6995 May 17, 2015 live was an event held on June 1, 2008 at ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California. Results Main card Featherweight Urijah Faber (c) def. Jens Pulver Decision (unanimous) (50-45, 50-44, 50-44) 5 5:00 For the Featherweight Championship. Bantamweight Miguel Torres (c) def. Yoshiro Maeda TKO (doctor stoppage) 3 5:00 For the Bantamweight Championship. Light Heavyweight Mark Muñoz def Chuck Grigsby KO (punches) 1 4:15 Lightweight Rob McCullough def Kenneth Alexander Decision (split) (30-27, 28-29, 30-27) 3 5:00 Preliminary card no Lightweight Donald Cerrone def Danny Castillo Submission (armbar) 1 1:30 Featherweight Mike Brown def Jeff Curran Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) 3 5:00 Bantamweight Will Ribeiro def Chase Beebe Decision (split) (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) 3 5:00 Middleweight Tim McKenzie def Jeremy Lang Submission (triangle choke) 3 0:40 Welterweight Alex Serdyukov def Luis Santos TKO (injury) 1 5:00 Featherweight José Aldo vs. Alexandre Franca Nogueira TKO (punches) 2 3:22 Bantamweight Dominick Cruz def Charlie Valencia Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) 3 5:00 yes WEC 35: Condit vs. Miura WEC 35 WEC 35: Condit vs. MiuraWEC 35: Condit vs. Miura Sherdog http://www.sherdog.com/events/WEC-35-World-Extreme-Cagefighting-35-7699 https://web.archive.org/web/20150420223503/http://www.sherdog.com/events/WEC-35-World-Extreme-Cagefighting-35-7699 April 20, 2015 live was an event held on August 3, 2008 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Results Main card Welterweight Carlos Condit (c) def. Hiromitsu Miura TKO (strikes) 4 4:43 For the Welterweight Championship. Light Heavyweight Steve Cantwell def. Brian Stann (c) TKO (punches) 2 4:01 For the Light Heavyweight Championship. Lightweight Jamie Varner (c) def. Marcus Hicks TKO (punches) 1 2:08 For the Lightweight Championship. Bantamweight Brian Bowles def Damacio Page Submission (guillotine choke) 1 3:30 Preliminary card no Welterweight Brock Larson def Carlo Prater TKO (punches) 1 0:37 Welterweight Blas Avena def Dave Terrel TKO (punches) 1 1:07 Featherweight Josh Grispi def Micah Miller TKO (strikes) 0 0:50 Lightweight Shane Roller def Todd Moore Submission (guillotine choke) 1 3:00 Lightweight Mike Budnik vs. Greg McIntyre Submission (triangle choke) 3 3:21 Bantamweight Scott Jorgensen def Kenji Osawa Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) 3 5:00 yes WEC 36: Faber vs. Brown WEC 36 WEC 36: Faber vs. BrownWEC 36: Faber vs. Brown Sherdog http://www.sherdog.com/events/WEC-36-Faber-vs-Brown-7810 https://web.archive.org/web/20150612134033/http://www.sherdog.com/events/WEC-36-Faber-vs-Brown-7810 June 12, 2015 live was an event held on November 5, 2008 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Results Main card Featherweight Mike Brown def. Urijah Faber (c) TKO (punches) 1 2:23 For the Featherweight Championship. Catchweight (189 lb) Chael Sonnen def Paulo Filho Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) 3 5:00 Filho was supposed to defend the Middleweight Championship, but missed weight by four pounds, forcing the bout to be a non-title catchweight bout. Featherweight Leonard Garcia def Jens Pulver TKO (punches) 1 1:12 Middleweight Jake Rosholt def Nissen Osterneck TKO (punches) 2 3:48 Preliminary card no Lightweight Donald Cerrone def Rob McCullough Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 29-28, 29-27) 3 5:00 Middleweight Aaron Simpson def David Avellan KO (punch) 1 0:18 Featherweight José Aldo def Jonathan Brookins TKO (strikes) 3 0:45 Light Heavyweight Carmelo Marrero def Steve Steinbeiss Decision (split) (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) 1 3:00 Lightweight Danny Castillo vs. Rafael Dias TKO (punches) 2 2:54 Catchweight (137 lb) Rani Yahya def Yoshiro Maeda Submission (guillotine choke) 1 3:30 yes WEC 37: Torres vs. Tapia WEC 37 WEC 37: Torres vs. TapiaWEC 37: Torres vs. Tapia Sherdog http://www.sherdog.com/events/WEC-37-Torres-vs-Tapia-8814 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402114729/http://www.sherdog.com/events/WEC-37-Torres-vs-Tapia-8814 April 2, 2015 live was an event held on December 3, 2008 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Results Main card Bantamweight Miguel Torres (c) def. Manny Tapia TKO (punches) 2 3:04 For the Bantamweight Championship. Featherweight Wagnney Fabiano def Akitoshi Tamura Submission (arm-triangle choke) 3 4:48 Bantamweight Brian Bowles def Will Ribeiro Submission (guillotine choke) 3 1:11 Bantamweight Joseph Benavidez def Danny Martinez Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00 Preliminary card no Welterweight Johny Hendricks def Justin Haskins TKO (strikes) 2 0:43 Light Heavyweight Mark Muñoz def Ricardo Barros TKO (strikes) 1 2:26 Featherweight Diego Nunes def Cole Province Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) 3 5:00 Lightweight Bart Palaszewski def Alex Karalexis TKO (punches) 2 1:11 Featherweight Cub Swanson def Hiroyuki Takaya Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) 3 5:00 Lightweight Shane Roller def Mike Budnik Submission (guillotine choke) 1 1:01 yes See also World Extreme Cagefighting List of World Extreme Cagefighting champions List of WEC events References Category:World Extreme Cagefighting by year Category:2008 in mixed martial arts