2007 in WEC

The year 2007 was the 7th year in the history of World Extreme Cagefighting, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. In 2007 WEC held 7 events beginning with, WEC 25: McCullough vs. Cope.

2007 in WEC
Information
First date	January 20, 2007
Last date	December 12, 2007
Events
Total events	7
Fights
Total fights	65
Title fights	14
Chronology
2006 in WEC 2007 in WEC 2008 in WEC

Title fights

Title fights in 2007
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Event	Notes
Lightweight	Rob McCullough	def	Kit Cope	Submission (punches)	1	2:52	WEC 25: McCullough vs. Cope	[a]
Featherweight	Urijah Faber (c)	def	Joe Pearson	Submission (strikes)	1	2:31	WEC 25: McCullough vs. Cope	[b]
Welterweight	Carlos Condit	def	John Alessio	Technical Submission (rear naked choke)	2	4:59	WEC 26: Condit vs. Alessio	[c]
Featherweight	Urijah Faber (c)	def	Dominick Cruz	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	1:38	WEC 26: Condit vs. Alessio	[d]
Bantamweight	Chase Beebe	def	Eddie Wineland (c)	Decision (unanimous) (48-47, 48-46, 48-46)	5	5:00	WEC 26: Condit vs. Alessio	[e]
Light Heavyweight	Doug Marshall (c)	def	Justin McElfresh	KO (punches)	1	2:16	WEC 27: Marshall vs. McElfresh	[f]
Featherweight	Urijah Faber (c)	def	Chance Farrar	Submission (rear naked choke)	1	3:19	WEC 28: Faber vs. Farrar	[g]
Welterweight	Carlos Condit (c)	def	Brock Larson	Submission (armbar)	1	2:21	WEC 29: Condit vs. Larson	[h]
Middleweight	Paulo Filho	def	Joe Doerksen	TKO (strikes)	1	4:07	WEC 29: Condit vs. Larson	[i]
Lightweight	Rob McCullough (c)	def	Richard Crunkilton	TKO (strikes)	1	1:29	WEC 30: McCullough vs. Crunkilton	[j]
Bantamweight	Chase Beebe (c)	def	Rani Yahya	Decision (unanimous) (49-46, 49-46, 49-45)	5	5:00	WEC 30: McCullough vs. Crunkilton	[k]
Featherweight	Urijah Faber (c)	def	Jeff Curran	Submission (guillotine choke)	2	4:34	WEC 31: Faber vs. Curran	[l]
Middleweight	Paulo Filho (c)	def	Chael Sonnen	Submission (armbar)	2	4:55	WEC 31: Faber vs. Curran	[m]
Light Heavyweight	Doug Marshall (c)	def	Ariel Gandulla	Submission (armbar)	1	0:55	WEC 31: Faber vs. Curran	[n]

1. For the Lightweight Championship.
2. For the Featherweight Championship.
3. For the Welterweight Championship.
4. For the Featherweight Championship.
5. For the Bantamweight Championship.
6. For the Light Heavyweight Championship.
7. For the Featherweight Championship.
8. For the Welterweight Championship.
9. For the Middleweight Championship.
10. For the Lightweight championship.
11. For the Bantamweight championship.
12. For the Featherweight Championship.
13. For the Middleweight Championship. Filho's victory was controversial because Sonnen did not appear to tap out, but yelled while the armbar was placed, and the referee took this as a verbal submission.
14. For the Light Heavyweight Championship.

Events list

Main article: List of WEC events

No.	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
31	WEC 31: Faber vs. Curran	December 12, 2007	Hard Rock Hotel and Casino	Las Vegas, Nevada
30	WEC 30: McCullough vs. Crunkilton	September 5, 2007	Hard Rock Hotel and Casino	Las Vegas, Nevada
29	WEC 29: Condit vs. Larson	August 5, 2007	Hard Rock Hotel and Casino	Las Vegas, Nevada
28	WEC 28: Faber vs. Farrar	June 3, 2007	Hard Rock Hotel and Casino	Las Vegas, Nevada
27	WEC 27: Marshall vs. McElfresh	May 12, 2007	Hard Rock Hotel and Casino	Las Vegas, Nevada
26	WEC 26: Condit vs. Alessio	March 24, 2007	Hard Rock Hotel and Casino	Las Vegas, Nevada	1,819
25	WEC 25: McCullough vs. Cope	January 20, 2007	Hard Rock Hotel and Casino	Las Vegas, Nevada

WEC 25: McCullough vs. Cope

Main article: WEC 25

WEC 25: McCullough vs. Cope^[1] was an event held on January 20, 2007, at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight	Rob McCullough	def	Kit Cope	TKO (Submission to punches)	1	2:52	[a]
Featherweight	Urijah Faber (c)	def	Joe Pearson	TKO (Submission to strikes)	1	2:31	[b]
Welterweight	John Alessio	def	Brian Gassaway	Submission (rear naked choke)	1	4:50
Middleweight	Logan Clark	def	Blas Avena	TKO (elbows)	3	4:23
Preliminary card
Middleweight	Brendan Seguin	def	Fernando Gonzalez	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00
Welterweight	Alex Karalexis	def	Olaf Alfonso	TKO (punches)	2	3:53
Welterweight	Carlos Condit	def	Kyle Jensen	Submission (rear naked choke)	1	2:10
Bantamweight	Antonio Banuelos	def	Mike French	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Richard Crunkilton	def	Mike Joy	Submission (anaconda choke)	3	4:23

1. For the Lightweight Championship.
2. For the Featherweight Championship.

WEC 26: Condit vs. Alessio

WEC 26: Condit vs. Alessio
Promotion	World Extreme Cagefighting
Date	March 24, 2007
Venue	Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
City	Las Vegas, Nevada
Event chronology
WEC 25 WEC 26: Condit vs. Alessio WEC 27

WEC 26: Condit vs. Alessio^[2] was an event held on March 24, 2007, at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Welterweight	Carlos Condit	def	John Alessio	Submission (rear naked choke)	2	4:59	[a]
Featherweight	Urijah Faber (c)	def	Dominick Cruz	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	1:38	[b]
Bantamweight	Chase Beebe	def	Eddie Wineland (c)	Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–46, 48–46)	5	5:00	[c]
Welterweight	Brock Larson	def	Erik Apple	Submission (kimura)	1	3:43
Preliminary card
Welterweight	Dave Terrel	def	Tiki Ghosn	TKO (strikes)	2	1:46
Featherweight	Cub Swanson	def	Tommy Lee	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	3:17
Bantamweight	Charlie Valencia	def	Antonio Banuelos	KO (punch)	1	3:12
Welterweight	Alex Serdyukov	def	Scott Norton	Submission (guillotine choke)	2	0:57
Featherweight	Micah Miller	def	Jesse Moreng	Submission (triangle choke)	3	3:29
Light Heavyweight	Brian Stann	def	Steve Cantwell	TKO (strikes)	1	0:41

1. For the vacant WEC Welterweight Championship.
2. For the WEC Featherweight Championship.
3. For the WEC Bantamweight Championship.

WEC 27: Marshall vs. McElfresh

Main article: WEC 27

WEC 27: Marshall vs. McElfresh^[3] was an event held on May 12, 2007, at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Light Heavyweight	Doug Marshall (c)	def	Justin McElfresh	KO (punches)	1	2:16	[a]
Middleweight	Jason Miller	def	Hiromitsu Miura	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Light Heavyweight	Ariel Gandulla	def	Gary Padilla	Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Sherron Leggett	def	Charlie Kohler	TKO (strikes)	2	2:25
Preliminary card
Lightweight	Marcus Hicks	def	Sergio Gomez	Submission (guillotine choke)	2	3:20
Welterweight	Tom Speer	def	Sidney Silva	KO (punches)	1	4:33
Featherweight	Manny Tapia	def	Brandon Foxworth	TKO (strikes)	2	3:17
Welterweight	Ed Ratcliff	def	Johnny Sampaio	TKO (knee injury)	1	1:31
Middleweight	Eric Schambari	def	Art Santore	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00

1. For the Light Heavyweight Championship.

WEC 28: Faber vs. Farrar

Main article: WEC 28

WEC 28: Faber vs. Farrar^[4] was an event held on June 3, 2007, at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Featherweight	Urijah Faber (c)	def	Chance Farrar	Submission (rear naked choke)	1	3:19	[a]
Featherweight	Rani Yahya	def	Mark Hominick	Submission (rear naked choke)	1	1:19
Lightweight	Alex Karalexis	def	Josh Smith	Decision (majority) (28–28, 29–27, 29–27)	3	5:00
Light Heavyweight	Brian Stann	def	Craig Zellner	TKO (punches)	1	4:57
Preliminary card
Welterweight	Brock Larson	def	Kevin Knabjian	TKO (punches)	1	0:27	[b]
Welterweight	John Alessio	def	Alex Serdyukov	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	1:17	[c]
Featherweight	Cub Swanson	def	Micah Miller	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Bantamweight	Brian Bowles	def	Charlie Valencia	Submission (rear naked choke)	2	2:50
Featherweight	Jeff Bedard	def	Mike French	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00

1. For the Featherweight Championship.
2. Although preliminary, this bout aired on the live broadcast.
3. Although preliminary, this bout aired on the live broadcast.

WEC 29: Condit vs. Larson

Main article: WEC 29

WEC 29: Condit vs. Larson^[5] was an event held on August 5, 2007, at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Welterweight	Carlos Condit (c)	def	Brock Larson	Submission (armbar)	1	2:21	[a]
Middleweight	Paulo Filho	def	Joe Doerksen	TKO (strikes)	1	4:07	[b]
Featherweight	Jeff Curran	def	Stephen Ledbetter	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Jamie Varner	def	Sherron Leggett	TKO (strikes)	1	4:08
Preliminary card
Middleweight	Hiromitsu Miura	def	Fernando Gonzalez	TKO (strikes)	2	3:35
Bantamweight	Antonio Banuelos	def	Justin Robbins	Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Middleweight	Eric Schambari	def	Logan Clark	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Light Heavyweight	Steve Cantwell	def	Justin McElfresh	TKO (strikes)	1	0:47
Welterweight	Blas Avena	def	Tiki Ghosn	Submission (rear naked choke)	1	1:01	[c]

1. For the Welterweight Championship.
2. For the Middleweight Championship.
3. Although preliminary, this bout aired on the live broadcast.

WEC 30: McCullough vs. Crunkilton

Main article: WEC 30

WEC 30: McCullough vs. Crunkilton^[6] was an event held on September 5, 2007, at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight	Rob McCullough (c)	def	Richard Crunkilton	TKO (strikes)	1	1:29	[a]
Bantamweight	Chase Beebe (c)	def	Rani Yahya	Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 49–45)	5	5:00	[b]
Light Heavyweight	Brian Stann	def	Jeremiah Billington	TKO (strikes)	1	3:07
Bantamweight	Miguel Torres	def	Jeff Bedard	Submission (triangle choke)	1	2:30
Preliminary card
Welterweight	John Alessio	def	Marcelo Brito	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Marcus Hicks	def	Scott McAfee	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	2:13
Middleweight	Bryan Baker	def	Jesse Forbes	TKO (strikes)	1	4:15	[c]
Lightweight	Donald Cerrone	def	Kenneth Alexander	Submission (triangle neck crank)	1	0:56	[d]
Welterweight	Blas Avena	def	Joe Benoit	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	0:29	[e]
Bantamweight	Ian McCall	def	Coty Wheeler	TKO (strikes)	1	4:43

1. For the Lightweight championship.
2. For the Bantamweight championship.
3. Although preliminary, this bout aired on the live broadcast.
4. This was later overturned after Cerrone tested positive for a banned substance.
5. Although preliminary, this bout aired on the live broadcast.

WEC 31: Faber vs. Curran

Main article: WEC 31

WEC 31: Faber vs. Curran^[7] was an event held on December 12, 2007, at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Featherweight	Urijah Faber (c)	def	Jeff Curran	Submission (guillotine choke)	2	4:34	[a]
Middleweight	Paulo Filho (c)	def	Chael Sonnen	Submission (armbar)	2	4:55	[b]
Light Heavyweight	Doug Marshall (c)	def	Ariel Gandulla	Submission (armbar)	1	0:55	[c]
Featherweight	Jens Pulver	def	Cub Swanson	Submission (anaconda choke)	1	0:35
Preliminary card
Welterweight	John Alessio	def	Todd Moore	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)	3	5:00
Middleweight	Bryan Baker	def	Eric Schambari	Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Ed Ratcliff	def	Alex Karalexis	TKO (strikes)	2	1:26
Bantamweight	Brian Bowles	def	Marcos Galvao	KO (punch)	2	2:09	[d]
Bantamweight	Charlie Valencia	def	Ian McCall	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	3:19	[e]

1. For the Featherweight Championship.
2. For the Middleweight Championship. Filho's victory was controversial because Sonnen did not appear to tap out, but yelled while the armbar was placed, and the referee took this as a verbal submission.
3. For the Light Heavyweight Championship.
4. This bout, although preliminary, appeared on the live broadcast.
5. This bout, although preliminary, appeared on the live broadcast.

See also

• World Extreme Cagefighting
• List of World Extreme Cagefighting champions
• List of WEC events