2008 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.

2008 in WEC
Information
First date	February 13, 2008
Last date	December 3, 2008
Events
Total events	6
Fights
Total fights	61
Title fights	11
Chronology
2007 in WEC 2008 in WEC 2009 in WEC

Title fights

Title fights in 2008
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Event	Notes
Welterweight	Carlos Condit (c)	def.	Carlo Prater	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	3:48	WEC 32: Condit vs. Prater	[a]
Lightweight	Jamie Varner	def.	Rob McCullough (c)	TKO (strikes)	3	2:54	WEC 32: Condit vs. Prater	[b]
Bantamweight	Miguel Torres	def.	Chase Beebe (c)	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	3:59	WEC 32: Condit vs. Prater	[c]
Light Heavyweight	Brian Stann	def.	Doug Marshall (c)	KO (punches)	1	1:35	WEC 33: Marshall vs. Stann	[d]
Featherweight	Urijah Faber (c)	def.	Jens Pulver	Decision (unanimous) (50-45, 50-44, 50-44)	5	5:00	WEC 34: Faber vs. Pulver	[e]
Bantamweight	Miguel Torres (c)	def.	Yoshiro Maeda	TKO (doctor stoppage)	3	5:00	WEC 34: Faber vs. Pulver	[f]
Welterweight	Carlos Condit (c)	def.	Hiromitsu Miura	TKO (strikes)	4	4:43	WEC 35: Condit vs. Miura	[g]
Light Heavyweight	Steve Cantwell	def.	Brian Stann (c)	TKO (punches)	2	4:01	WEC 35: Condit vs. Miura	[h]
Lightweight	Jamie Varner (c)	def.	Marcus Hicks	TKO (punches)	1	2:08	WEC 35: Condit vs. Miura	[i]
Featherweight	Mike Brown	def.	Urijah Faber (c)	TKO (punches)	1	2:23	WEC 36: Faber vs. Brown	[j]
Bantamweight	Miguel Torres (c)	def.	Manny Tapia	TKO (punches)	2	3:04	WEC 37: Torres vs. Tapia	[k]

1. For the Welterweight Championship.
2. For the Lightweight Championship.
3. For the Bantamweight Championship.
4. For the Light Heavyweight Championship.
5. For the Featherweight Championship.
6. For the Bantamweight Championship.
7. For the Welterweight Championship.
8. For the Light Heavyweight Championship.
9. For the Lightweight Championship.
10. For the Featherweight Championship.
11. For the Bantamweight Championship.

Events list

Main article: List of WEC events

No.	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
37	WEC 37: Torres vs. Tapia	December 3, 2008	Hard Rock Hotel and Casino	Las Vegas, Nevada	643
36	WEC 36: Faber vs. Brown	November 5, 2008	Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino	Hollywood, Florida	5,227
35	WEC 35: Condit vs. Miura	August 3, 2008	Hard Rock Hotel and Casino	Las Vegas, Nevada	1,006
34	WEC 34: Faber vs. Pulver	June 1, 2008	ARCO Arena	Sacramento, California	12,682
33	WEC 33: Marshall vs. Stann	March 26, 2008	Hard Rock Hotel and Casino	Las Vegas, Nevada
32	WEC 32: Condit vs. Prater	February 13, 2008	Santa Ana Star Center	Rio Rancho, New Mexico	4,648

WEC 32: Condit vs. Prater

Main article: WEC 32

WEC 32: Condit vs. Prater^[1] was an event held on February 13, 2008 at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico.

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Welterweight	Carlos Condit (c)	def.	Carlo Prater	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	3:48	[a]
Lightweight	Jamie Varner	def	Rob McCullough (c)	TKO (strikes)	3	2:54	[b]
Bantamweight	Miguel Torres	def	Chase Beebe (c)	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	3:59	[c]
Bantamweight	Manny Tapia	def	Antonio Banuelos	Decision (split) (28–29, 30–27, 29–28)	3	5:00	[d]
Preliminary card
Featherweight	Micah Miller	def	Chance Farrar	TKO (punches)	1	1:39
Bantamweight	Yoshiro Maeda	def	Charlie Valencia	TKO (body kick)	1	2:29	[e]
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	[f]

1. For the Welterweight Championship.
2. For the Lightweight Championship.
3. For the Bantamweight Championship.
4. 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.
5. Although preliminary, this bout aired on the live broadcast.
6. Although preliminary, this bout aired on the live broadcast.

WEC 33: Marshall vs. Stann

Main article: WEC 33

WEC 33: Marshall vs. Stann^[2] was an event held on March 26, 2008 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Light Heavyweight	Brian Stann	def.	Doug Marshall (c)	KO (punches)	1	1:35	[a]
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
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

1. For the Light Heavyweight Championship.

WEC 34: Faber vs. Pulver

Main article: WEC 34

WEC 34: Faber vs. Pulver^[3] was an event held on June 1, 2008 at ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California.

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Featherweight	Urijah Faber (c)	def.	Jens Pulver	Decision (unanimous) (50-45, 50-44, 50-44)	5	5:00	[a]
Bantamweight	Miguel Torres (c)	def.	Yoshiro Maeda	TKO (doctor stoppage)	3	5:00	[b]
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
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

1. For the Featherweight Championship.
2. For the Bantamweight Championship.

WEC 35: Condit vs. Miura

Main article: WEC 35

WEC 35: Condit vs. Miura^[4] was an event held on August 3, 2008 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.	Hiromitsu Miura	TKO (strikes)	4	4:43	[a]
Light Heavyweight	Steve Cantwell	def.	Brian Stann (c)	TKO (punches)	2	4:01	[b]
Lightweight	Jamie Varner (c)	def.	Marcus Hicks	TKO (punches)	1	2:08	[c]
Bantamweight	Brian Bowles	def	Damacio Page	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	3:30
Preliminary card
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

1. For the Welterweight Championship.
2. For the Light Heavyweight Championship.
3. For the Lightweight Championship.

WEC 36: Faber vs. Brown

Main article: WEC 36

WEC 36: Faber vs. Brown^[5] was an event held on November 5, 2008 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida.

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Featherweight	Mike Brown	def.	Urijah Faber (c)	TKO (punches)	1	2:23	[a]
Catchweight (189 lb)	Chael Sonnen	def	Paulo Filho	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00	[b]
Featherweight	Leonard Garcia	def	Jens Pulver	TKO (punches)	1	1:12
Middleweight	Jake Rosholt	def	Nissen Osterneck	TKO (punches)	2	3:48
Preliminary card
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

1. For the Featherweight Championship.
2. Filho was supposed to defend the Middleweight Championship, but missed weight by four pounds, forcing the bout to be a non-title catchweight bout.

WEC 37: Torres vs. Tapia

Main article: WEC 37

WEC 37: Torres vs. Tapia^[6] was an event held on December 3, 2008 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Bantamweight	Miguel Torres (c)	def.	Manny Tapia	TKO (punches)	2	3:04	[a]
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
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

1. For the Bantamweight Championship.

See also

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