WEC 27

WEC 27: Marshall vs. McElfresh was the third mixed martial arts event held by the World Extreme Cagefighting under Zuffa management. The event was held on May 12, 2007.

WEC 27: Marshall vs. McElfresh
The poster for WEC 27: Marshall vs. McElfresh
Promotion	World Extreme Cagefighting
Date	May 12, 2007
Venue	Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
City	Las Vegas, Nevada
Event chronology
WEC 26: Condit vs. Alessio WEC 27: Marshall vs. McElfresh WEC 28: WrekCage

UFC lightweight fighter and future WEC Lightweight Champion Jamie Varner was expected to make his promotional debut on this card against Richard Crunkilton, but the fight was removed from the card after Varner suffered training injuries.^[1]

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.

Reported payout

The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Nevada State Athletic Commission. It does not include sponsor money or "locker room" bonuses often given by the WEC.

• Doug Marshall: $8,000 (includes $4,000 win bonus) def. Justin McElfresh: $3,000
• Jason Miller: $30,000 ($15,000 win bonus) def. Hiromitsu Miura: $3,000
• Ariel Gandulla: $6,000 ($3,000 win bonus) def. Gary Padilla: $3,000
• Sherron Leggett: $6,000 ($3,000 win bonus) def. Charlie Kohler: $5,000
• Marcus Hicks: $6,000 ($3,000 win bonus) def. Sergio Gomez: $4,000
• Tommy Speer: $4,000 ($2,000 win bonus) def. Sidney Silva: $4,000
• Manny Tapia: $8,000 ($4,000 win bonus) def. Brandon Foxworth: $4,000
• Ed Ratcliff: $6,000 ($3,000 win bonus) def. Johnny Sampaio: $2,000
• Eric Schambari: $6,000 ($3,000 win bonus) def. Art Santore: $6,000

See also

• World Extreme Cagefighting
• List of WEC champions
• List of WEC events
• 2007 in WEC