WEC 30

Infobox MMA event
name= WEC 30


promotion=World Extreme Cagefighting
date=September 5, 2007
venue=Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
city=Las Vegas, Nevada
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buyrate=
previousevent=WEC 29
followingevent=WEC 31

"WEC 30" was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC). The event took place on Wednesday, September 5, 2007 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada and aired live on the Versus Network.cite web
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The event featured a lightweight title match between champion "Razor" Rob McCullough and Richard Crunkilton. Additionally, Chase Beebe defended his bantamweight title against Brazilian jiu-jitsu expert Rani Yahya. "WEC 30" was to feature the WEC debut of former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight champion Jens Pulver in his move to the featherweight division.cite web
url=http://www.thefightnetwork.com/news_detail.php?nid=4330
title=PM Update - July 17
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publisher=The Fight Network] However, Pulver had to withdraw from the fight due to a knee injury. [ [http://www.sherdog.com/news/news.asp?n_id=8678 Advertising at Sherdog.com ] ]

Fights

*Bantamweight bout: flagicon|USAIan McCall vs. flagicon|USACoty Wheeler

McCall defeats Wheeler via TKO (strikes) at 4:43 of round one. This fight was not aired on Broadcast.

*Welterweight bout: flagicon|USABlas Avena vs flagicon|USAJoe Benoit

Avena defeats Benoit via submission (guillotine choke) at 0:29 of round one.

*Lightweight bout: flagicon|USADonald Cerrone vs. flagicon|USAKenneth Alexander

Cerrone defeats Alexander via submission (triangle neck crank) at 0:56 of round one. This fight was not aired on Broadcast.

*Middleweight bout: flagicon|USABryan Baker vs. flagicon|USA Jesse Forbes

Baker defeats Forbes via TKO (strikes) at 4:15 of round one.

*Lightweight bout: flagicon|USAScott McAfee vs. flagicon|USAMarcus Hicks

Hicks defeats McAfee via submission (guillotine choke) at 2:13 of round one. This fight was not aired on Broadcast.

*Welterweight bout: flagicon|BRAMarcelo Brito vs. flagicon|USAJohn Alessio

Alessio defeats Brito via unanimous decision. This fight was not aired on Broadcast.

=*Bantamweight bout: flagicon|USAMiguel Torres vs. flagicon|USAJeff Bedard=

Torres defeats Bedard via submission (triangle choke) at 2:30 of round one.

*Light Heavyweight bout: flagicon|USABrian Stann vs. flagicon|USAJeremiah Billington

Stann defeats Billington via TKO (strikes) at 3:07 of round one.

*Bantamweight championship bout: flagicon|USAChase Beebe (champion) vs. flagicon|BRARani Yahya

Beebe defeats Yahya via unanimous decision to retain his title. Judges scored the bout 49-46, 49-46, 49-45.

*Lightweight championship bout: flagicon|USARob McCullough (champion) vs. flagicon|USARichard Crunkilton

McCullough defeats Crunkilton via TKO (strikes) at 1:29 of round one to retain his title.

Official Paydays

Rob McCullough: $24,000

Richard Crunkilton: $10,000

Chase Beebe: $10,000

Rani Yahya: $6,000

Miguel Torres: $20,000

Brian Stann: $10,000

Jeff Bedard: $4,000

Jeremiah Billington: $2,000

John Alessio: $22,000

Marcus Hicks: $8,000

Donald Cerrone: $6,000

Bryan Baker: $6,000

Blas Avena: $6,000

Ian McCall: $4,000

Jesse Forbes: $4,000

Kenneth Alexander: $3,000

Marcelo Brito: $3,000

Scott McAfee: $2,000

Joe Benoit: $2,000

Coty Wheeler: $2,000

Total Fighter Payouts: $154,000

ee also

* List of WEC Events

External links

* [http://www.wec.tv/ Official WEC website]

References