WEC 31

Infobox MMA event
name= WEC 31


promotion=World Extreme Cagefighting
date=December 12, 2007
venue=Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
city=Las Vegas, Nevada
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buyrate=
previousevent=WEC 30
followingevent=WEC 32

"WEC 31" was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC). The event took place on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada and was aired live on the Versus Network.

The main event featured a featherweight title match between champion Urijah Faber and challenger Jeff Curran.cite web |url=http://www.wec.tv/index.cfm?fa=eventDetail.fightCard&eid=913 |title=WEC 31 Fight Card] The card also featured Doug Marshall defending his light heavyweight championship against Ariel Gandulla and Paulo Filho defending his middleweight championship against Chael Sonnen.

Fights

*Bantamweight bout: flagicon|USABrian Bowles vs flagicon|BRAMarcos Galvao

Bowles defeats Galvao via TKO (strikes) at 2:09 of round 2

*Bantamweight bout: flagicon|USACharlie Valencia vs. flagicon|USAIan McCall

Valencia defeats McCall via Submission (Guillotine Choke) at 3:19 of round 1.

*Lightweight bout: flagicon|USAAlex Karalexis vs. flagicon|USAEd Ratcliff

Ratcliff defeats Karalexis via TKO (strikes) at 1:26 of round 2.

*Middleweight bout: flagicon|USABryan Baker vs. flagicon|USAEric Schambari

Baker defeats Schambari via split decision.

*Welterweight bout: flagicon|USATodd Moore vs. flagicon|USAJohn Alessio

Alessio defeats Moore via unanimous decision.

*Featherweight bout: flagicon|USAJens Pulver vs. flagicon|USACub Swanson

Pulver defeats Swanson via Submission (Anaconda Choke) at 0:35 of round 1. This fight was Pulver's WEC debut.

*Light Heavyweight championship bout: flagicon|USADoug Marshall (champion) vs. flagicon|CUBAriel Gandulla

Marshall defeats Gandulla via Submission (Armbar) at 0:55 of round 1 to retain his title.

*Middleweight championship bout: flagicon|BRAPaulo Filho (champion) vs. flagicon|USAChael Sonnen

Filho defeats Sonnen via Referee Stoppage (Armbar) at 4:55 of round 2 to retain his title. Filho's victory was controversial because Sonnen did not appear to tap out, but he yelled while the armbar was placed, and the referee took this as a verbal submission.

*Featherweight championship bout: flagicon|USAUrijah Faber (champion) vs. flagicon|USAJeff Curran

Faber defeats Curran via Submission (Guillotine Choke) at 4:34 of round 2 to retain his title.

Purses

The disclosed fighter payroll for WEC 31 was $295,000. The individual payouts are listed below. Purse amounts includes the payment amounts for show and win. but do not include sponsor payments, fees, taxes, or special award bonuses

*Jens Pulver ($60,000) def. Cub Swanson ($5,000)
*Urijah Faber ($40,000) def. Jeff Curran ($10,000)
*Paulo Filho ($56,000) def. Chael Sonnen ($25,000)
*Doug Marshall ($10,000) def. Ariel Gandulla ($4,000)
*John Alessio ($26,000) def. Todd Moore ($4,000)
*Charles Valencia ($12,000) def. Ian McCall ($3,000)
*Bryan Baker ($8,000) def. Eric Schambari ($5,000)
*Ed Ratcliff ($8,000) def. Alex Karalexis ($8,000)
*Brian Bowles ($6,000) def. Marcos Galvao ($5,000)

ee also

* List of WEC Events

External links

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

References