2002 in WEC

2002 in WEC
Information
First date	June 7, 2002
Last date	October 18, 2002
Events
Total events	3
Fights
Total fights	29
Chronology
2001 in WEC 2002 in WEC 2003 in WEC

The year 2002 was the 2nd year in the history of World Extreme Cagefighting, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. In 2002 WEC held 3 events beginning with, WEC 3: All or Nothing.

Events list

Main article: List of WEC events

No.	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
5	WEC 5: Halloween Havoc	October 18, 2002	Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino	Lemoore, California
4	WEC 4: Rumble Under the Sun	August 31, 2002	Mohegan Sun Arena	Uncasville, Connecticut
3	WEC 3: All or Nothing	June 7, 2002	Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino	Lemoore, California

WEC 3: All or Nothing

WEC 3: All or Nothing ^[1] was an event held on June 7, 2002 at the Tachi Palace in Lemoore, California, United States.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Heavyweight	Aaron Brink	def.	Zane Frazier	TKO (Punches)	1	1:00
Lightweight	Jimmy Terrel	def.	Travis Doerge	TKO (Punches)	1	3:37
Light Heavyweight	Eric Schwartz	def.	Glover Teixeira	TKO (Punches and Elbows)	2	3:33
Welterweight	Tony Alanis	def.	Jesse Heck	TKO (Punches)	1	0:14
Featherweight	Cole Escovedo	def.	Paul Morris	Submission (Triangle Choke)	1	0:29
Lightweight	Rich Crunkilton	def.	Cruz Gomez	TKO (Punches)	1	3:04
Middleweight	Sherk Julian	def.	Shannon Ritch	TKO (Submission to punches)	1	1:57
Welterweight	Pat Minihan	def.	Eddy Ellis	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Middleweight	Jason Pratt	def.	Jack Cardenas	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	3:21
Featherweight	Anthony Hamlett	def.	Caleb Mitchell	TKO (Punches)	3	3:45
Welterweight	Mike Castillo	def.	Tim Dominquez	KO (Punches)	1	1:01

WEC 4: Rumble Under the Sun

Main article: WEC 4

WEC 4: Rumble Under the Sun ^[2] was an event held on August 31, 2002 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Heavyweight	Jeremy Horn	def.	Aaron Brink	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	0:54
Lightweight	Rich Crunkilton	def.	Luciano Oliveira	Submission (armbar)	1	1:55
Lightweight	Kurt Pellegrino	def.	Mac Danzig	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Middleweight	Tony Fryklund	def.	Zach Light	Submission (kimura)	1	4:06
Heavyweight	Christian Wellisch	def.	Jay White	TKO (punches)	3	3:42
Heavyweight	John Rallo	def.	Erik Mainiai	TKO (Submission to punches)	1	3:06
Light Heavyweight	Randy Rowe	def.	Jason Jones	DQ (punching after the bell)	1	5:00
Middleweight	Mike Swick	def.	James Gabert	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Jeff Curran	def.	Bao Quach	Decision (majority)	3	5:00

WEC 5: Halloween Havoc

WEC 5: Halloween Havoc
Promotion	World Extreme Cagefighting
Date	October 18, 2002
Venue	Tachi Palace
City	Lemoore, California
Event chronology
WEC 4 WEC 5: Halloween Havoc WEC 6

WEC 5: Halloween Havoc ^[3] was an event held on October 18, 2002 at the Tachi Palace in Lemoore, California, United States.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Featherweight	Cole Escovedo	def.	Philip Perez	Submission (triangle choke)	1	3:07	[a]
Featherweight	Jeff Bedard	def.	Antonio Banuelos	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	0:43
Lightweight	Rich Crunkilton	def.	Victor Estrada	TKO (ankle injury)	1	1:11
Light Heavyweight	Tim Kennedy	def.	Mack Brewer	TKO (punches)	1	1:03
Middleweight	Diallo Baza	def.	Chris Mooney	TKO (punches)	2	1:55
Lightweight	Gilbert Melendez	def.	Gary Quan	TKO (punches)	1	4:37
Featherweight	Alex Khanbabian	def.	Alex Chu Kung	TKO (punches)	2	1:55
Lightweight	Sam Wells	def.	Gabe Ruediger	KO (punch)	1	4:22
Welterweight	Justin Wieman	def.	Daniel Camarillo	Decision (split)	3	5:00

1. For the inaugural WEC Featherweight Championship.

See also

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

References

1. "WEC 3: All or Nothing". Sherdog. Archived from the original on January 6, 2014.
2. "WEC 4: Rumble Under the Sun". Sherdog. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013.
3. "WEC 5: Halloween Havoc". Sherdog. Archived from the original on May 14, 2013.