| 2008 in WEC | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| First date | February 13, 2008 | |||
| Last date | December 3, 2008 | |||
| Events | ||||
| Total events | 6 | |||
| Fights | ||||
| Total fights | 61 | |||
| Title fights | 11 | |||
| Chronology | ||||
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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.
| 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 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Lightweight | Jamie Varner | def. | Rob McCullough (c) | TKO (strikes) | 3 | 2:54 | WEC 32: Condit vs. Prater | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Bantamweight | Miguel Torres | def. | Chase Beebe (c) | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 3:59 | WEC 32: Condit vs. Prater | [lower-alpha 3] |
| Light Heavyweight | Brian Stann | def. | Doug Marshall (c) | KO (punches) | 1 | 1:35 | WEC 33: Marshall vs. Stann | [lower-alpha 4] |
| Featherweight | Urijah Faber (c) | def. | Jens Pulver | Decision (unanimous) (50-45, 50-44, 50-44) | 5 | 5:00 | WEC 34: Faber vs. Pulver | [lower-alpha 5] |
| Bantamweight | Miguel Torres (c) | def. | Yoshiro Maeda | TKO (doctor stoppage) | 3 | 5:00 | WEC 34: Faber vs. Pulver | [lower-alpha 6] |
| Welterweight | Carlos Condit (c) | def. | Hiromitsu Miura | TKO (strikes) | 4 | 4:43 | WEC 35: Condit vs. Miura | [lower-alpha 7] |
| Light Heavyweight | Steve Cantwell | def. | Brian Stann (c) | TKO (punches) | 2 | 4:01 | WEC 35: Condit vs. Miura | [lower-alpha 8] |
| Lightweight | Jamie Varner (c) | def. | Marcus Hicks | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:08 | WEC 35: Condit vs. Miura | [lower-alpha 9] |
| Featherweight | Mike Brown | def. | Urijah Faber (c) | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:23 | WEC 36: Faber vs. Brown | [lower-alpha 10] |
| Bantamweight | Miguel Torres (c) | def. | Manny Tapia | TKO (punches) | 2 | 3:04 | WEC 37: Torres vs. Tapia | [lower-alpha 11] |
| 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 [1] was an event held on February 13, 2008 at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico.
| Main card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Welterweight | Carlos Condit (c) | def. | Carlo Prater | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 3:48 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Lightweight | Jamie Varner | def | Rob McCullough (c) | TKO (strikes) | 3 | 2:54 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Bantamweight | Miguel Torres | def | Chase Beebe (c) | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 3:59 | [lower-alpha 3] |
| Bantamweight | Manny Tapia | def | Antonio Banuelos | Decision (split) (28–29, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 4] |
| 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 | [lower-alpha 5] |
| 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 | [lower-alpha 6] |
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.
| Main card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Light Heavyweight | Brian Stann | def. | Doug Marshall (c) | KO (punches) | 1 | 1:35 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| 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 | |
WEC 34: Faber vs. Pulver [3] was an event held on June 1, 2008 at ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California.
| 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 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Bantamweight | Miguel Torres (c) | def. | Yoshiro Maeda | TKO (doctor stoppage) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| 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 | |
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.
| Main card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Welterweight | Carlos Condit (c) | def. | Hiromitsu Miura | TKO (strikes) | 4 | 4:43 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Light Heavyweight | Steve Cantwell | def. | Brian Stann (c) | TKO (punches) | 2 | 4:01 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Lightweight | Jamie Varner (c) | def. | Marcus Hicks | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:08 | [lower-alpha 3] |
| 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 | |
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.
| Main card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Featherweight | Mike Brown | def. | Urijah Faber (c) | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:23 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Catchweight (189 lb) | Chael Sonnen | def | Paulo Filho | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| 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 | |
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.
| Main card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Bantamweight | Miguel Torres (c) | def. | Manny Tapia | TKO (punches) | 2 | 3:04 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| 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 | |
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