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Promotion World Extreme Cagefighting
DateSeptember 5, 2007
Venue Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
City Las Vegas, Nevada
Event chronology
WEC 29: Condit vs. Larson WEC 30: McCullough vs. Crunkilton WEC 31: Faber vs. Curran

WEC 30: McCullough vs. Crunkilton 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. [1]

Contents

The event featured a lightweight title match between champion "Razor" Rob McCullough and Richard Crunkilton. [1] Additionally, Chase Beebe defended his bantamweight title against Brazilian jiu-jitsu expert Rani Yahya, [1] who replaced Manny Tapia on the card after Tapia suffered a knee injury.

Former UFC Lightweight Champion Jens Pulver was scheduled to make his WEC & featherweight debut at this event against Cub Swanson, but was pulled from the card due to a knee injury. The matchup was rescheduled for WEC 31 three months later, where Pulver won by submission. [2]

Sergio Gomez was originally slated to face WEC newcomer Donald Cerrone at this event, but was later pulled from the card and replaced by the debuting Kenneth Alexander. [3]

Kevin Knabjian was expected to face Blas Avena at this event, but was later replaced by WEC newcomer Joe Benoit [4]

Results

Main card
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Lightweight Rob McCullough (c)def Richard Crunkilton TKO (strikes)11:29 [lower-alpha 1]
Bantamweight Chase Beebe (c)def Rani Yahya Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 49–45)55:00 [lower-alpha 2]
Light Heavyweight Brian Stann defJeremiah BillingtonTKO (strikes)13:07
Bantamweight Miguel Torres defJeff BedardSubmission (triangle choke)12:30
Preliminary card
Welterweight John Alessio defMarcelo BritoDecision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
Lightweight Marcus Hicks defScott McAfeeSubmission (guillotine choke)12:13
Middleweight Bryan Baker def Jesse Forbes TKO (strikes)14:15 [lower-alpha 3]
Lightweight Donald Cerrone defKenneth AlexanderSubmission (triangle neck crank)10:56 [lower-alpha 4]
Welterweight Blas Avena defJoe BenoitSubmission (guillotine choke)10:29 [lower-alpha 5]
Bantamweight Ian McCall def Coty Wheeler TKO (strikes)14:43
  1. ↑ For the Lightweight championship.
  2. ↑ For the Bantamweight championship.
  3. ↑ Although preliminary, this bout aired on the live broadcast.
  4. ↑ This was later overturned after Cerrone tested positive for a banned substance.
  5. ↑ Although preliminary, this bout aired on the live broadcast.

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.

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References

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  2. ↑ Hunt, Loretta (July 17, 2007). "PM Update – July 17". The Fight Network.
  3. ↑ "– WEC 30: SEPTEMBER 5 ON VERSUS NETWORK". MMAWeekly.com. 2007-06-27. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
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