WEC 31

WEC 31: Faber vs. Curran
WEC 31: Faber vs. Curran
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Promotion	World Extreme Cagefighting
Date	December 12, 2007
Venue	Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
City	Paradise, Nevada
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Last updated March 10, 2022

WEC 31: Faber vs. Curran 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.^[1] The card also featured Doug Marshall defending his light heavyweight championship against Ariel Gandulla, Paulo Filho defending his middleweight championship against Chael Sonnen, and the WEC debut of former UFC Lightweight champion Jens Pulver.

Future WEC & UFC champion Dominick Cruz was scheduled to make his bantamweight debut against Charlie Valencia at this event, but was later forced from the card and replaced by Ian McCall.^[2] The Cruz/Valencia bout was rescheduled for WEC 34 the following June, where Cruz won by unanimous decision.

A featherweight bout between Chance Farrar and Micah Miller was originally slated for this event, but was pulled from the card three weeks beforehand after Farrar suffered a hand injury.^[3] The bout was instead rescheduled for WEC 32 two months later, where Miller won by knockout.

The event drew an estimated 629,000 viewers on Versus.^[4]

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Featherweight	Urijah Faber (c)	def	Jeff Curran	Submission (guillotine choke)	2	4:34	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Middleweight	Paulo Filho (c)	def	Chael Sonnen	Submission (armbar)	2	4:55	^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Light Heavyweight	Doug Marshall (c)	def	Ariel Gandulla	Submission (armbar)	1	0:55	^{[lower-alpha 3]}
Featherweight	Jens Pulver	def	Cub Swanson	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	0:35
Preliminary card
Welterweight	John Alessio	def	Todd Moore	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)	3	5:00
Middleweight	Bryan Baker	def	Eric Schambari	Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Ed Ratcliff	def	Alex Karalexis	TKO (strikes)	2	1:26
Bantamweight	Brian Bowles	def	Marcos Galvao	KO (punch)	2	2:09	^{[lower-alpha 4]}
Bantamweight	Charlie Valencia	def	Ian McCall	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	3:19	^{[lower-alpha 5]}

↑ For the Featherweight Championship.
↑ For the Middleweight Championship. Filho's victory was controversial because Sonnen did not appear to tap out, but yelled while the armbar was placed, and the referee took this as a verbal submission.
↑ For the Light Heavyweight Championship.
↑ This bout, although preliminary, appeared on the live broadcast.
↑ This bout, although preliminary, appeared on the live broadcast.

Reported Payouts

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.

Urijah Faber: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus) def. Jeff Curran: $10,000
Paulo Filho: $56,000 ($28,000 win bonus) def. Chael Sonnen: $25,000
Doug Marshall: $10,000 ($5,000 win bonus) def. Ariel Gandulla: $4,000
Jens Pulver: $60,000 ($30,000 win bonus) def. Cub Swanson: $5,000
John Alessio: $26,000 ($13,000 win bonus) def. Todd Moore: $4,000
Bryan Baker: $8,000 ($4,000 win bonus) def. Eric Schambari: $5,000
Ed Ratcliff: $8,000 ($4,000 win bonus) def. Alex Karalexis: $8,000
Brian Bowles: $6,000 ($3,000 win bonus) def. Marcos Galvao: $5,000
Charles Valencia: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus) def. Ian McCall: $3,000

External links

Official WEC website

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[5] For the Featherweight Championship.

[6] For the Middleweight Championship. Filho's victory was controversial because Sonnen did not appear to tap out, but yelled while the armbar was placed, and the referee took this as a verbal submission.

[7] For the Light Heavyweight Championship.

[8] This bout, although preliminary, appeared on the live broadcast.

[9] This bout, although preliminary, appeared on the live broadcast.

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[mmaplayground-3] "Farrar-Miller Postponed for WEC 31".

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