| WEC 33: Marshall vs. Stann | ||||
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 The poster for WEC 33: Marshall vs. Stann. | ||||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | World Extreme Cagefighting | |||
| Date | March 26, 2008 | |||
| Venue | Hard Rock Hotel and Casino | |||
| City | Paradise, Nevada | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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WEC 33: Marshall vs. Stann was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) that took place on Wednesday, March 26, 2008. [1]
A rematch for the WEC Middlweight Championship between champion Paulo Filho and Chael Sonnen was advertised for this event, but Filho dropped out three weeks prior to the fight for personal reasons. [2] Sonnen remained on the card, and instead faced Bryan Baker, who was pulled from an undercard bout with Logan Clark to face Sonnen. Clark's new opponent was WEC newcomer Scott Harper. The Filho/Sonnen rematch was later rescheduled for WEC 36 in November 2008, where Sonnen defeated Filho in a non-title match, after Filho failed to make weight.
| Main card | |||||||
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| 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 | |
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. [4]
^Both fighters earned show money; bout declared majority draw.
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