WEC CHAMPIONSHIP LINEAGE
LIGHTWEIGHT (146-155 POUNDS)
WEC 10: Bragging Rights at The Palace Casino, Lemoore, Calif., May 21, 2004
Gilbert Melendez def. Olaf Alfonso, TKO, punches, 4:54, Rounds 3 (wins vacant WEC lightweight title)
(Melendez vacates WEC lightweight title)
WEC 12: Halloween Fury 3 at The Palace Casino, Lemoore, Calif., Oct. 21, 2004
Gabe Ruediger def. Olaf Alfonso, submission, rear-naked choke, 3:05, Round 1 (wins vacant WEC lightweight title)
WEC 14: Vengeance at The Palace Casino, Lemoore, Calif., March 17, 2005
Gabe Ruediger def. Jason Maxwell, submission, rear-naked choke, 3:28, Round 1 (retains WEC lightweight title)
WEC 17: Halloween Fury 4 at The Palace Casino, Lemoore, Calif., Oct. 14, 2005
Gabe Ruediger def. Sam Wells, 3-round una. dec. (retains WEC lightweight title)
WEC 19: Undisputed at Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino, Lemoore, Calif., March 17, 2006
Hermes Franca def. Gabe Ruediger, KO, punches, 0:36, Round 1 (wins WEC lightweight title)
WEC 21: Tapout at San Manuel Indian Casino, Highland, Calif., June 15, 2006
Hermes Franca def. Brandon Olsen, submission, armbar, 0:40, Round 1 (retains WEC lightweight title)
WEC 24: Full Force at Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino, Lemoore, Calif., Oct. 12, 2006
Hermes Franca def. Nate Diaz, submission, armbar, 2:46, Round 2 (retains WEC lightweight title)
(WEC lightweight title vacated in December 2006 after Zuffa purchased the organization)
WEC 25 at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Jan. 20, 2007
Rob McCullough def. Kit Cope, submission, punches, 2:53, Round 1 (wins vacant WEC lightweight title)
WEC 30 at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Sept. 5, 2007
Rob McCullough def. Rich Crunkilton, TKO, punches, 1:29, Round 1 (retains WEC lightweight title)
WEC 32 at Albuquerque, N.M., Feb. 13, 2008
Jamie Varner def. Rob McCullough, TKO, punches, 2:54, Round 3 (wins WEC lightweight title)
WEC 35 at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Aug. 3, 2008
Jamie Varner def. Marcus Hicks, TKO, punches, 2:08, Round 1 (retains WEC lightweight title)
WEC 38 at San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, Calif., Jan. 25, 2009
Jamie Varner def. Donald Cerrone, 5-round tech. dec. (retains WEC lightweight title)
(Jamie Varner injured and unable to defend title)
WEC 43 at Covelli Center, Youngstown, Ohio, Sept. 2, 2009
Ben Henderson def. Donald Cerrone, 5-round una. dec. (wins interim WEC lightweight title)
FEATHERWEIGHT (136-145 POUNDS)
WEC 5: Halloween Fury at The Palace Casino, Lemoore, Calif., Oct. 18, 2002
Cole Escovedo def. Philip Perez, submission, triangle choke, 3:07, Round 1 (wins vacant WEC featherweight title)
WEC 8: Halloween Fury 2 at The Palace Casino, Lemoore, Calif., Oct. 17, 2003
Cole Escovedo def. Anthony Hamlett, TKO, punches, 1:30, Round 2 (retains WEC featherweight title)
WEC 19: Undisputed at Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino, Lemoore, Calif., March 17, 2006
Urijah Faber def. Cole Escovedo, TKO, corner stoppage, 5:00, Round 2 (wins WEC featherweight title)
WEC 25 at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Jan. 20, 2007
Urijah Faber def. Joe Pearson, submission, punches and elbows, 2:31, Round 1 (retains WEC featherweight title)
WEC 26 at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, March 24, 2007
Urijah Faber def. Dominick Cruz, submission, guillotine choke, 1:38, Round 1 (retains WEC featherweight title)
WEC 28 at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, June 3, 2007
Urijah Faber def. Chance Farrar, submission, rear-naked choke, 3:19, Round 1 (retains WEC featherweight title)
WEC 31 at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Dec. 12, 2007
Urijah Faber def. Jeff Curran, submission, guillotine choke, 4:34, Round 2 (retains WEC featherweight title)
WEC 34 at Arco Arena, Sacramento, Calif., June 1, 2008
Urijah Faber def. Jens Pulver, 5-round una. dec. (retains WEC featherweight title)
WEC 36 at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Fla., Nov. 5, 2008
Mike Brown def. Urijah Faber, TKO, punches, 2:23, Round 1 (wins WEC featherweight title)
WEC 39 at America Bank Center, Corpus Christi, Tex., March 1, 2009
Mike Brown def. Leonard Garcia, submission, arm-triangle choke, 1:57, Round 1 (retains WEC featherweight title)
WEC 41: Brown vs. Faber 2 at Arco Arena, Sacramento, Calif., June 7, 2009
Mike Brown def. Urijah Faber, 5-round una. dec. (retains WEC featherweight title)
WEC 44 at The Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas, Nov. 18, 2009
WEC featherweight champion Mike Brown vs. Jose Aldo
BANTAMWEIGHT (126-135 POUNDS)
WEC 20: Cinco de Mayhem at The Palace Casino, Lemoore, Calif., May 5, 2006
Eddie Wineland def. Antonio Banuelos, KO, head kick and punches, 2:36, Round 1 (wins vacant WEC bantamweight title)
WEC 26 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, March 24, 2007
Chase Beebe def. Eddie Wineland, 5-round una. dec. (wins WEC bantamweight title)
WEC 30 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Sept. 5, 2007
Chase Beebe def. Rani Yahya, 5-round una. dec. (retains WEC bantamweight title)
WEC 32 at Albuquerque, N.M., Feb. 13, 2008
Miguel Angel Torres def. Chase Beebe, submission, guillotine choke, 3:59, Round 1 (wins WEC bantamweight title)
WEC 34 at Arco Arena, Sacramento, Calif., June 1, 2008
Miguel Angel Torres def. Yoshiro Maeda, TKO, doctor stoppage, 5:00, Round 3 (retains WEC bantamweight title)
WEC 37 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Dec. 3, 2008
Miguel Angel Torres def. Manny Tapia, TKO, punches and elbows, 3:04, Round 2 (retains WEC bantamweight title)
WEC 40 at UIC Pavilion, Chicago, Ill., April 5, 2009
Miguel Angel Torres def. Takeya Mizugaki, 5-round una. dec. (retains WEC bantamweight title)
WEC 42 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Aug. 9, 2009
Brian Bowles def. Miguel Angel Torres, KO, punches, 3:57, Round 1 (wins WEC bantamweight title)
FLYWEIGHT (125 POUNDS AND BELOW)
Vacant
