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2001 In World Extreme Cagefighting
The year 2001 is the 1st year in the history of World Extreme Cagefighting, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. In 2001 WEC held 2 events beginning with, ''WEC 1: Princes of Pain''. Events list WEC 2: Clash of the Titans WEC 2: Clash of the Titans was an event held on October 4, 2001 at the Tachi Palace in Lemoore, California, United States. Results WEC 1: Princes of Pain WEC 1: Princes of Pain was an event held on June 30, 2001 at the Tachi Palace in Lemoore, California, United States. Results See also * World Extreme Cagefighting * List of WEC events This is a list of is of mixed martial arts events held by World Extreme Cagefighting. The first event, WEC 1, took place on June 30, 2001. The first event held under Zuffa management, WEC 25, took place on January 20, 2007. The final event, WEC 53 ... References {{martial-arts-stub World Extreme Cagefighting events 2001 in mixed martial arts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 In WEC
The year 2002 is the 2nd year in the history of World Extreme Cagefighting, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. In 2002 WEC held 3 events beginning with, ''WEC 3: All or Nothing''. Events list WEC 3: All or Nothing WEC 3: All or Nothing was an event held on June 7, 2002 at the Tachi Palace in Lemoore, California, United States. Results WEC 4: Rumble Under the Sun WEC 4: Rumble Under the Sun was an event held on August 31, 2002 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Results WEC 5: Halloween Havoc WEC 5: Halloween Havoc was an event held on October 18, 2002 at the Tachi Palace in Lemoore, California, United States. Results See also * World Extreme Cagefighting * List of World Extreme Cagefighting champions * List of WEC events This is a list of is of mixed martial arts events held by World Extreme Cagefighting. The first event, WEC 1, took place on June 30, 2001. The first event hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Hamlett
Anthony Hamlett is an American mixed martial artist and fight promoter from Washington state. He is the head coach and manager of Northwest Elite Fight Team. He has also been a professional referee in the Northwest and referred the UFC. He has refereed over 3000 fights between amateur and pro. He is looked at as the top ref in MMA for the NW. Military service Anthony Hamlett was in the US Air Force from March 1992- October 2000. Wrestling career Anthony Hamlett in the USWF/USA WRESTLING ALL-AMERICANS A three time All American for the USAF team ranked as high as 5th in nation after world team trials Grappling career ADCC Championships 2000 March 1, 2 & 3rd 2000 in Abu Dhabi, UAE the -65 kg class. Anthony Hamlett Defeated Hiroyuki Abe, and Joao Roque. Anthony suffered a loss to Royler Gracie and Joe Gilbert to place 4th at the Abu Dhabi World Championship after just one yr of pure grappling training coming over from wrestling Championships and accomplishments *HOOKnS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of WEC Events
This is a list of is of mixed martial arts events held by World Extreme Cagefighting. The first event, WEC 1, took place on June 30, 2001. The first event held under Zuffa management, WEC 25, took place on January 20, 2007. The final event, WEC 53, took place on December 16, 2010. Events Event locations *Total event number: 53 These cities have hosted the following numbers of WEC events as of WEC 53, WEC 53: Henderson vs. Pettis: * United States (52) : Lemoore, California – 22 : Las Vegas, Nevada – 15 : Sacramento, California – 4 : Glendale, Arizona - 1 : Highland, California – 1 : San Diego, California – 1 : Broomfield, Colorado – 1 : Uncasville, Connecticut – 1 : Hollywood, Florida – 1 : Chicago, Illinois – 1 : Rio Rancho, New Mexico – 1 : Columbus, Ohio – 1 : Corpus Christi, Texas - 1 : San Antonio, Texas - 1 * Canada (1) : Edmonton, Alberta – 1 ---- See also *List of UFC events *List of PRIDE events *List of Strikeforce events *List of K-1 ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Travis Fulton
Travis Jon Fulton (May 29, 1977 – July 10, 2021) was an American mixed martial artist and a professional boxer in the heavyweight division of both sports. Known as a longtime veteran in mixed martial arts, he competed in over 300 sanctioned bouts and while he was perhaps best known for competing in smaller US-based promotions, he also competed in the UFC, the USWF, the WEC, Pancrase, M-1 Global, the Chicago Red Bears of the IFL, King of the Cage, RINGS, and Oktagon MMA. He also holds the record for the most sanctioned mixed martial arts bouts, with 320 bouts; in addition to that, he also holds the most wins in mixed martial arts history (255). Background Fulton was born in Waterloo, Iowa and raised in Cedar Falls, Iowa. His father worked for the John Deere company and was eventually laid off, sending the family to deep poverty. In school, Fulton was seriously bullied, up to a point where he contrived a plan to kill his tormentors and subsequently himself. However, success ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Severn
Daniel DeWayne Severn (born June 8, 1958), nicknamed "The Beast", is an American professional wrestler, retired mixed martial artist and amateur wrestler. A UFC Hall of Fame member, Severn is considered one of the leading pioneers of mixed martial arts and the first true world-class wrestler to compete in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is best known for his success in the early years of the UFC where he became the only UFC Triple Crown champion in history. Severn has also competed in King of the Cage, PRIDE FC, Cage Rage, WEC, RINGS and MFC, and holds a professional MMA Record of 101–19–7. In professional wrestling, Severn is a two-time world champion by winning the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship twice, with his first reign lasting for over four years, and an NWA Hall of Fame member. During his almost year-long tenure with the World Wrestling Federation, he was managed by Jim Cornette and was perhaps most famous for making his entrance with the numerous UFC an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seth Petruzelli
Seth Christopher Petruzelli (born December 3, 1979) is an American retired mixed martial artist, kickboxer, professional wrestler and entrepreneur. Petruzelli competed in the Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight divisions for the UFC, WEC, EliteXC, King of the Cage, BAMMA, and Bellator. On October 21, 2015, Petruzelli signed with professional wrestling promotion WWE, to work at their Performance Center as a striking coach. Currently, he wrestles for Major League Wrestling. Background Petruzelli was born in Cape Coral, Florida and is a native of Fort Myers, Florida. He began training in martial arts at the age of seven and continued on training through high school. Petruzelli attended Bishop Verot High School as a freshman before transferring to Mariner High School to take advantage of the school's elite wrestling team. He also played football and ran in track and field. Petruzelli was a three-sport letterman all four years of high school and was also all-state center in fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Alanis
Tony Alanis is an American mixed martial artist who has the distinction of having fought on the first World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) event. Alanis had a total of 8 professional MMA fights, 6 of them for the WEC, compiling a career record of 5 wins and 3 losses. His last fight was a KO of Tom Owens at the Palace Fighting Championship Palace Fighting Championship (PFC) was a mixed martial arts (MMA) organization based in the United States that was created in 2007 by Christian Printup. It ceased operations in 2009. In 2001, Printup helped promotional newcomers Reed Harris and ...s 6 on January 17, 2008.Mills, Keith. "Palace Fighting Championships 6 results ." Abu Dhabi Combat Club. 20 Jan 2008: n. page. Web. 14 Jan. 2013. . Mixed martial arts record , - , Win , align=center, 5-3 , Tom Owens , TKO (Punches) , PFC 6: No Retreat, No Surrender , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:58 , , , - , Loss , align=center, 4-3 , Joe Martin , Submission (Heel Hook) , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Sanford
Chris Sanford (born March 12, 1968) is an American retired mixed martial artist who has competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and World Extreme Cagefighting. He appeared on the first season of ''The Ultimate Fighter''. Background Sanford was born in Roxbury, Boston. He lived in Japan as a high school exchange student and also studied Japanese language and economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He practiced various forms of martial arts, like taekwondo, kung fu and boxing. Mixed martial arts career Early career: World Extreme Cagefighting Sanford started his mixed martial arts career in 2001. He fought mainly for California–based promotions as World Extreme Cagefighting and ''Gladiator Challenge''. He amassed a perfect record of four victories and no defeats before being signed to compete on the original season of ''The Ultimate Fighter''. ''The Ultimate Fighter'' Sanford signed in to compete as a middleweight and was the last middleweight pick of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonard Garcia
Leonard Garcia (born July 14, 1979, in Plainview, Texas) is an American former mixed martial artist who most recently competed in the Featherweight division of the Legacy Fighting Championship, and is the former Legacy FC Featherweight Champion. After making his professional debut in 1999, Garcia competed in WEC and in the UFC. Background Garcia was born and raised in Plainview, Texas. His mother gave birth to him when she was only 17 years old, and doctors had to inject steroids into Garcia's lungs because of a rare illness. Garcia was raised in his grandparents' home, who had a farm and, along with his uncles, helped raise the young Garcia. Garcia later attended Plainview High School, where he was a talented football player and had also been involved in martial arts and boxing. Garcia had been planning to walk-on to the Texas Tech football team, when he was involved in a physical altercation with a recently released felon at a local restaurant. The man had a knife and stabbed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gan McGee
Gan McGee (born November 20, 1976) is an American mixed martial artist who has competed for the UFC, PRIDE, WEC and the XFC. Background McGee was born in Bismarck, North Dakota to Marguerite McGee (nee Ohde) and Curtis Warren McGee. McGee dominated on the wrestling team at Ukiah High School and then continued his career at the University of Iowa and California Polytechnic State University. Career McGee debuted with the UFC at UFC 28 on November 17, 2000. He faced fellow debutant Josh Barnett. He lost the fight via TKO in the second round. McGee returned to the UFC in 2002 after a short stint in WEC where he won two fights. His return fight was against Pedro Rizzo at UFC 39 on September 27, 2002. He won via TKO after Rizzo was unable to continue past the first round. His next fight was against Alexandre Dantas at UFC 41 on February 28, 2003. He won via TKO in the first round. On September 26, 2003, McGee earned a shot at the UFC Heavyweight Championship at UFC 44: Undisput ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob McCullough
Robert Alexander McCullough IV (born May 26, 1977) is an American former Muay Thai kickboxer and professional mixed martial artist. A professional from 2001-2011 in MMA, McCullough has formerly competed for the WEC, Bellator, DREAM, the World Fighting Alliance, the Palace Fighting Championship, and King of the Cage. In professional kickboxing, McCullough has competed for K-1. Mixed martial arts career World Extreme Cagefighting McCullough began his mixed martial arts career with a first-round TKO victory at the Palace Casino in Lemoore, California, in 2001. Between 2003 and 2007, "Razor Rob" went 10-1 with nine stoppage victories and only a split-decision loss to Harris Sarmiento, which he later avenged. McCullough defeated Muay Thai fighter Kit Cope at '' WEC 25'' to win the vacant WEC Lightweight Championship. He defended the title once by defeating Richard Crunkilton by first-round TKO. On February 13, 2008, he lost his title to Jamie Varner when Varner defeated h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Agallar
Nick Agallar (born January 13, 1979) is an American mixed martial artist. He competed in the lightweight division. Mixed martial arts record , - , Win , align=center, 24-6 , Morgan Sickinger , Submission (armbar) , Combat USA: Best 8 in the State 2 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 3:04 , Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 23-6 , Nick Dupees , Submission (armbar) , NAFC: Relentless , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 3:58 , West Allis, Wisconsin, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 22-6 , Brian Learn , Submission (arm-triangle choke) , RFN: Racine Fight Night 4 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:11 , Racine, Wisconsin, United States , , - , Loss , align=center, 21-6 , Jorge Masvidal , TKO (punches) , Bellator I , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:19 , Hollywood, Florida, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 21-5 , Shane McDonald , TKO (injury) , FCC 35: Freestyle Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
