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WEC 16
WEC 16: Clash of the Titans 2 was a mixed martial arts event promoted by World Extreme Cagefighting on August 18, 2005 at the Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino in Lemoore, California. The main event saw Ron Waterman take on Ricco Rodriguez for the WEC Super Heavyweight Championship. Results See also * World Extreme Cagefighting * List of World Extreme Cagefighting champions * List of WEC events * 2005 in WEC The year 2005 is the 5th year in the history of World Extreme Cagefighting, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. In 2005 WEC held 5 events beginning with, ''WEC 13: Heavyweight Explosion''. Title fights Tourna ... References External links WEC 16 Results at Sherdog.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Wec 16 World Extreme Cagefighting events 2005 in mixed martial arts Mixed martial arts in California Sports in Lemoore, California 2005 in sports in California ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Extreme Cagefighting
World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) was an American mixed martial arts, mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion founded in 2001. It was purchased by Zuffa, LLC, the parent company of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), in 2006. In its final incarnation, it was made up of 3 weight classes: , and . To accommodate the smaller fighters, WEC's cage was in diameter— smaller than the standard UFC cage. The smaller cage is now used by UFC for selected events. History Scott Adams and Reed Harris started the organization in 2001. Between 2001 and 2006, most of their events were held at Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino in Lemoore, California, and aired on HDNet. In December 2006, Zuffa purchased WEC. With the purchase, WEC continued as a separate promotion with its own roster of fighters. Adams was retained after the purchase as the organization's matchmaker. Harris and Adams were named co-General Managers and were both active in the new WEC. In 2008, Sean She ... [...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] |
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2005 In Mixed Martial Arts
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World Extreme Cagefighting Events
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2005 In WEC
The year 2005 is the 5th year in the history of World Extreme Cagefighting, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. In 2005 WEC held 5 events beginning with, ''WEC 13: Heavyweight Explosion''. Title fights Tournament Winners Events list WEC 13: Heavyweight Explosion WEC 13: Heavyweight Explosion was an event held on January 22, 2005 at the Tachi Palace in Lemoore, California, United States. Results WEC 14: Vengeance WEC 14: Vengeance was an event held on March 17, 2005 at the Tachi Palace in Lemoore, California, United States. Results WEC 15: Judgment Day WEC 15: Judgment Day was an event held on May 19, 2005 at the Tachi Palace in Lemoore, California, United States. Results WEC 16: Clash of the Titans 2 WEC 16: Clash of the Titans 2 was an event held on August 18, 2005 at the Tachi Palace in Lemoore, California, United States. Results WEC 17: Halloween Fury 4 WEC 17 ... [...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] |
Casey Olson
Casey Olson is a retired American mixed martial arts fighter. A professional from 2005 until 2012, he fought in the WEC, Strikeforce, and Tachi Palace Fights promotions. Background Olson attended Clovis High School, where he was a two-time captain of the wrestling team. Olson later attended Fresno City College. At FCC, he was a two-time captain, two-time All-American, and State Champion. After two seasons, Olson transferred to Fresno State University where he was a two-time NCAA Qualifier and Northern Regional Champion. Olson was also a two-time captain for Fresno State. Mixed martial arts career World Extreme Cagefighting Olson made his professional debut for California-based promotion, WEC. After compiling a 4-0 record, Olson signed with Strikeforce. Strikeforce Olson made his promotional debut at Strikeforce: Tank vs. Buentello, against Bobby Sanchez. Olson won via first-round submission, but would go 6-3 on the regional circuit before returning to face Chris Culley at St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Serdyukov
Alex Serdyukov (born May 24, 1980) is a retired Russian mixed martial artist who competed in the Welterweight division. A professional from 2003 until 2009, he competed for the WEC and Palace Fighting Championship. Championships and accomplishments *World Extreme Cagefighting **WEC North American Welterweight Championship (One time) Mixed martial arts record , - , Loss , align=center, 8-5 , Johny Hendricks , Decision (unanimous) , WEC 39 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 , Corpus Christi, Texas, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 8-4 , Luis Santos , TKO (corner stoppage) , WEC 34: Faber vs. Pulver , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 5:00 , Sacramento, California, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 7-4 , Ryan Stonitsch , Submission (triangle choke) , WEC 33: Marshall vs. Stann , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:15 , Las Vegas, Nevada, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 6-4 , Mike Gates , TKO ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lemoore, California
Lemoore (formerly, La Tache and Lee Moore's) is a city in Kings County, California, United States. Lemoore is located west-southwest of Hanford, at an elevation of . It is part of the Hanford-Corcoran Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA Code 25260). The population was 24,531 at the 2010 Census. The California Department of Finance estimated that Lemoore's population was 26,725 on July 1, 2019. History Dr. Lovern Lee Moore first made his home in what was western Tulare County, California—now the City of Lemoore—in April, 1871. It was on the northern shoreline (just above the high-water mark) of Tulare Lake, then potentially the largest freshwater body of water in the US, outside of the Great Lakes. The American pioneers from eastern states saw this as a stretch of vast virgin land on which sheep, horses and wild animals had grazed but had never been cultivated. By the time Dr. Moore arrived, scores of individual farms dotted the landscape, but as Tulare Lake retreated, mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of World Extreme Cagefighting Champions
This is a list of World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) champions at each weight class. In December 2006 World Extreme Cagefighting was bought by Zuffa, LLC, the parent company of the UFC, to concentrate on the four smaller weight classes under the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. Over the next two years, the WEC would phase out weight classes above 155 lbs, with most of the fighters going to the UFC. By the time of the WEC's absorption into the UFC at the end of 2010, the only remaining weight divisions were Lightweight, Featherweight and Bantamweight. Discontinued Title Histories Super Heavyweight Championship :Weight limit: Unlimited Heavyweight Championship :Weight limit: Light Heavyweight Championship :Weight limit: Middleweight Championship :Weight limit: Welterweight Championship :Weight limit: Lightweight Championship :Weight limit: Featherweight Championship :Weight limit: Bantamweight Championship :Weight limit: Tournament Winners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of WEC Champions
This is a list of World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) champions at each weight class. In December 2006 World Extreme Cagefighting was bought by Zuffa, LLC, the parent company of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, UFC, to concentrate on the four smaller weight classes under the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. Over the next two years, the World Extreme Cagefighting, WEC would phase out weight classes above 155 lbs, with most of the fighters going to the UFC. By the time of the WEC's absorption into the UFC at the end of 2010, the only remaining weight divisions were Lightweight (MMA), Lightweight, Featherweight (MMA), Featherweight and Bantamweight (MMA), Bantamweight. Discontinued Title Histories Super Heavyweight Championship :Weight limit: Unlimited Heavyweight Championship :Weight limit: Light Heavyweight Championship :Weight limit: Middleweight Championship :Weight limit: Welterweight Championship :Weight limit: Lightweight Championship :Weight li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
