''WEC 25: McCullough vs. Cope'' was the first

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event held by the

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under

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management. The event was held on January 20, 2007. ''WEC 25s

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was a championship fight for the vacant WEC Lightweight Title, between rivals

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 Wor ...

and

Kit Cope Kristopher Lee "Kit" Cope (born March 17, 1977) is an American Muay Thai kickboxer and mixed martial artist who competes in the Featherweight, Lightweight, and Welterweight divisions. A four-time professional Muay Thai World Champion, Cope also ...

. The co-main event was a WEC Featherweight Title bout between champion,

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and challenger Joe Pearson. A WEC Light Heavyweight Title bout was originally advertised between champion

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and Jorge Oliveira, but the bout was later pulled from the card. Marshall would instead make his first title defense against Justin McElfresh at WEC 27 in May 2007.

Results

Reported Payout

The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the

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. It does not include sponsor money or "locker room" bonuses often given by the WEC. *Rob McCullough: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Kit Cope: $5,000 *Urijah Faber: $10,000 ($5,000 win bonus) def. Joe Pearson: $4,000 *John Alessio: $10,000 ($4,000 win bonus) def. Brian Gassaway: $4,000 *Logan Clark: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus) def. Blas Avena: $2,500 *Brendan Seguin: $4,000 ($2,000 win bonus) def. Fernando Gonzalez: $3,000 *Alex Karalexis: $8,000 ($4,000 win bonus) def. Olaf Alfanso: $4,000 *Carlos Condit: $8,000 ($4,000 win bonus) def. Kyle Jensen: $3,000 *Antonio Banuelos: $6,000 ($3,000 win bonus) def. Mike French: $3,000 *Rich Crunkilton: $10,000 ($5,000 win bonus) def. Mike Joy: $2,000

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* First WEC show under Zuffa management. * The WEC Lightweight Title was previously held by

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, who had to vacate it in order to continue to compete in the

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Results

Reported Payout

Miscelleaneous

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