''WEC 31: Faber vs. Curran'' was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC). The event took place on Wednesday, December 12, 2007, at the

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and was aired live on the Versus Network. The main event featured a

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title match between champion

Urijah Faber Urijah Christopher Faber ( ; born May 14, 1979) is an American former mixed martial artist and actor. He competed in the bantamweight and featherweight divisions of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He is the founder of Team Alpha Male ...

and challenger

Jeff Curran Jeff Curran (born September 2, 1977) is an American retired professional mixed martial artist. A professional competitor from 1998 to 2016, Curran fought at a number of different weight classes for a large number of promotions including Bella ...

. The card also featured

Doug Marshall Douglas Garrett Marshall (born February 3, 1977) is an American former professional mixed martial artist. A professional competitor from 2003 until 2014, Marshall has fought in Bellator, Tachi Palace Fights, the Super Fight League, and the Pa ...

defending his

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championship against Ariel Gandulla, Paulo Filho defending his

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championship against Chael Sonnen, and the WEC debut of former UFC Lightweight champion

Jens Pulver Jens Johnnie Pulver (born December 6, 1974) is an American retired professional mixed martial artist and undefeated boxer and kickboxer. In 2023, Pulver was inducted into the UFC hall of fame. Pulver was the inaugural UFC Lightweight Champion in ...

. Future WEC &

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champion

Dominick Cruz Dominick Rogelio Cruz (born March 9, 1985) is an American former professional mixed martial artist, sports analyst and color commentator. He competed in the Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is the first ...

was scheduled to make his bantamweight debut against

Charlie Valencia Carlos Enrique "Charlie" Valencia (born October 31, 1974) is an American mixed martial artist. He has fought for the World Extreme Cagefighting, WEC and Ultimate Fighting Championship, UFC in their Bantamweight divisions, and is the former List ...

at this event but was later forced from the card and replaced by Ian McCall. The Cruz/Valencia bout was rescheduled for

WEC 34 ''WEC 34: Faber vs. Pulver'' was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting that took place on June 1, 2008, at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California. The main event, announced on WEC 33, was a bout between Jens Pulver and ...

the following June, where Cruz won by unanimous decision. A featherweight bout between Chance Farrar and Micah Miller was originally slated for this event but was pulled from the card three weeks beforehand after Farrar suffered a hand injury. The bout was instead rescheduled for WEC 32 two months later, where Miller won by knockout. The event drew an estimated 629,000 viewers on Versus.

Results

Reported Payouts

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. *Urijah Faber: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus) def. Jeff Curran: $10,000 *Paulo Filho: $56,000 ($28,000 win bonus) def. Chael Sonnen: $25,000 *Doug Marshall: $10,000 ($5,000 win bonus) def. Ariel Gandulla: $4,000 *Jens Pulver: $60,000 ($30,000 win bonus) def. Cub Swanson: $5,000 *John Alessio: $26,000 ($13,000 win bonus) def. Todd Moore: $4,000 *Bryan Baker: $8,000 ($4,000 win bonus) def. Eric Schambari: $5,000 *Ed Ratcliff: $8,000 ($4,000 win bonus) def. Alex Karalexis: $8,000 *Brian Bowles: $6,000 ($3,000 win bonus) def. Marcos Galvao: $5,000 *Charles Valencia: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus) def. Ian McCall: $3,000

External links

Official WEC website

References

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Results

Reported Payouts

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