WEC 31: Faber vs. Curran
Preliminary card
- Bantamweight bout:
Charlie Valencia vs. Ian McCall
Valencia defeated McCall via submission (guillotine choke) at 3:19 of Round 1. This bout, although preliminary, appeared on the live broadcast.
- Bantamweight bout: Brian Bowles vs
Marcos Galvao
Bowles defeated Galvao via TKO (strikes) at 2:09 of Round 2. This bout, although preliminary, appeared on the live broadcast.
- Lightweight bout: Alex Karalexis vs. Ed Ratcliff
Ratcliff defeated Karalexis via TKO (strikes) at 1:26 of Round 2.
- Middleweight bout: Bryan Baker vs. Eric Schambari
Baker defeated Schambari via split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28).
- Welterweight bout: Todd Moore vs. John Alessio
Alessio defeated Moore via unanimous decision(30–27, 30–27, 29–28).
Main card
- Light Heavyweight championship bout: Doug Marshall (c) vs.
Ariel Gandulla
Marshall defeated Gandulla via submission (armbar) at 0:55 of round 1 to retain the WEC Light Heavyweight Championship.
- Middleweight championship bout: Paulo Filho (c) vs. Chael Sonnen
Filho defeated Sonnen via submission (armbar) at 4:55 of round 2 to retain the WEC Middleweight Championship. Filho’s victory was controversial because Sonnen did not appear to tap out, but yelled while the armbar was placed, and the referee took this as a verbal submission.
- Featherweight bout: Jens Pulver vs. Cub Swanson
Pulver defeated Swanson via submission (anaconda Choke) at 0:35 of round 1.
- Featherweight championship bout: Urijah Faber (c) vs. Jeff Curran
Faber defeated Curran via submission (guillotine choke) at 4:34 of round 2 to retain the WEC Featherweight