WEC 27: Marshall vs. McElfresh was the third mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

 event held by the World Extreme Cagefighting

World Extreme Cagefighting

World Extreme Cagefighting was an American mixed martial arts promotion. It was purchased by Zuffa, LLC, the parent company of Ultimate Fighting Championship , in 2006. In its final incarnation, it was made up of 3 weight classes: 135, 145 and 155 lbs. To accommodate the smaller...

 under Zuffa management. The event was held on May 12, 2007.

UFC lightweight fighter and future WEC Lightweight Champion Jamie Varner

Jamie Varner

James Christopher Varner is a mixed martial artist who fought for World Extreme Cagefighting. He is a former WEC Lightweight champion.-Ultimate Fighting Championship:...

 was expected to make his promotional debut on this card against Richard Crunkilton

Richard Crunkilton

Richard Allen Crunkilton is an American mixed martial artist. He competes in the Lightweight division. He defeated Sergio Gomez on March 26, 2008 at WEC 33. He was scheduled to face Donald Cerrone at WEC 34, but was forced off the card with an injury. Crunkilton was forced to withdraw from his...

, but the fight was removed from the card after Varner suffered training injuries.

Preliminary card

• Middleweight bout:   Eric Schambari
  Eric Schambari
  Eric Schambari is an American professional mixed martial artist who competes in the middleweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2005, Schambari has most notably fought in World Extreme Cagefighting and was a semi-finalist in the Bellator Season Two: Middleweight Tournament, where he...
  
   vs.   Art Santore

Schambari defeated Santore via unanimous decision (29–28, 30–27, 30–27).

• Welterweight bout:   Ed Ratcliff
  Ed Ratcliff
  Edward Norris Ratcliff is an American mixed martial artist. He was recently cut by UFC in January.-World Extreme Cagefighting:Ratcliff debuted at WEC 27, defeating Johnny Sampaio via TKO in the second round....
  
   vs.   Johnny Sampaio

Ratcliff defeated Sampaio via TKO (knee injury) at 1:31 of round 1.

• Featherweight bout:   Manny Tapia
  Manny Tapia
  Manny Tapia is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter from Chino, California who trains out of Millennia MMA in Rancho Cucamonga, California...
  
   vs.   Brandon Foxworth

Tapia defeated Foxworth via TKO (strikes) at 3:17 of round 2.

• Welterweight bout:   Tom Speer
  Tommy Speer
  Tommy Speer is an American professional mixed martial artist. He received national exposure on The Ultimate Fighter 6: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra, fighting as a member of Team Hughes.-The Ultimate Fighter:...
  
   vs.   Sidney Silva

Speer defeated Silva via KO (punches) at 4:33 of round 1.

• Lightweight bout:   Marcus Hicks
  Marcus Hicks
  Marcus Dewayne Hicks is an American mixed martial artist who currently fights as a lightweight.-World Extreme Cagefighting:...
  
   vs.   Sergio Gomez

Hicks defeated Gomez via Submission (guillotine choke) at 3:20 of round 2.

Main card

• Lightweight bout:   Sherron Leggett vs.   Charlie Kohler

Leggett defeated Kohler via TKO (strikes) at 2:25 of round 2.

• Light Heavyweight bout:   Ariel Gandulla vs.   Gary Padilla

Gandulla defeated Padilla via split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28).

• Middleweight bout:   Jason Miller vs.   Hiromitsu Miura
  Hiromitsu Miura
  Hiromitsu Miura is a Japanese Boxer and former mixed martial artist who competed in the welterweight division in MMA and now competes in the light heavyweight division in boxing.-Career:...
  
  

Miller defeated Miura via unanimous decision(29–28, 29–28, 29–28).

• Light Heavyweight Championship bout:   Doug Marshall
  Doug Marshall
  Doug Garrett Marshall is an American mixed martial artist from Visalia, California who currently competes as a middleweight. He is a former WEC World Light Heavyweight champion.-Mixed martial arts career:...
  
   (c) vs.   Justin McElfresh

Marshall defeated McElfresh via KO (punches) at 2:16 of round 1, to retain WEC Light Heavyweight Championship.

Reported Payout

The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Nevada State Athletic Commission. It does not include sponsor money or "locker room" bonuses often given by the WEC.

• Doug Marshall: $8,000 (includes $4,000 win bonus) def. Justin McElfresh: $3,000
• Jason Miller: $30,000 ($15,000 win bonus) def. Hiromitsu Miura: $3,000
• Ariel Gandulla: $6,000 ($3,000 win bonus) def. Gary Padilla: $3,000
• Sherron Leggett: $6,000 ($3,000 win bonus) def. Charlie Kohler: $5,000
• Marcus Hicks: $6,000 ($3,000 win bonus) def. Sergio Gomez: $4,000
• Tommy Speer: $4,000 ($2,000 win bonus) def. Sidney Silva: $4,000
• Manny Tapia: $8,000 ($4,000 win bonus) def. Brandon Foxworth: $4,000
• Ed Ratcliff: $6,000 ($3,000 win bonus) def. Johnny Sampaio: $2,000
• Eric Schambari: $6,000 ($3,000 win bonus) def. Art Santore: $6,000

External links

• Official WEC website
• Official Sherdog fight card