WEC 9: Cold Blooded was a 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 promoted by 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...

 on January 16, 2004 at the Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino in Lemoore, California

Lemoore, California

Lemoore is a city in Kings County, California, United States. Lemoore is located west-southwest of Hanford, at an elevation of 230 feet . It is part of the Hanford–Corcoran Metropolitan Statistical Area...

. The main event saw Mike Kyle take on Jude Hargett.

Results

• Lightweight bout:   Josh Hayes vs.   Tony Asam

Hayes defeated Asam via TKO (punches) at 2:05 of round 1.

• Lightweight bout:   Anthony Gonzales vs.   Pedro Tome

Gonzales defeated Tome via TKO (punches) at 2:14 of round 1.

•   Richard Montoya vs.   Joe Salcido

Montoya defeated Salcido via KO (punches) at 0:36 of round 1.

• Middleweight bout:   Jack Cardenas vs.   John Appleby

Cardenas defeated Appleby via TKO at 4:54 of round 1.

• Lightweight bout:   Harris Sarmiento vs.   Rob McCullough
  Rob McCullough
  Robert Alexander McCullough IV is an American Muay Thai kickboxer and mixed martial artist. He was a five-time World Muay Thai Champion, and is a former WEC Lightweight Champion. He currently trains out of Huntington Beach, CA at HB Ultimate Training Center...
  
  

Sarmiento defeated McCullough via split decision after 3 rounds.

•   Poppies Martinez vs. Eric Ramirez

Martinez defeated Ramirez via TKO (punches) at 3:15 of round 1.

• Middleweight Championship bout:   Chris Leben
  Chris Leben
  Christian Cyrus Leben is an American mixed martial artist currently signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship where he fights as a middleweight....
  
   vs.   Mike Swick
  Mike Swick
  Mike Swick is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship as a welterweight....
  
  

Leben defeated Swick via KO (punch) at 0:45 of round 2 to become the first ever WEC Middleweight Champion.

• Heavyweight 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:...
  
   vs.   Lavar Johnson
  Lavar Johnson
  Lavar Johnson is an American mixed martial artist who competes as a Heavyweight. None of his career fights have ever gone to a decision. He currently competes in Strikeforce.-WEC:...
  
  

Marshall defeated Johnson via TKO (corner stoppage) at 5:00 of round 1.

• Welterweight bout:   Tiki Ghosn
  Tiki Ghosn
  Tiki Ghosn is an American mixed martial artist veteran, competing since 1998 in the Welterweight division .-History:Tiki started his MMA career in high school when he discovered Muay Thai Kickboxing as a form of cross training for football, while attending MaterDei High School in Santa Ana,...
  
   vs.   Nick Gilardi

Ghosn defeated Gilardi via submission (guillotine choke) at 4:52 of round 1.

• Lightweight bout:   Yves Edwards
  Yves Edwards
  |-| Win| align="center" | 41-17-1| Rafaello Oliveira| TKO | UFC Live: Cruz vs. Johnson| | align="center" | 2| align="center" | 2:44| Washington, D.C||-| Loss| align="center" | 40-17-1| Sam Stout| KO...
  
   vs.   Deshaun Johnson

Edwards defeated Johnson via unanimous decision after 3 rounds.

• Lightweight bout:   Olaf Alfonso
  Olaf Alfonso
  Olaf Alfonso is a Mexican mixed martial artist. He is a former Palace Fighting Championship Welterweight Champion, a World Extreme Cagefighting veteran and has competed for PRIDE Fighting Championship....
  
   vs.   John Polakowski

Alfonso defeated Polakowski via split decision after 3 rounds.

•   Adrienna Jenkins
  Adrienna Jenkins
  Adrienna Jenkins is an American female mixed martial artist. She trained as part of the Miletich Fighting Systems team along with former UFC champions Pat Miletich and Jens Pulver.-MMA career:...
  
   vs.   Keri Scarr

Jenkins defeated Scarr via DQ (illegal strikes) in round 1.

•   Shonie Carter
  Shonie Carter
  Mearion Shonie Bickhem III , better known as Shonie Carter, is an American mixed martial artist. He is a former World Extreme Cagefighting welterweight champion, an Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran, and a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter 4 reality show...
  
   vs. Gabe Garcia

Carter defeated Garcia via TKO (injury) at 0:30 of round 1.

• Light Heavyweight bout:   Alex Steibling vs.   Joe Riggs
  Joe Riggs
  Joseph Jonathan Riggs is an American mixed martial arts fighter. He has competed at weights ranging from Heavyweight down to Welterweight. Currently, Riggs fights as a Middleweight.-Background:...
  
  

Steibling defeated Riggs via submission (triangle choke) at 1:54 of round 2.

• Heavyweight bout:   Mike Kyle
  Mike Kyle
  Mike Kyle is an American mixed martial artist who competes as a light heavyweight and heavyweight. He fights primarily for Strikeforce and King of the Cage. He is the King of the Cage Light Heavyweight champion...
  
   vs.   Jude Hargett

Kyle defeated Hargett via TKO (punches) at 4:09 of round 1.

External links

• WEC 9 Results at Sherdog.com