An originally announced title fight rematch between WEC Welterweight Champion Carlos Condit and challenger Brock Larson was cancelled when Larson suffered an injury in training. It was then announced that following this event, the WEC would dissolve their welterweight division into the UFC.
Richard Crunkilton was scheduled to face Bart Palaszewski at this event in what was originally slated to be a WEC Lightweight Championship title eliminator. However, Crunkilton was pulled from the bout due to an injury and was replaced by WEC newcomer Ricardo Lamas.[2]
Justin Haskins was originally slated to face WEC newcomer Douglas Lima at this event, but Lima was forced out of the event due to delays in getting paperwork from the U.S. Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services. Lima was replaced by fellow WEC newcomer Mike Pierce.[3]
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brown, garcia, mixed, martial, arts, event, held, world, extreme, cagefighting, that, took, place, march, 2009, corpus, christi, texas, event, aired, live, versus, network, featherweight, champion, mike, brown, made, first, title, defense, against, number, con. WEC 39 Brown vs Garcia was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting that took place on March 1 2009 in Corpus Christi Texas The event aired live on the Versus Network WEC Featherweight Champion Mike Brown made his first title defense against number one contender Leonard Garcia at this event WEC 39 Brown vs GarciaThe poster for WEC 39 Brown vs Garcia InformationPromotionWorld Extreme CagefightingDateMarch 1 2009VenueAmerican Bank CenterCityCorpus Christi TexasAttendance6 100 1 Total gate 279 950 1 Event chronologyWEC 38 Varner vs Cerrone WEC 39 Brown vs Garcia WEC 40 Torres vs Mizugaki Contents 1 Background 2 Results 3 Bonus Awards 4 See also 5 External links 6 ReferencesBackground EditAn originally announced title fight rematch between WEC Welterweight Champion Carlos Condit and challenger Brock Larson was cancelled when Larson suffered an injury in training It was then announced that following this event the WEC would dissolve their welterweight division into the UFC Richard Crunkilton was scheduled to face Bart Palaszewski at this event in what was originally slated to be a WEC Lightweight Championship title eliminator However Crunkilton was pulled from the bout due to an injury and was replaced by WEC newcomer Ricardo Lamas 2 Justin Haskins was originally slated to face WEC newcomer Douglas Lima at this event but Lima was forced out of the event due to delays in getting paperwork from the U S Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services Lima was replaced by fellow WEC newcomer Mike Pierce 3 WEC featherweight fighter and former UFC Lightweight Champion Jens Pulver filled in for Frank Mir on color commentary for this event joining Todd Harris on the announce team 4 The event drew an estimated 531 000 viewers on Versus 5 Results EditMain cardWeight class Method Round Time NotesFeatherweight Mike Brown c def Leonard Garcia Submission arm triangle choke 1 1 57 a Lightweight Ricardo Lamas def Bart Palaszewski Decision unanimous 30 27 30 27 30 27 3 5 00Featherweight Jose Aldo def Chris Mickle TKO punches 1 1 39Lightweight Rob McCullough def Marcus Hicks Decision majority 29 29 30 27 29 28 3 5 00Preliminary cardLightweight Danny Castillo def Phil Cardella Decision split 30 27 28 29 29 28 3 5 00Bantamweight Damacio Page def Marcos Galvao KO punches 1 0 18 b Welterweight Johny Hendricks def Alex Serdyukov Decision unanimous 29 28 29 28 29 28 3 5 00Bantamweight Kenji Osawa def Rafael Rebello Decision split 29 28 29 28 27 30 3 5 00Lightweight Alex Karalexis def Greg McIntyre TKO punches 1 4 19Featherweight John Franchi def Mike Budnik Decision split 29 28 28 29 29 28 3 5 00Welterweight Mike Pierce def Justin Haskins TKO punches 3 3 39 For the WEC Featherweight Championship This bout was featured on the main broadcast Bonus Awards EditFighters were awarded 7 500 bonuses 6 Fight of the Night Johny Hendricks vs Alex Serdyukov Knockout of the Night Damacio Page Submission of the Night Mike BrownSee also EditWorld Extreme Cagefighting List of World Extreme Cagefighting champions List of WEC events 2009 in WECExternal links EditOfficial WEC websiteReferences Edit a b WEC 39 Bonuses Attendance Live Gate Figures fightnetwork com Retrieved March 2 2009 Crunkilton injured replacement Lamas meets Palaszewski at WEC 39 MMAJunkie February 25 2009 Archived from the original on May 17 2012 Retrieved March 21 2012 Mike Pierce replaces Douglas Lima in WEC 39 bout with Justin Haskins MMAJunkie February 12 2009 Archived from the original on October 8 2011 Retrieved March 21 2012 WEC 39 Brown vs Garcia review The Sports Oratory June 28 2009 Retrieved November 3 2011 WEC 39 Brown vs Garcia MMA Event Page Tapology WEC 39 bonuses worth 7 500 go to Hendricks Serdyukov Page and Brown mmajunkie com 2009 03 02 Archived from the original on November 11 2011 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title WEC 39 amp oldid 1043863837, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
