List of WEC champions

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Below is a list of World Extreme Cagefighting champions.

Contents 1 Bantamweight championship 2 Featherweight championship 3 Lightweight championship 4 Welterweight championship 5 Middleweight championship 6 Light Heavyweight championship 7 Heavyweight championship 8 See also

[edit] Bantamweight championship

126 to 135 lbs (57 to 61 kg)

Name:	Date:	Location:	Defenses:
Eddie Wineland (def. Antonio Banuelos)	May 5, 2006 (WEC 20)	Lemoore, CA
Chase Beebe	March 24, 2007 (WEC 26)	Las Vegas, NV	def. Rani Yahya on September 5, 2007 in Las Vegas, NV (WEC 30)
Miguel Torres	February 13, 2008 (WEC 32)	Albuquerque, NM	def. Yoshiro Maeda on June 1, 2008 in Sacramento, CA (WEC 34)

[edit] Featherweight championship

136 to 145 lbs (61 to 66 kg)

Name:	Date:	Location:	Defenses:
Cole Escovedo (def. Philip Perez)	October 18, 2002 (WEC 5)	Lemoore, CA	def. Anthony Hamlett on October 17, 2003 in Lemoore, CA (WEC 8)
Urijah Faber	March 17, 2006 (WEC 19)	Lemoore, CA	def. Joe Pearson on January 20, 2007 in Las Vegas, NV (WEC 25) def. Dominic Cruz on March 24, 2007 in Las Vegas, NV (WEC 26) def. Chance Farrar on June 3, 2007 in Las Vegas, NV (WEC 28) def. Jeff Curran on December 12, 2007 in Las Vegas, NV (WEC 31) def. Jens Pulver on June 1, 2008 in Sacramento, CA (WEC 34)

[edit] Lightweight championship

146 to 155 lbs (66 to 70 kg)

Name:	Date:	Location:	Defenses:
Gilbert Melendez (def. Olaf Alfonso)	May 21, 2004 (WEC 10)	Lemoore, CA
Lightweight title vacated.
Gabe Ruediger (def. Olaf Alfonso)	October 21, 2004 (WEC 12)	Lemoore, CA	def. Jason Maxwell on March 17, 2005 in Lemoore, CA (WEC 14) def. Sam Wells on October 14, 2005 in Lemoore, CA (WEC 17)
Hermes Franca	March 17, 2006 (WEC 19)	Lemoore, CA	def. Brandon Olsen on June 15, 2006 in Highland, CA (WEC 21) def. Nathan Diaz on October 12, 2006 in Lemoore, CA (WEC 24)
After Zuffa bought out the WEC the Lightweight belt was vacated December 2006.
Rob McCullough (def. Kit Cope)	January 20, 2007 (WEC 25)	Las Vegas, NV	def. Richard Crunkilton on September 5, 2007 in Las Vegas, NV (WEC 30)
Jamie Varner	February 13, 2008 (WEC 32)	Albuquerque, NM

[edit] Welterweight championship

156 to 170 lbs (70 to 77 kg)

Name:	Date:	Location:	Defenses:
Nick Diaz (def. Joe Hurley)	March 27, 2003 ( WEC 6)	Lemoore, CA
Welterweight title vacated.
Shonie Carter (def. J.T. Taylor)	October 17, 2003 (WEC 8)	Lemoore, CA
Karo Parisyan	May 21, 2004 (WEC 10)	Lemoore, CA
Parisyan vacates the title to focus on fighting for the UFC.
Mike Pyle (def. Bret Bergmark)	October 14, 2005 (WEC 17)	Lemoore, CA	def. Shonie Carter on January 13, 2006 in Lemoore, CA (WEC 18)
After Zuffa bought out the WEC the Welterweight belt was vacated December 2006.
Carlos Condit (def. John Alessio)	March 24, 2007 (WEC 26)	Las Vegas, NV	def. Brock Larson on August 5, 2007 in Las Vegas, NV (WEC 29) def. Carlo Prater on February 13, 2008 in Albuquerque, NM (WEC 32)

[edit] Middleweight championship

171 to 185 lbs (77 to 84 kg)

Name:	Date:	Location:	Defenses:
Chris Leben (def. Mike Swick)	January 16, 2004 (WEC 9)	Lemoore, CA
Leben vacates the title to participate in the UFC's The Ultimate Fighter.
Joe Riggs (def. Rob Kimmons)	May 19, 2005 (WEC 15)	Lemoore, CA
After Zuffa bought out the WEC the Middleweight belt was vacated December 2006.
Paulo Filho (def. Joe Doerksen)	August 5, 2007 (WEC 29)	Las Vegas, NV	def. Chael Sonnen on December 12, 2007 in Las Vegas, NV (WEC 31)

[edit] Light Heavyweight championship

186 to 205 lbs (84 to 93 kg)

Name:	Date:	Location:	Defenses:
Frank Shamrock (def. Bryan Pardoe)	March 27, 2003 (WEC 6)	Lemoore, CA
Shamrock vacates the title August 2003 to fight for strikeforce.
Jason Lambert (def. Richard Montoya)	January 22, 2005 (WEC 13)	Lemoore, CA
Lambert vacates the title October 2005 to fight for the UFC.
Scott Smith (def. Tait Fletcher)	October 14, 2005 (WEC 17)	Lemoore, CA	def. Justin Levens on January 13, 2006 in Lemoore, CA (WEC 18)
Smith vacates the title May 2006 to participate in the UFC's The Ultimate Fighter.
Lodune Sincaid (def. Dan Molina)	May 5, 2006 (WEC 20)	Lemoore, CA
Doug Marshall	August 17, 2006 (WEC 23)	Lemoore, CA	def. Justin McElfresh on May 12, 2007 in Las Vegas, NV (WEC 27) def. Ariel Gandulla on December 12, 2007 in Las Vegas, NV (WEC 31)
Brian Stann	March 26, 2008 (WEC 33)	Las Vegas, NV

[edit] Heavyweight championship

206 to 265 lbs (93 to 120 kg)

Name:	Date:	Location:	Defenses:
James Irvin (def. Jody Poff)	August 20, 2004 (WEC 11)	Lemoore, CA	def. Houssain Oushani on October 21, 2004 in Lemoore, CA (WEC 12)
Irvin vacates the title November 2004 to fight for the UFC.
After Zuffa bought out the WEC the Heavyweight belt was vacated and the weightclass was abolished December 2006.

[edit] See also

• List of World Extreme Cagefighting Events