WEC World Extreme Cagefighting 39 - Brown Vs Garcia (2009) - Official Event Program
WEC World Extreme Cagefighting 39 - Brown Vs Garcia (2009) - Official Event Program
WEC 39
Mike Brown Vs Leonard Garcia
Official Event Program
Also Featuring Jose Aldo & more
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.
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.
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.
The event drew an estimated 531,000 viewers on Versus.
Results:
Featherweight 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 5:00
Featherweight José Aldo def Chris Mickle TKO (punches) 1 1:39
Lightweight Rob McCullough def Marcus Hicks Decision (majority) (29-29, 30–27, 29-28) 3 5:00
Preliminary card
Lightweight Danny Castillo def Phil Cardella Decision (split) (30-27, 28-29, 29-28) 3 5:00
Bantamweight 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 5:00
Bantamweight Kenji Osawa def Rafael Rebello Decision (split) (29-28, 29-28, 27-30) 3 5:00
Lightweight Alex Karalexis def Greg McIntyre TKO (punches) 1 4:19
Featherweight John Franchi def Mike Budnik Decision (split) (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) 3 5:00
Welterweight Mike Pierce def Justin Haskins TKO (punches) 3 3:39
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