WEC 39

WEC 39: Brown vs. Garcia
The poster for WEC 39: Brown vs. Garcia
Promotion	World Extreme Cagefighting
Date	March 1, 2009
Venue	American Bank Center
City	Corpus Christi, Texas
Attendance	6,100[1]
Total gate	$279,950[1]
Event chronology
WEC 38: Varner vs. Cerrone WEC 39: Brown vs. Garcia WEC 40: Torres vs. Mizugaki

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.

Background

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]

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

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
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

1. For the WEC Featherweight Championship.
2. This bout was featured on the main broadcast.

Bonus Awards

Fighters 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 Brown

See also

• World Extreme Cagefighting
• List of World Extreme Cagefighting champions
• List of WEC events
• 2009 in WEC

External links

• Official WEC website

References

1. "WEC 39 Bonuses, Attendance, Live Gate Figures". fightnetwork.com. Retrieved March 2, 2009.
2. "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.
3. "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.
4. "WEC 39: Brown vs. Garcia review". The Sports Oratory. June 28, 2009. Retrieved November 3, 2011.
5. WEC 39: Brown vs. Garcia | MMA Event Page | Tapology
6. "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.