Completed MMA Event
WEC 26: Condit vs Alessio
- Saturday 03.24.2007
- U.S. Broadcast:
- Promotion: WEC
- Ownership: Zuffa, LLC
- Venue: Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
- Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- Enclosure: Cage
- MMA Bouts: 10
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Fight Card
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WEC Welterweight Championship
Submission, Rear Naked Choke
4:59 Round 2 of 5, 9:59 Total10
Main Event
170
5 x 5 | Pro
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WEC Featherweight Championship
Submission, Guillotine Choke
1:38 Round 1 of 59
Main Card
145
5 x 5 | Pro
Referees
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John McCarthy
Condit vs. Alessio (10), Larson vs. Apple (7), Serdyukov vs. Norton (3) -
Herb Dean
Faber vs. Cruz (9), Terrel vs. Ghosn (6), Miller vs. Moreng (2) -
Steve Mazzagatti
Beebe vs. Wineland (8), Swanson vs. Lee (5) -
Josh Rosenthal
Valencia vs. Banuelos (4), Stann vs. Cantwell I (1)
Wiki
WEC 26 Wiki
In the second-ever WEC event to be held under Zuffa, LLC management, WEC 26 featured three title fights, in the welterweight, featherweight, and bantamweight divisions, respectively. Chase Beebe took the Bantamweight Championship from Eddie Wineland, Urijah Faber defended his Featherweight Championship against Dominick Cruz, and Carlos Condit won the Vacant Welterweight Championship by defeating John Alessio.
With the victory over Cruz, Faber had emerged as the most popular fighter in the WEC, and his potential for mainstream stardom was not lost on Zuffa, LLC, as he was marketed heavily as one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world from this point on.
