WEC 33: Marshall vs. Stann was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) on Wednesday, March 26, 2008.
Background A rematch for the WEC Middlweight Championship between champion Paulo Filho and Chael Sonnen was advertised for this event, but Filho dropped out three weeks prior to the fight for personal reasons.Paulo Filho Not Fighting at WEC 33 . Bloody Elbow. Retrieved on 2011-11-02. Sonnen remained on the card, and instead faced Bryan Baker, who was pulled from an undercard bout with Logan Clark to face Sonnen. Clark's new opponent was WEC newcomer Scott Harper. The Filho/Sonnen rematch was later rescheduled for WEC 36 in November 2008.
The event drew an estimated 549,000 viewers on Versus.
Results
Reported payout The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Nevada State Athletic Commission. It does not include sponsor money or "locker room" bonuses often given by the WEC.
Brian Stann: $18,000 (includes $9,000 win bonus) def. Doug Marshall: $10,000 Chael Sonnen: $34,000 ($17,000 win bonus) def. Bryan Baker: $5,000 Marcus Hicks: $10,000 ($5,000 win bonus) def. Ed Ratcliff: $7,000 Steve Cantwell: $8,000 ($4,000 win bonus) def. Tim McKenzie: $6,000 Hiromitsu Miura: $8,000 ($4,000 win bonus) def. Blas Avena: $6,000 Brock Larson: $24,000 ($12,000 win bonus) def. John Alessio: $15,000 Rich Crunkilton: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus) def. Sergio Gomez $4,000 Alex Serdyukov: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus) def. Ryan Stonitsch: $3,000 Chris Manuel: $3,000 vs. Kenji Osawa: $5,000 ^ Logan Clark: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus) def. Scott Harper: $3,000
^Both fighters earned show money; bout declared majority draw.
See also World Extreme Cagefighting List of World Extreme Cagefighting champions List of WEC events 2008 in WEC
External links Official WEC website
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