2006 in WEC

The year 2006 was the 6th year in the history of World Extreme Cagefighting, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. In 2006 WEC held 7 events beginning with, WEC 18: Unfinished Business.

2006 in WEC
Information
First date	January 13, 2006
Last date	October 12, 2006
Events
Total events	7
Fights
Total fights	74
Title fights	11
Chronology
2005 in WEC 2006 in WEC 2007 in WEC

Title fights

Title fights in 2006
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Event	Notes
Heavyweight	Brian Olsen	def.	Lavar Johnson	Submission (Knee Injury)	2	0:14	WEC 18: Unfinished Business	[a]
Welterweight	Mike Pyle (c)	def.	Shonie Carter	Submission (Triangle Choke)	1	2:06	WEC 18: Unfinished Business	[b]
Light Heavyweight	Scott Smith (c)	def.	Justin Levens	KO (Punches)	1	1:58	WEC 18: Unfinished Business	[c]
Featherweight	Urijah Faber	def.	Cole Escovedo	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	2	5:00	WEC 19: Undisputed	[d]
Lightweight	Hermes Franca	def.	Gabe Ruediger (c)	KO (Punches)	1	0:36	WEC 19: Undisputed	[e]
Heavyweight	Brian Olsen (c)	def.	Mike Kyle	DQ (Strikes After the Bell)	1	N/A	WEC 20: Cinco de Mayhem	[f]
Light Heavyweight	Lodune Sincaid	def.	Dan Molina	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	3:17	WEC 20: Cinco de Mayhem	[g]
Bantamweight	Eddie Wineland	def.	Antonio Banuelos	KO (Head Kick and Punches)	1	2:36	WEC 20: Cinco de Mayhem	[h]
Lightweight	Hermes Franca (c)	def.	Brandon Olsen	Submission (Armbar)	1	0:40	WEC 21: Tapout	[i]
Light Heavyweight	Doug Marshall	def.	Lodune Sincaid (c)	TKO (Punches)	2	0:51	WEC 23: Hot August Fights	[j]
Lightweight	Hermes Franca (c)	def.	Nate Diaz	Submission (Armbar)	2	2:46	WEC 24: Full Force	[k]

1. For the WEC Heavyweight Championship.
2. For the WEC Welterweight Championship.
3. For the WEC Light Heavyweight Championship.
4. For the WEC Featherweight Championship.
5. For the WEC Lightweight Championship.
6. For the WEC Heavyweight Championship.
7. For the WEC Light Heavyweight Championship.
8. For the WEC Bantamweight Championship.
9. For the WEC Lightweight Championship.
10. For the WEC Light Heavyweight Championship.
11. For the WEC Lightweight Championship.

Events list

Main article: List of WEC events

No.	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
24	WEC 24: Full Force	October 12, 2006	Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino	Lemoore, California
23	WEC 23: Hot August Fights	August 17, 2006	Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino	Lemoore, California
22	WEC 22: The Hitmen	July 8, 2006	Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino	Lemoore, California
21	WEC 21: Tapout	June 15, 2006	San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino	Highland, California
20	WEC 20: Cinco de Mayhem	May 5, 2006	Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino	Lemoore, California
19	WEC 19: Undisputed	March 17, 2006	Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino	Lemoore, California
18	WEC 18: Unfinished Business	January 13, 2006	Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino	Lemoore, California

WEC 18: Unfinished Business

WEC 18: Unfinished Business
Promotion	World Extreme Cagefighting
Date	January 13, 2006
Venue	Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino
City	Lemoore, California
Event chronology
WEC 17: Halloween Fury 4 WEC 18: Unfinished Business WEC 19: Undisputed

WEC 18: Unfinished Business^[1] was an event held on January 13, 2006 at the Tachi Palace in Lemoore, California, United States.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Heavyweight	Brian Olsen	def.	Lavar Johnson	TKO (Knee Injury)	2	0:14	[a]
	Vernon White	def.	Jason Guida	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	1	5:00
	Billy Evangelista	def.	Ryan Healy	TKO (Punches and Elbows)	2	2:06
	Casey Olson	def.	Joe Martin	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Welterweight	Mike Pyle (c)	def.	Shonie Carter	Submission (Triangle Choke)	1	2:06	[b]
Light Heavyweight	Scott Smith (c)	def.	Justin Levens	KO (Punches)	1	1:58	[c]
	Chris Lytle	def.	Savant Young	TKO (Submission to elbows)	1	3:50
	Rich Crunkilton	def.	Nick Ertl	TKO (Punches)	2	3:55
	Devin Cole	def.	Mike Kyle	TKO (Punches)	2	2:56
	Josh Green	vs.	Rafael del Real	No Contest - Unintentional Knee	1	3:26

1. For the WEC Heavyweight Championship.
2. For the WEC Welterweight Championship.
3. For the WEC Light Heavyweight Championship.

WEC 19: Undisputed

Main article: WEC 19

WEC 19: Undisputed^[2] was an event held on March 17, 2006 at the Tachi Palace in Lemoore, California, United States.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Featherweight	Urijah Faber	def.	Cole Escovedo	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	2	5:00	[a]
Light Heavyweight	Tim McKenzie	def.	Doug Marshall	TKO (Punches and Elbows)	1	3:35
Catchweight (175 lb)	Joe Martin	def.	Tony Alanis	Submission (Heel Hook)	2	2:26
Light Heavyweight	Lodune Sincaid	def.	James Irvin	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Bantamweight	Antonio Banuelos	def.	James Cottrell	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Undercard bouts (aired on HDNet)
Lightweight	Hermes Franca	def.	Gabe Ruediger (c)	KO (Punches)	1	0:36	[b]
Lightweight	Rob McCullough	def.	Olaf Alfonso	KO (Punch)	2	0:12
Welterweight	Pat Healy	def.	Tiki Ghosn	TKO (Shoulder Injury)	3	0:25
Lightweight	Ryan Healy	def.	Phillip Wyman	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	3:18
Heavyweight	Jake O'Brien	def.	Jay White	KO (Punch)	1	0:14
Middleweight	Kenny Ento	def.	Jimmy Dexter	Submission (Armbar)	1	1:20	[c]

1. For the WEC Featherweight Championship.
2. For the WEC Lightweight Championship.
3. This bout was not aired on the broadcast.

WEC 20: Cinco de Mayhem

Main article: WEC 20

WEC 20: Cinco de Mayhem^[3] was an event held on May 5, 2006 at the Tachi Palace in Lemoore, California, United States.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Heavyweight	Brian Olsen (c)	def.	Mike Kyle	DQ (Strikes After the Bell)	1	N/A	[a]
Light Heavyweight	Lodune Sincaid	def.	Dan Molina	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	3:17	[b]
Lightweight	Cory Cass	def.	Poppies Martinez	Submission (Armbar)	1	0:47
Light Heavyweight	Glover Teixeira	def.	Carlton Jones	TKO (Punches)	1	1:57
Light Heavyweight	Jeremy Freitag	def.	Paul Moreno	Submission (Armbar)	1	2:22
Middleweight	Kenny Ento	def.	Phil Collins	Submission (Armbar)	1	1:07
Bantamweight	Eddie Wineland	def.	Antonio Banuelos	KO (Head Kick and Punches)	1	2:36	[c]
Lightweight	Rob McCullough	def.	Randy Hauer	TKO (Punches)	1	2:36
Lightweight	Nate Diaz	def.	Gilbert Rael	TKO (Punches)	1	3:35
Lightweight	Cassio Werneck	def.	Ashe Bowman	Submission (Armbar)	2	3:05
Middleweight	Fernando Gonzalez	def.	Jimmy Dexter	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	4:09
Middleweight	Keith Berry	def.	Donny Rider	TKO (Punches)	1	0:36

1. For the WEC Heavyweight Championship.
2. For the WEC Light Heavyweight Championship.
3. For the WEC Bantamweight Championship.

WEC 21: Tapout

Main article: WEC 21

WEC 21: Tapout^[4] was an event held on June 15, 2006 at the San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino in Highland, California.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight	Rob McCullough	def.	Ryan Healy	TKO (Cut)	1	1:52
Lightweight	Nate Diaz	def.	Joe Hurley	Submission (Triangle Choke)	2	2:03
Lightweight	Hermes Franca (c)	def.	Brandon Olsen	Submission (Armbar)	1	0:40	[a]
Heavyweight	Justin Eilers	def.	Jimmy Ambriz	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	1	5:00
Light Heavyweight	Brian Stann	def.	Miguel Cosio	TKO (Punches)	1	0:16
Lightweight	Rich Crunkilton	def.	Adam Lynn	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	2	1:20
Welterweight	Mike Penalber	def.	Joe Martin	Decision (Split)	3	3:00
Heavyweight	Kyle York	def.	Jason Glaza	TKO (Punches)	1	0:46

1. For the WEC Lightweight Championship.

WEC 22: The Hitmen

Main article: WEC 22

WEC 22: The Hitmen^[5] was an event held on July 8, 2006 at the Tachi Palace in Lemoore, California, United States.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight	Mike Joy	def.	Robert Densley	Submission (Armbar)	1	4:58
Catchweight (208 lbs)	Doug Marshall	def.	Jeff Terry	TKO (Punches)	1	1:50
Catchweight (178 lbs)	J.T. Taylor	def.	Drew Dimanlig	Submission (Armbar)	1	3:47
Light heavyweight	Alex Stiebling	def.	Jason Guida	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Heavyweight	Wes Sims	def.	Joel Suprenant	Submission (Triangle Choke)	1	0:28
Welterweight	Patrick Murphy	def.	Joel Thomas	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Featherweight	Trevor Harris	def.	Colley Bradford	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	2:19
Welterweight	Jonathan Mix	def.	Mario Rivera	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	3	3:47
Light heavyweight	Glover Teixeira	def.	Jack Morrison	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	1:27
Catchweight (178 lbs)	Poppies Martinez	def.	Troy Miller	Submission (Armbar)	1	0:50
Lightweight	Casey Olson	def.	Alvin Cacdac	TKO (Punches)	1	2:28

WEC 23: Hot August Fights

Main article: WEC 23

WEC 23: Hot August Fights^[6] was an event held on August 17, 2006 at the Tachi Palace in Lemoore, California, United States.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Light Heavyweight	Doug Marshall	def.	Lodune Sincaid (c)	TKO (Punches)	2	0:51	[a]
Featherweight	Antonio Banuelos	def.	Cole Escovedo	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Welterweight	John Alessio	def.	Alex Serdyukov	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	3	1:52
Welterweight	Alex Karalexis	def.	Thomas Denny	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Poppies Martinez	def.	Gigo Jara	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	2	3:52
Middleweight	Kenny Ento	def.	Mario Rivera	Submission (Armbar)	1	2:44
Lightweight	Casey Olson	def.	Chris Solomon	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Middleweight	Fernando Gonzalez	def.	Alex Stiebling	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	1	2:35
Light Heavyweight	Anthony Ruiz	def.	Jeremy Freitag	TKO (Punches)	2	2:46
Lightweight	Clay Guida	def.	Joe Martin	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Light Heavyweight	Dan Molina	def.	Rafael del Real	Submission (Heel Hook)	1	0:43
Welterweight	Josh McDonald	def.	Patrick Murphy	Decision (Majority)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Robert Breslin	vs.	Andrew Martinez	Draw	2	5:00

1. For the WEC Light Heavyweight Championship.

WEC 24: Full Force

Main article: WEC 24

WEC 24: Full Force^[7] was an event held on October 12, 2006 at the Tachi Palace in Lemoore, California, United States.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight	Hermes Franca (c)	def.	Nate Diaz	Submission (Armbar)	2	2:46	[a]
Light Heavyweight	Terry Martin	def.	Keith Berry	TKO (Punches)	1	2:52
Lightweight	John Polakowski	def.	Olaf Alfonso	Decision (Split)	3	5:00
Heavyweight	Justin Eilers	def.	Josh Diekmann	TKO (Punches)	1	2:29
Lightweight	Poppies Martinez	def.	Robert Breslin	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	1	0:52
Light Heavyweight	Glover Teixeira	def.	Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou	KO (Punches)	1	1:41
Light Heavyweight	Justin Levens	def.	Justin Hawes	TKO (Punches and Elbows)	1	1:28
Welterweight	Dave Terrel	def.	Mike Moreno	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Light Heavyweight	Patrick Kaase	def.	Jarrod Kwitty	TKO (Punches)	2	2:30

1. For the WEC Lightweight Championship.

See also

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