WEC 31 will air tonight (December 12) at 9 p.m. ET on the Versus cable channel live from "The Joint" in the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The event features THREE championship bouts and the featherweight (145 pounds) debut of former UFC lightweight champion, Jens Pulver, under the WEC banner.
Here's the complete line up:
Featherweight championship bout
145 lbs.: Urijah Faber (19-1) vs. Jeff Curran (28-8-1)
Middleweight championship bout
185 lbs.: Paulo Filho (15-0) vs. Chael Sonnen (19-8-1)
Light heavyweight championship bout
205 lbs.: Doug Marshall (6-2) vs. Ariel Gandulla (4-0)
Remaining card
145 lbs.: Jens Pulver (21-8-1) vs. Cub Swanson (11-1)
170 lbs.: John Alessio (26-11) vs. Todd Moore (9-0)
185 lbs.: Bryan Baker (5-0) vs. Eric Schambari (7-0)
155 lbs.: Alex Karalexis (9-2) vs. Ed Ratcliff (5-0)
135 lbs.: Ian McCall (8-0) vs. Charlie Valencia (6-3)
135 lbs.: Brian Bowles (9-1) vs. Marcos Galvao (4-0)
For a complete fight-by-fight breakdown of the card click here. For some cool pre-main event pics of "The California Kid" and "Big Frog" click here and here, respectively.
It should be a fantastic night of mixed martial arts action. And if you live in my neighborhood the Versus channel is included in the cable package, making it virtually free of charge.
It doesn't get any better than that.
Feel free to leave comments and predictions in the comments section below before, during and after WEC 31. Enjoy.
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UPDATE: For detailed and official results of WEC 31 click here.
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