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Date
  
March 26, 2008

City
  
Paradise, Nevada

WEC 33

Promotion
  
World Extreme Cagefighting

Venue
  
Hard Rock Hotel and Casino

WEC 33 Marshall vs. Stann
  
WEC 34 Faber vs. Pulver

WEC 33: Marshall vs. Stann was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) that took place on Wednesday, March 26, 2008.

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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. 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, where Sonnen defeated Filho in a non-title match, after Filho failed to make weight.

The event drew an estimated 549,000 viewers on Versus.

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.

    References

    WEC 33 Wikipedia
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