WEC 28

---

title: "WEC 28" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["world-extreme-cagefighting-events", "2007-in-mixed-martial-arts", "mixed-martial-arts-events-in-the-las-vegas-valley", "2007-in-sports-in-nevada", "hard-rock-hotel-and-casino-(las-vegas)", "sports-competitions-in-paradise,-nevada", "june-2007-sports-events-in-the-united-states"] description: "World Extreme Cagefighting mixed martial arts event event in 2007" topic_path: "sports" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WEC_28" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary World Extreme Cagefighting mixed martial arts event event in 2007 ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox MMA event"]

Field	Value
name	WEC 28: Faber vs. Farrar
image	Wec-28-original.jpg
promotion	World Extreme Cagefighting
date	June 3, 2007
venue	Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
city	Las Vegas, Nevada
previousevent	WEC 27: Marshall vs. McElfresh
followingevent	WEC 29: Condit vs. Larson
::

| name = WEC 28: Faber vs. Farrar | image = Wec-28-original.jpg | promotion = World Extreme Cagefighting | date = June 3, 2007 | venue = Hard Rock Hotel and Casino | city = Las Vegas, Nevada | attendance = | gate = | purse = | previousevent = WEC 27: Marshall vs. McElfresh | followingevent = WEC 29: Condit vs. Larson WEC 28: Faber vs. Farrar was the fourth mixed martial arts event held by the World Extreme Cagefighting under Zuffa management. The event was held on June 3, 2007. WEC 28 was the first WEC to be aired live on the Versus Network. The main event was a Featherweight title defense by WEC Featherweight champion, Urijah Faber.

Results

|Featherweight |Urijah Faber (c) |def |Chance Farrar |Submission (rear naked choke) |1 |3:19 |For the WEC Featherweight Championship. |Featherweight |Rani Yahya |def |Mark Hominick |Submission (rear naked choke) |1 |1:19 | |Lightweight |Alex Karalexis |def |Josh Smith |Decision (majority) (28–28, 29–27, 29–27) |3 |5:00 | |Light Heavyweight |Brian Stann |def |Craig Zellner |TKO (punches) |1 |4:57 | |Welterweight |Brock Larson |def |Kevin Knabjian |TKO (punches) |1 |0:27 |Although preliminary, this bout aired on the live broadcast. |Welterweight |John Alessio |def |Alex Serdyukov |Submission (guillotine choke) |1 |1:17 |Although preliminary, this bout aired on the live broadcast. |Featherweight |Cub Swanson |def |Micah Miller |Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) |3 |5:00 | |Bantamweight |Brian Bowles |def |Charlie Valencia |Submission (rear naked choke) |2 |2:50 | |Featherweight |Jeff Bedard |def |Mike French |Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) |3 |5:00 |

Reported payouts

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.

• Urijah Faber: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus) def. Chance Farrar:$4,000
• Rani Yahya: $10,000 ($5,000 win bonus) def. Mark Hominick: $6,000
• Alex Karalexis: $10,000 ($5,000 win bonus) def. John Smith: $1,000
• Brian Stann: $8,000 ($4,000 win bonus) def. Craig Zellner: $2,000
• Brock Larson: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. Kevin Knabjian: $2,000
• John Alessio: $18,000 ($9,000 win bonus) def. Alex Serdyukov: $6,000
• Cub Swanson: $8,000 ($4,000 win bonus) def. Micah Miller $4,000
• Brian Bowles: $4,000 ($2,000 win bonus) def. Charlie Valencia $6,000
• Jeff Bedard: $6,000 ($3,000 win bonus) def. Mike French: $3,000

References

References

1. Trembow, Ivan. (2007-06-04). "Fighter Salary Breakdown for WEC 28". www.mmaweekly.com.

::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page. ::