WEC 38

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World Extreme Cagefighting mixed martial arts event event in 2009

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Field	Value
name	WEC 38: Varner vs. Cerrone
image	WEC38poster.jpg
promotion	World Extreme Cagefighting
date	January 25, 2009
venue	San Diego Sports Arena
city	San Diego, California
attendance	10,201
gate	$486,324
previousevent	WEC 37: Torres vs. Tapia
followingevent	WEC 39: Brown vs. Garcia
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WEC 38: Varner vs. Cerrone was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting on January 25, 2009. It aired live on the Versus Network. In the main event, WEC Lightweight Champion Jamie Varner defended his title against undefeated top contender Donald Cerrone.

Background

Featured on the card was a rematch between former WEC Featherweight Champion Urijah Faber and Jens Pulver. Faber was originally lined up to face José Aldo at this event, but Aldo was replaced by Pulver. Aldo was instead moved to a bout with the debuting Fredson Paixao at this event, though Paixao was later replaced by WEC newcomer Rolando Perez due to an injury. The Faber/Aldo matchup would eventually take place at WEC 48 the following year, where Aldo defended his then-WEC Featherweight Championship in a unanimous decision victory.

Ed Ratcliff was originally slated to face WEC newcomer Anthony Njokuani at this event, but was forced from the bout with an injury and replaced by the debuting Ben Henderson.

The event drew an estimated 702,000 viewers on Versus.

Results

|Lightweight | Jamie Varner (c) |def | Donald Cerrone |Decision (technical split) (49–46, 47–48, 49–46) |5 |3:10 |For the WEC Lightweight Championship. Bout was stopped after Cerrone landed an illegal knee to the head of Varner while he was on the ground. Since Varner was unable to continue, the bout went to the scorecards. |Featherweight | Urijah Faber |def | Jens Pulver |Submission (guillotine choke) |1 |1:34 | |Welterweight | Danillo Villefort |def | Mike Campbell |TKO (punches) |1 |3:53 | |Featherweight | José Aldo |def | Rolando Perez |KO (flying knee and punches) |1 |4:15 | |Lightweight | Benson Henderson |def | Anthony Njokuani |Submission (guillotine choke) |2 |0:42 | |Welterweight | Edgar Garcia |def | Hiromitsu Miura |TKO (punches) |1 |1:18 | |Bantamweight | Dominick Cruz |def | Ian McCall |Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) |3 |5:00 | |Bantamweight | Scott Jorgensen |def | Frank Gomez |Submission (guillotine choke) |1 |1:09 | |Welterweight | Jesse Lennox |def | Blas Avena |TKO (punches) |2 |0:41 | |Bantamweight | Charlie Valencia |def | Seth Dikun |Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) |3 |5:00 |

Bonus awards

Fighters were awarded $7,500 bonuses.{{cite web|url=http://mmaweekly.com/wec-38-bonuses-varner-cerrone-faber-aldo-3|title=WEC 38 BONUSES: VARNER, CERRONE, FABER & ALDO |publisher=mmaweekly.com|date=2009-01-26}}

Fight of the Night: USA Jamie Varner vs. USA Donald Cerrone
Knockout of the Night: BRA José Aldo
Submission of the Night: USA Urijah Faber

Reported payouts

The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the California State Athletic Commission. It does not include sponsor money or "locker room" bonuses often given by the WEC and also do not include the WEC's traditional "fight night" bonuses.

Jamie Varner: $34,000 (includes $17,000 win bonus) def. Donald Cerrone: $9,000
Urijah Faber: $48,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus) def. Jens Pulver: $35,000
Danillo Villefort: $8,000 (includes $4,000 win bonus) def. Mike Campbell: $3,000
José Aldo: $10,000 (includes $5,000 win bonus) def. Rolando Perez: $3,000
Benson Henderson: $5,000 (includes $2,000 win bonus) def. Anthony Njokuani: $2,000
Edgar Garcia: $6,000 (includes $3,000 win bonus) def. Hiromitsu Miura: $6,000
Dominick Cruz: $8,000 (includes $4,000 win bonus) def. Ian McCall: $3,000
Scott Jorgensen: $8,000 ($includes $4,000 win bonus) def. Frank Gomez: $2,000
Jesse Lennox: $4,000 (includes $2,000 win bonus) def. Blas Avena: $7,000
Charlie Valencia: $14,000 (includes $7,000 win bonus) def. Seth Dikun: $2,000

References

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