Posted on 07-03-2008
Filed Under (WEC 33) by RedSweat

World Extreme Cagefighting announced the full fight card for WEC 33 "Filho vs Sonnen II" which takes place on March 26, 2008 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV.

Headlining the event will of course be the anticipated rematch between Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu artist Paul Filho vs American wrestler Chael Sonnen. Their first fight ended in controversy when Filho tapped out Sonnen via a verbal submission due to armbar. Chael actually did not tap out but screamed in agony due to the tight submission hold. The ref thought that was enough for Chael and stopped the fight.

Before getting caught in the armbar Sonnen had completely dominated Paul Filho for two full rounds.

wec 33 fight card

Filho being the champ that he is granted Chael the rematch and here we go again in only a few more weeks.

In an amazing twist of events Filho, who originally told website TATAME that he was pulling out of the rematch with Sonnen for personal reasons, will continue with the bout. Paul’s manager, Ed Soares, stated that Filho’s camp railed around the fighter and that the fight will continue as planned.

The co-main event of the night should be an absolute slugfest as "All-American" Marine Brian Stann takes on the vicious power of Doug "The Rhino" Marshall in a light heavyweight bout for the ages. Do not blink for this fight as it could be one of the fastest fights in history.

WEC 33 "Back to Vegas" Full Fight Card

  • Paulo Filho vs Chael Sonnen (Middleweight Championship Bout)
  • Doug Marshall vs Brian Stann (Light Heavyweight Championship Bout)
  • Marcus Hicks vs Ed Ratcliff
  • Steve Cantwell vs Tim McKenzie
  • Blas Avena vs Hirumitsu Miura
  • John Alessio vs Brock Larson
  • Rich Crunkilton vs Sergio Gomez
  • Alex Serdyukov vs Ryan Stonitsch
  • Chris Manuel vs Kenji Osawa
  • Bryan Baker vs Logan Clark

WEC 33 will air live and in high definition on the Versus network at 9pm ET. For details and ticket information visit WEC.tv.

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JASON on 8 March, 2008 at 8:55 am #

WEC is starting to have more events more often and I love it, I really like that they showcase the lower weights (obviously not on this card) but i like them cause im 5′7 155 give i or take 5lbs


Todd Yeakle on 8 March, 2008 at 12:50 pm #

Yeah I am 155 myself so I like the lower weight classes as well. WEC has some awesome fighters.


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