WEC 5
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WEC 5: Halloween Fury was a mixed martial arts
event held on October 18th, 2002 at The Palace Casino in Lemoore, California
. WEC 5s main event was a title fight between Cole Escovedo
and Philip Perez.
Mixed martial arts
Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...
event held on October 18th, 2002 at The Palace Casino in Lemoore, California
Lemoore, California
Lemoore is a city in Kings County, California, United States. Lemoore is located west-southwest of Hanford, at an elevation of 230 feet . It is part of the Hanford–Corcoran Metropolitan Statistical Area...
. WEC 5s main event was a title fight between Cole Escovedo
Cole Escovedo
Cole Escovedo is an American mixed martial artist from Fresno, California currently fighting for the Ultimate Fighting Championship...
and Philip Perez.
Results
Justin Wieman vs. Daniel Camarillo
- Wieman defeated Camarillo via split decision after 3 rounds.
- Lightweight bout: Sam Wells vs. Gabe RuedigerGabe RuedigerGabriel G. "Gabe" Ruediger is an American mixed martial artist, currently competing in the lightweight division.-Mixed martial arts career:...
- Wells defeated Ruediger via KO (punch) at 4:22 of round 1.
- Alex Khanbabian vs. Alex Chu Kung
- Khanbabian defeated Chu Kung via TKO (punches) at 1:55 of round 2.
- Lightweight bout: Gilbert MelendezGilbert MelendezGilbert Melendez is an American mixed martial artist of Mexican descent. Currently fighting out of San Francisco, California, he formerly competed in the lightweight division of PRIDE Fighting Championships and now competes in Strikeforce...
vs. Gary Quan
- Melendez defeated Quan via TKO (punches) at 4:37 of round 1.
- Middleweight bout: Diallo Baza vs. Chris Mooney
- Baza defeated Mooney via TKO (punches) at 1:55 of round 2.
- Light Heavyweight bout: Tim Kennedy vs. Mack Brewer
- Kennedy defeated Brewer via TKO (punches) at 1:03 of round 1.
- Lightweight bout: Richard CrunkiltonRichard CrunkiltonRichard Allen Crunkilton is an American mixed martial artist. He competes in the Lightweight division. He defeated Sergio Gomez on March 26, 2008 at WEC 33. He was scheduled to face Donald Cerrone at WEC 34, but was forced off the card with an injury. Crunkilton was forced to withdraw from his...
vs. Victor Estrada
- Crunkilton defeated Estrada via submission (ankle injury) at 1:11 of round 1.
- Featherweight bout: Jeff Bedard vs. Antonio BanuelosAntonio BanuelosJuan Antonio Banuelos is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Bantamweight division.-Mixed martial arts career:...
- Bedard defeated Banuelos via submission (guillotine choke) at 0:43 of Round 1.
- Featherweight Championship bout: Cole EscovedoCole EscovedoCole Escovedo is an American mixed martial artist from Fresno, California currently fighting for the Ultimate Fighting Championship...
vs. Philip Perez
- Escovedo defeated Perez via submission (triangle choke) at 3:07 of round 1, to become the first ever WEC Featherweight Champion.