WEC 36: Faber vs. Brown
Preliminary card
- Catchweight (137 lb) bout:
Yoshiro Maeda vs.
Rani Yahya
- Yahya defeated Maeda via submission (guillotine choke) at 3:30 of round 1.
- Lightweight bout:
Rafael Dias vs.
Danny Castillo
- Castillo defeated Dias via TKO (strikes) at 2:54 of round 2.
- Light Heavyweight bout:
Carmelo Marrero vs.
Steve Steinbeiss
- Marrero defeated Steinbeiss via split decision (29–28, 29–28, 28–29)
- Featherweight bout:
José Aldo vs.
Jonathan Brookins
- Aldo defeated Brookins via TKO (strikes) at 0:45 of round 3.
- Middleweight bout:
David Avellan vs.
Aaron Simpson
- Simpson defeated Avellan via KO (punch) at 0:18 of round 1. This bout aired on the live broadcast.
- Lightweight bout:
Rob McCullough vs.
Donald Cerrone
- Cerrone defeated McCullough via unanimous decision (30–27, 29–28, 29–27).
Main card
- Middleweight bout:
Jake Rosholt vs.
Nissen Osterneck
- Rosholt defeated Osterneck via TKO (punches) at 3:48 of round 2.
- Featherweight bout:
Jens Pulver vs.
Leonard Garcia
- Garcia defeated Pulver via TKO (punches) at 1:12 of round 1.
- Catchweight (189 lb) bout:
Paulo Filho vs.
Chael Sonnen
- Sonnen defeated Filho via unanimous decision. (30–27, 30–27, 30–27). Filho was supposed to defend hisMiddleweight Championship belt, but missed weight by four pounds, forcing the bout to be a non-title catchweightbout.
- Featherweight Championship bout:
Urijah Faber (c) vs.
Mike Brown
- Brown defeated Faber via TKO (punches) at 2:23 of round 1 to become the new WEC Featherweight champion.