WEC title history

Superheavyweight

Ron Waterman def. James Nevarez 1 def. (Ricco Rodriguez)
*The WEC Super Heavyweight division was abolished December 2006 when Zuffa purchased the organization

Heavyweight

James Irvin def. Jody Poff 2 def. (Houssain Oushani & Doug Marshall)
*Irvin vacates the title to fight in the Light Heavyweight division.

Brian Olsen def. Lavar Johnson 1 def. (Mike Kyle)
*The WEC Heavyweight division was abolished December 2006 when Zuffa purchased the organization.

Light-Heavyweight

Frank Shamrock def. Bryan Pardoe 0 def.
*Shamrock vacates the title August 2003 to fight for Strikeforce.

Jason Lambert def. Richard Montoya 0 def.
*Lambert vacates the title October 2005 to fight for the UFC.

Scott Smith def. Tait Fletcher 1 def. (Justin Levens)
*Smith vacates the title May 2006 to participate in the UFC's The Ultimate Fighter.

Lodune Sincaid def. Dan Molina 0 def.

Doug Marshall def. Lodune Sincaid 2 def. (Justin McElfresh, Ariel Gandulla)

Brian Stann def. Doug Marshall 0 def.

Steve Cantwell def. Brian Stann 0 def.
*The WEC Light Heavyweight division was absorbed into the UFC on December 3, 2008 so the WEC could further concentrate on lighter weight classes.

Middleweight

Chris Leben def. Mike Swick 0 def.
*Leben vacates the title to participate in the UFC's The Ultimate Fighter.

Joe Riggs def. Rob Kimmons 0 def.
*The WEC Middleweight title was vacated December 2006 when Zuffa purchased the organization.

Paulo Filho def. Joe Doerksen 1 def. (Chael Sonnen)
*The WEC Middleweight division was absorbed into the UFC on December 3, 2008, so the WEC could further concentrate on lighter weight classes.

Welterweight

Nick Diaz def. Joe Hurley 0 def.
*Welterweight title vacated.

Shonie Carter def. J.T. Taylor 0 def.

Karo Parysian def. Shonie Carter 0 def.
*Parisyan vacates the title to focus on fighting for the UFC.

Mike Pyle def. Bret Bergmark 1 def. (Shonie Carter)
*The WEC Welterweight title was vacated December 2006 when Zuffa purchased the organization.

Carlos Condit def. John Alessio 3 def. (Brock Larson, Carlo Prater & Hiromitsu Miura)
*The WEC Welterweight division was absorbed into the UFC on February 3, 2009, so the WEC could further concentrate on lighter weight classes.

Lightweight

Gilbert Melendez def. Olaf Alfonso 0 def.
*Lightweight title vacated

Gabe Ruediger def. Olaf Alfonso 2 def. (Jason Maxwell & Sam Wells)

Hermes Franca def. Gabe Ruediger 2 def. (Brandon Olsen & Nate Diaz)
*The WEC Lightweight title was vacated December 2006 when Zuffa purchased the organization.

Rob McCullough def. Kit Cope 1 def. (Richard Crunkilton)

Jamie Varner def. Rob McCullough 2 def. (Marcus Hicks & Donald Cerrone)

*Ben Henderson def. Donald Cerrone (interim LW title)

Ben Henderson def. Jamie Varner 1 def. (Donald Cerrone)

Anthony Pettis def. Ben Henderson 0 def.
*The WEC Lightweight division was absorbed into the UFC on December 16, 2010, as part of the UFC-WEC merger. (Pettis was named No. 1 Contender for the UFC LW Title but due to a draw with Frank Edgar and Gray Maynard, Pettis fought Clay Guida and lost via Unanimous Decision thus losing his title shot)

Featherweight

Cole Escovedo def. Philip Perez 1 def. (Anthony Hamlett)

Urijah Faber def. Cole Escovedo 5 def. (Joe Pearson, Dominick Cruz, Chance Farrar , Jeff Curran & Jens Pulver)

Mike Brown def. Urijah Faber 2 def. (Leonard Garcia & Urijah Faber)

Jose Aldo def. Mike Brown 2 def. (Urijah Faber & Manny Gamburyan)
*The WEC Featherweight division was absorbed into the UFC on October 28, 2010, as part of the UFC-WEC merger. Jose Aldo was promoted to UFC Featherweight Champion

Bantamweight

Eddie Wineland def. Antonio Banuelos 0 def.

Chase Beebe def. Eddie Wineland 1 def. (Rani Yahya)

Miguel Torres def. Chase Beebe 3 def. (Yoshiro Maeda, Manny Tapia & Takeya Mizugaki)

Brian Bowles def. Miguel Torres 0 def.

Dominick Cruz def. Brian Bowles 2 def. (Joseph Benavidez & Scott Jorgensen)
*The WEC Bantamweight division was absorbed into the UFC on December 16, 2010, as part of the UFC-WEC merger. Dominick Cruz was promoted to UFC Bantamweight Champion

Tournament Champion Heavyweight

Brandon Vera def. Andre Mussi
Mike Whithead def. Terroll Dees
*Brandon Vera def. Mike Whitehead (to become champ)

Tournament Champion Light-Heavyweight

Scott Smith def. Tim McKenzie
Vernon White def. Jorge Oliveira
*Scott Smith def. Tait Fletcher (Vernon White was forced to withdraw due to a hand injury. He was replaced by Tait Fletcher and became WEC Light-Heavyweight Champion)