WEC

WEC 23: Hot August Fights

Completed Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino, Lemoore, United States 13 bouts

Key takeaways

  • Doug Marshall beat Lodune Sincaid by knockout in the main event.
  • Antonio Banuelos beat Cole Escovedo by unanimous decision in the co-main event.
  • Seven of the 13 results came early: three knockouts and four submissions.
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Main card

LS

Lodune Sincaid vs Doug Marshall

Knockout R2 0:51
DM ✓
CE

Cole Escovedo vs Antonio Banuelos

Unanimous decision R3 5:00
AB ✓
JA ✓

John Alessio vs Alex Serdyukov

Submission R3 1:52
AS
AK ✓

Alex Karalexis vs Thomas Denny

Unanimous decision R3 5:00
TD
PM ✓

Poppies Martinez vs Gigo Jara

Submission R2 3:52
GJ
MR

Mario Rivera vs Kenny Ento

Submission R1 2:44
KE ✓
CO ✓

Casey Olson vs Chris Solomon

Unanimous decision R3 5:00
CS
AS

Alex Stiebling vs Fernando Gonzalez

Knockout R1 2:35
FG ✓
AR ✓

Anthony Ruiz vs Jeremy Freitag

Knockout R2 2:46
JF
CG ✓

Clay Guida vs Joe Martin

Unanimous decision R3 5:00
JM
RR

Rafael Del Real vs Dan Molina

Submission R1 0:43
DM ✓
JM ✓

Josh McDonald vs Patrick Murphy

Majority decision R3 5:00
PM
RB

Robert Breslin vs Andrew Martinez

Unanimous decision R2 5:00
AM
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Results

Main and co-main events

Doug Marshall beat Lodune Sincaid by knockout at 0:51 of round two in the main event of WEC 23 at the Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino in Lemoore. In the co-main event, Antonio Banuelos beat Cole Escovedo by unanimous decision after three rounds.

How the card was decided

Across the twelve bouts that produced a result, three ended by knockout, four by submission and five on the judges' scorecards — seven stoppages in twelve fights. One of the five decisions divided the judges.

Finishes and fight times

The quickest finish belonged to Dan Molina, who stopped Rafael Del Real after 43 seconds, and three of the seven finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was John Alessio's submission of Alex Serdyukov, 11 minutes and 52 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled one hour and 55 minutes of cage time.

Countries, weight classes and broadcast

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