Historic WEC Bantamweight Champions
A list of all historic belt holders in the WEC's 135 pound Bantamweight Division
The first Bantamweight Champion for the World Extreme Cagefighting MMA promotion donned the WEC Bantamweight Champion belt at WEC 20 when Eddie Wineland defeated Antonio Banuelos. Chase Beebe then topped Wineland in his first title defense and held it one fight longer than Wineland before arguably the best 135 pound fighter in MMA history, Miguel Angel Torres, earned the title of WEC Bantamweight Champion and held it for over a year and a half while making a solid case as one of the top pound for pound fighters in MMA. However Brian Bowles shocked the MMA world by defeating Torres at WEC 42 in August 2009 and looks to make his first title defense in March 2010 at WEC 47.
Belt Holder |
Won belt at |
Defeated |
Date |
Title Defenses |
| Eddie Wineland | WEC 20 | Antonio Banuelos | May 5, 2006 |
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| Chase Beebe | WEC 26 | Eddie Wineland | March 24, 2007 | - defeated Rani Yahya at WEC 30 on September 5, 2007 |
| Miguel Torres | WEC 32 | Chase Beebe | February 13, 2008 | - defeated Yoshiro Maeda at WEC 34 on June 1, 2008 - defeated Manny Tapia at WEC 37 on December 3, 2008 - defeated Takeya Mizugaki at WEC 40 on April 5, 2009 |
| Brian Bowles | WEC 42 | Miguel Torres | August 9, 2009 |
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| Dominick Cruz | WEC 47 | Brian Bowles | March 6, 2010 | - defeated Joseph Benavidez at WEC 50 on August 18, 2010 - defeated Scott Jorgensen at WEC 53 on December 16, 2010
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