<page_title> List of World Extreme Cagefighting champions </page_title> <section_title> Middleweight Championship </section_title> <table> <cell> The WEC Middleweight title was vacated December 2006 when Zuffa purchased the organization. <col_header> No. </col_header> <col_header> Name </col_header> <col_header> Event </col_header> <col_header> Date </col_header> <col_header> Defenses </col_header> <col_header> 1 </col_header> <col_header> 2 </col_header> </cell> <cell> Brazil Paulo Filho def. Joe Doerksen <col_header> Name </col_header> <row_header> 3 </row_header> </cell> <cell> WEC 29 Las Vegas, NV, USA <col_header> Event </col_header> <row_header> 3 </row_header> </cell> <cell> August 5, 2007 <col_header> Date </col_header> <row_header> 3 </row_header> </cell> </table>
Joe Doerksen's first fight in the organization was against Paulo Filho for the vacant WEC middleweight championship at WEC 29 on August 5, 2007.