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An originally announced title fight rematch between WEC Welterweight Champion [[Carlos Condit]] and challenger [[Brock Larson]] was cancelled when Larson suffered an injury in training. It was then announced that following this event, the WEC would dissolve their welterweight division into the UFC.
 
[[Richard Crunkilton]] was scheduled to face [[Bart Palaszewski]] at this event in what was originally slated to be a WEC Lightweight Championship title eliminator. However, Crunkilton was pulled from the bout due to an injury and was replaced by WEC newcomer [[Ricardo Lamas]].<ref>{{cite news|date=February 25, 2009 |accessdateaccess-date=March 21, 2012 |url=http://mmajunkie.com/news/14095/crunkilton-injured-replacement-lamas-meets-palaszewski-at-wec-39.mma |title=Crunkilton injured, replacement Lamas meets Palaszewski at WEC 39 |publisher=MMAJunkie |url-status=dead |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517095416/http://mmajunkie.com/news/14095/crunkilton-injured-replacement-lamas-meets-palaszewski-at-wec-39.mma |archivedatearchive-date=May 17, 2012 }}</ref>
 
Justin Haskins was originally slated to face WEC newcomer [[Douglas Lima]] at this event, but Lima was forced out of the event due to delays in getting paperwork from the U.S. Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services. Lima was replaced by fellow WEC newcomer [[Mike Pierce]].<ref>{{cite news|date=February 12, 2009 |accessdateaccess-date=March 21, 2012 |url=http://mmajunkie.com/news/13984/mike-pierce-in-for-douglas-lima-at-wec-39.mma |title=Mike Pierce replaces Douglas Lima in WEC 39 bout with Justin Haskins |publisher=MMAJunkie |url-status=dead |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008031857/http://mmajunkie.com/news/13984/mike-pierce-in-for-douglas-lima-at-wec-39.mma |archivedatearchive-date=October 8, 2011 }}</ref>
 
WEC featherweight fighter and former [[List of UFC champions|UFC Lightweight Champion]] [[Jens Pulver]] filled in for [[Frank Mir]] on color commentary for this event, joining [[Todd Harris]] on the announce team.<ref>{{cite news |date=June 28, 2009 |accessdateaccess-date=November 3, 2011 |url=http://www.sportsoratory.com/?id=321 |title=WEC 39: Brown vs. Garcia review |publisher=The Sports Oratory}}</ref>
 
The event drew an estimated 531,000 viewers on [[Versus (TV channel)|Versus]].<ref>[http://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/wec-39-brown-vs-garcia WEC 39: Brown vs. Garcia | MMA Event Page | Tapology<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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==Bonus Awards==
Fighters were awarded $7,500 bonuses.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mmajunkie.com/news/14143/wec-39-bonuses-worth-7500-go-to-hendricks-serdyukov-page-and-brown.mma |title=WEC 39 bonuses worth $7,500 go to Hendricks, Serdyukov, Page and Brown |publisher=mmajunkie.com |date=2009-03-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111054539/http://mmajunkie.com/news/14143/wec-39-bonuses-worth-7500-go-to-hendricks-serdyukov-page-and-brown.mma |archivedatearchive-date=November 11, 2011 }}</ref>
 
*'''Fight of the Night: {{flagicon|USA}} Johny Hendricks vs. {{flagicon|RUS}} Alex Serdyukov'''
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