World Fighting Alliance 1 was the first mixed martial arts event held by World Fighting Alliance on November 3, 2001 at The Joint in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Background The event marked the professional debut of Vitor Ribeiro. Bruce Buffer was the announcer for the event. Dave Bontempo and Maurice Smith provided commentary for the event. In the main event Rich Franklin submitted Marvin Eastman. Eastman argued with the referee that he had not been submitted and that the fight had been stopped prematurely. Results Tiki Ghosn vs. Paul Rodriguez Ghosn defeated Rodriguez via unanimous decision Vitor Ribeiro vs. Charlie Kohler Ribeiro defeated Kohler via TKO (Doctor Stoppage) in round 1 at 3:50 Tony DeSouza vs. Chatt Lavender DeSouza defeated Lavender via TKO (Doctor Stoppage) in round 1 at 3:24 João Roque vs. Stephen Palling Roque defeated Palling via Submission (Armbar) in round 1 at 1:29 Antonio McKee vs. Jason Black The fight was declared a split draw Frank Trigg vs. Laverne Clark Trigg defeated Clark via Submission (Punches and Elbows) in round 3 at 2:15 Jermaine Andrè vs. Ronald Jhun Andre defeated Jhun via TKO (Punches) in round 1 at 3:11 Rich Franklin vs. Marvin Eastman Franklin defeated Eastman via Submission (Armbar) in round 1 at 1:02