WEC 34

Infobox MMA event
name= WEC: Faber vs. Pulver


promotion=World Extreme Cagefighting
date=June 1, 2008
venue=ARCO Arena
city=Sacramento, California
attendance=12,682cite news|url=http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=6395|title=WEC 34: HOMETOWN HERO FABER EDGES OUT PULVER|first=Ricardo|last=Mendoza|date=2008-06-01|accessdate=2008-06-01|work=MMA Weekly.com]
gate=$738,855
buyrate=
previousevent=WEC 33
followingevent=WEC 35

"WEC: Faber vs. Pulver" was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting that took place on June 1, 2008 at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California. The main event, announced on WEC 33, was a bout between Jens Pulver and Urijah Faber for WEC Featherweight Championship. WEC 34 was aired live on Versus. [ [http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/rumors.asp?articleid=5786&zoneid=14 WEC 34: JUNE 1 IN CALIFORNIA - MMA WEEKLY - Mixed Martial Arts & UFC News, Photos, Rankings & more ] ] [ [http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/02/29/brock-lesnar-to-fight-in-august-faber-vs-pulver-for-free-this-summer/ Five Ounces of Pain | Brock Lesnar to fight in August; Faber vs. Pulver for free this summer ] ]

Results

Main Card

*Featherweight Championship bout: Flagicon|USA Urijah Faber vs. Flagicon|USA Jens Pulvercite web
url=http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=EventDetail.FightCard&eid=1105
title=WEC 34: Faber vs. Pulver
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publisher=MMA Junkie
date=2008-04-27
accessdate=2008-04-27] ::The judges score the bout 50-45, 50-44 & 50-44 for a unanimous decision for Faber. This bout tied for fight of the night with Miguel Torres and Yoshiro Maeda's fight.
*Bantamweight Championship bout: Flagicon|USA Miguel Torres vs. Flagicon|JPN Yoshiro Maeda::Torres wins via TKO (Injury) at 5:00 of the third round. This bout tied for fight of the night with Urijah Faber and Jens Pulver's fight.
*Light Heavyweight bout: Flagicon|USA Chuck Grigsby vs. Flagicon|USA Mark Munoz::Munoz wins via KO (Strikes) at 4:15 of the first round.
*Lightweight bout: Flagicon|USA Kenneth Alexander vs. Flagicon|USA Rob McCullough::The judges score the bout 30-27, 30-27, & 28-29 for a split decision for McCullough.

Preliminary Card

*Lightweight bout: Flagicon|USA Donald Cerrone vs. Flagicon|USA Danny Castillo::Cerone wins via submission due to armbar. This fight aired on the live broadcast before the WEC Bantamweight Title Fight.

*Featherweight bout: Flagicon|USA Mike Thomas Brown vs. Flagicon|USA Jeff Curran::All three judges score the bout 30-27 for a unanimous decision for Brown.

*Bantamweight bout: Flagicon|USA Chase Beebe vs. Flagicon|BRA Will Ribeiro::The judges score the bout 29-28, 29-28 & 28-29 for a split decision for Ribeiro.

*Light Heavyweight bout: Flagicon|USA Tim McKenzie vs. Flagicon|USA Jeremy Lang::McKenzie wins via triangle choke at the 0.40 mark of round three.

*Welterweight bout: Flagicon|BRA Luis Sapo vs. Flagicon|RUS Alex Serdyukov::Serdyukov wins via TKO between the first and second round as Sapo is unable to continue.

*Featherweight bout: Flagicon|BRA Jose Aldo vs. Flagicon|BRA Alexandre Franca Nogueira::Aldo wins via TKO at 3:22 of the second round.

*Bantamweight bout: Flagicon|USA Dominick Cruz vs. Flagicon|USA Charlie Valencia::The judges score the bout 30-27, 29-28, & 29-28 for a unanimous decision for Cruz

ee also

*List of WEC Events

External links

* [http://www.wec.tv/ Official WEC website]

References