WEC 34: Faber vs. Pulver | ||||
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Information | ||||
Promotion | World Extreme Cagefighting | |||
Date | June 1, 2008 | |||
Venue | ARCO Arena | |||
City | Sacramento, California | |||
Attendance | 12,682[1] | |||
Total gate | $738,855[1] | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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WEC 34: 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 the WEC Featherweight Championship. WEC 34 was aired live on Versus.[2][3]
The event drew an estimated 1,540,000 viewers on Versus, a record high for the WEC.[4]
Richard Crunkilton was originally slated to face Donald Cerrone at this event, but he was forced from the bout with an injury and replaced by promotional newcomer Danny Castillo.[5]
Eric Schambari was originally scheduled to face Tim McKenzie at this event, but was also injured and replaced by the debuting Jeremy Lang.[6]
Main card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Featherweight | Urijah Faber (c) | def. | Jens Pulver | Decision (unanimous) (50-45, 50-44, 50-44) | 5 | 5:00 | [a] |
Bantamweight | Miguel Torres (c) | def. | Yoshiro Maeda | TKO (doctor stoppage) | 3 | 5:00 | [b] |
Light Heavyweight | Mark Muñoz | def | Chuck Grigsby | KO (punches) | 1 | 4:15 | |
Lightweight | Rob McCullough | def | Kenneth Alexander | Decision (split) (30-27, 28-29, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Preliminary card | |||||||
Lightweight | Donald Cerrone | def | Danny Castillo | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 1:30 | |
Featherweight | Mike Brown | def | Jeff Curran | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Bantamweight | Will Ribeiro | def | Chase Beebe | Decision (split) (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Middleweight | Tim McKenzie | def | Jeremy Lang | Submission (triangle choke) | 3 | 0:40 | |
Welterweight | Alex Serdyukov | def | Luis Santos | TKO (injury) | 1 | 5:00 | |
Featherweight | José Aldo | def | Alexandre Franca Nogueira | TKO (punches) | 2 | 3:22 | |
Bantamweight | Dominick Cruz | def | Charlie Valencia | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 |
The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the California State Athletic Commission. It does not include sponsor money or "locker room" bonuses often given by the WEC.[7]