WEC 34

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WEC 34
Details
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
WEC 33 WEC 34 WEC 35

WEC 34 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.[2] [3]

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[edit] Announced Matches

[edit] Main Card

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.
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: Flag of the United States Chuck Grigsby vs. Flag of the United States Mark Munoz[4]
Munoz wins via KO (Strikes) at 4:15 of the first round.
The judges score the bout 30-27, 30-27, & 28-29 for a split decision for McCullough.

[edit] Preliminary Card

  • Lightweight bout: Flag of the United States Donald Cerrone vs. Flag of the United States Danny Castillo[4]
Cerone wins via submission due to armbar. This fight aired on the live broadcast before the WEC Bantamweight Title Fight.
All three judges score the bout 30-27 for a unanimous decision for Brown.
The judges score the bout 29-28, 29-28 & 28-29 for a split decision for Ribeiro.
  • Light Heavyweight bout: Flag of the United States Tim McKenzie vs. Flag of the United States Jeremy Lang[4]
McKenzie wins via triangle choke at the 0.40 mark of round three.
  • Welterweight bout: Flag of Brazil Luis Sapo vs. Flag of Russia Alex Serdyukov[4]
Serdyukov wins via TKO between the first and second round as Sapo is unable to continue.
Aldo wins via TKO at 3:22 of the second round.
The judges score the bout 30-27, 29-28, & 29-28 for a unanimous decision for Cruz

[edit] See also

[edit] External link

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Mendoza, Ricardo. "WEC 34: HOMETOWN HERO FABER EDGES OUT PULVER", MMA Weekly.com, 2008-06-01. Retrieved on 2008-06-01. 
  2. ^ WEC 34: JUNE 1 IN CALIFORNIA - MMA WEEKLY - Mixed Martial Arts & UFC News, Photos, Rankings & more
  3. ^ Five Ounces of Pain | Brock Lesnar to fight in August; Faber vs. Pulver for free this summer
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k WEC 34: Faber vs. Pulver. MMA Junkie (2008-04-27). Retrieved on 2008-04-27.