| 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 organizational high for the WEC.[4]This marked the debut of Jose Aldo in the WEC
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Cruz defeated Valencia via unanimous decision (30–27, 29–28, 29–28).
Aldo defeated Nogueira via TKO (punches) at 3:22 of round two.
Serdyukov defeated Santos via TKO (injury) at 5:00 of round one as Sapo is unable to continue.
McKenzie defeated Lang via submission (triangle choke) at 0:40 of round three.
Ribeiro defeated Beebe via split decision (29–28, 29–28, 28–29).
Brown defeated Curran via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
Cerrone defeated Castillo via submission (armbar) at 1:30 of round one. Although preliminary, this fight aired on the live broadcast.
McCullough defeated Alexander via split decision (30–27, 30–27, 28–29).
Munoz defeated Grigsby via KO (strikes) at 4:15 of the first round.
Torres defeated Maeda via TKO (doctor stoppage) at 5:00 of the third round to retain WEC Bantamweight Championship. This bout tied for 'Fight of the Night' honors with Urijah Faber and Jens Pulver.
Faber defeated Pulver via unanimous decision (50–45, 50–44, 50–44) to retain WEC Featherweight Championship. This bout tied for 'Fight of the Night' with Miguel Torres and Yoshiro Maeda.
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.[5]
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