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12,682
fight fans packed Sacremento's ARCO Arena for the 34th WEC
featuring hometown hero and WEC Featherweight Champion, Uriah Faber, going up against
former UFC Lightweight Champion and world-class MMA
veteran, Jens Pulver. The noise was deafening in the arena
with the audience going nuts as Faber made his march to
the cage with the sounds of Dr Dre and Tupac's
"California Love" filling the air. He met a
waiting Pulver there and, for five rounds, the pair of
warriors gave the Sacramento crowd and 1.5 million+
viewers around the country watching on the VERSUS
network, a true
display of what Mixed Martial Arts is all about.
WEC
35 will be held on August 3rd at the Hard Rock Hotel and
Casino in Las Vegas, and again will be broadcast live on
the VERSUS
network. 3 WEC belts will be on the line this time. Welterweight
Champ Carlos Condit will defend his title for the 3rd
time, this time against Pancrase and K-1 vet, Hiromitsu
Miura. Lightweight Champion, Jamie Varner, will make his
first title defense against an undefeated Marcus Hicks.
Light Heavyweight Champ, Brian Stann, will also make his
first title defense against Steve Cantwell. More info can be found at www.WEC.TV.
Preliminary
Card
Bout
1: Bantamweight
Dominick Cruz
(9-1, 135 lbs) def Charlie Valencia (9-3, 135.5 lbs)
by
Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
 
 
Bout
2: Featherweight
Jose Aldo
(10-1, 145.5 lbs) def
Alexandre
"Pequeno" Nogueira (13-4-2, 145.5 lbs)
by
TKO (Ref Stoppage - Strikes) @ 3:22 Rd 2
 
 
Bout
3: Welterweight
Alex
"The Russian Crusher" Serdyukov (8-4, 169.5 lbs) def Luis Sapo
(6-2, 170 lbs)
by
TKO (Fighter unable to continue after Rd 1)
 
 
Bout
4: Middleweight
Tim
"The Wrecking Machine" McKenzie (11-5, 184.5 lbs) def
Jeremy
"The Landlord" Lang (12-0, 183.5 lbs) by Triangle Choke @
0:40 Rd 3
 
 
Bout
5: Bantamweight
Will Ribeiro
(8-1, 135 lbs) def Chase Beebe (13-1, 136 lbs)
by
Split Decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29)
 
 
Bout
6: Featherweight
Mike
"Mayhem" Brown (9-3, 145 lbs) def Jeff "Big Frog" Curran
(31-9-1, 144.5 lbs)
by
Unanimous Decision (All judges 30-27)
 
 
Televised
Bouts
Bout
7: Lightweight
Donald
"Cowboy" Cerrone (7-0, 155.5 lbs) def
Danny
"Last Call" Castillo (5-0, 155 lbs)
by
Armbar @ 0:30 Rd 1
 
 
Bout
8: Lightweight
"Razor"
Rob McCullough (15-3, 155.5 lbs) def
Kenneth
"The Black Ninja" Alexander (5-2, 155.5 lbs) by Split
Decision (30-27, 28-29, 30-27)
 
 
 
Bout
9: Light Heavyweight
Mark
Munoz (3-0, 205.5 lbs) def Chuck
"The Reverend" Grigsby (15-3, 204.5 lbs)
by
TKO (Ref Stoppage - Strikes) @ 4:15 Rd 1
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bout
10: WEC Bantamweight Championship
Miguel
Angel Torres (33-1, 135 lbs) def Yoshiro Maeda
(22-4-2, 135 lbs)
by
TKO (Doctor Stoppage after Round 3 - Eye Injury)
 
 
 
Bout
11: WEC Featherweight Championship
Urijah
"California Kid" Faber (20-1, 144.5 lbs) def Jens
"Lil' Evil" Pulver (22-8-1, 145 lbs) by Unanimous Decision
(50-45, 50-44, 50-44)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The
lovely WEC Ring Ladies - Brittney and Christie
  
  
  
  
Post-Fight
Press Conference with Jens Pulver, Miguel Torres, and
Uriah Faber
 
 
 
Greg
Jackson and Clay Guida with their copies of NW Fightscene
Magazine 
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