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.WEC 34: JUNE 1 IN CALIFORNIA – MMA WEEKLY – Mixed Martial Arts & UFC News, Photos, Rankings & more
Background The event drew an estimated 1,540,000 viewers on Versus, a record high for the WEC.
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.
Eric Schambari was originally scheduled to face Tim McKenzie at this event, but was also injured and replaced by the debuting Jeremy Lang.
Results
Reported payout 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.
Urijah Faber: $44,000 (includes $22,000 win bonus) def. Jens Pulver: $33,000 Miguel Torres: $28,000 ($14,000 win bonus) def. Yoshiro Maeda: $6,000 Mark Munoz: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. Chuck Grigsby: $3,000 Rob McCullough: $32,000 ($16,000 win bonus) def. Kenneth Alexander: $3,000 Donald Cerrone: $10,000 ($5,000 win bonus) def. Danny Castillo: $3,000 Mike Brown: $10,000 ($5,000 win bonus) def. Jeff Curran: $10,000 Will Ribeiro: $6,000 ($3,000 win bonus) def. Chase Beebe: $7,000 Tim McKenzie: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus) def. Jeremy Lang: $4,000 Alex Serdyukov: $6,000 ($3,000 win bonus) def. Luis Sapo: $3,000 José Aldo: $6,000 ($3,000 win bonus) def. Alexandre Franca Nogueira: $8,000 Dominick Cruz: $6,000 ($3,000 win bonus) def. Charlie Valencia: $7,000
See also World Extreme Cagefighting List of World Extreme Cagefighting champions List of WEC events 2008 in WEC
References
External links Official WEC website