WEC 34 “Faber vs. Pulver” Results
QUICK RESULTS
- Champion Urijah Faber def. Jens Pulver via unanimous decision
WEC Featherweight Championship - Champion Miguel Torres def. Yoshiro Maeda via TKO – Round 3, 5:00
WEC Bantamweight Championship - Mark Munoz def. Chuck Grigsby via KO – Round 1, 4:15
- Rob McCullough def. Kenneth Alexander via split decision
- Donald Cerrone def. Danny Castillo via submission – Round 1, 1:30
- Mike Brown def. Jeff Curran via unanimous decision
- Will Ribeiro def. Chase Beebe via split decision
- Tim McKenzie def. Jeremy Lang via submission – Round 3, 0:40
- Alex Serdyukov def. Luis Sapo via TKO – Round 1, 5:00
- Jose Aldo def. Alexandre Nogueira via TKO – Round 2, 3:22
- Dominick Cruz def. Charlie Valencia via unanimous decision
EXTENDED RESULTS
CHAMPION URIJAH FABER DEF. JENS PULVER
WEC FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 1 – There’s no touch of gloves for this one and Faber gets started quickly with a solid series of punches. Faber continues to tag Pulver with rights. He slips and Pulver pounces onto the WEC champ but they both return to their feet. Pulver is accidentally poked in the eye but the action quickly resumed. Pulver connects with a good knee. Pulver improves late in the round but Faber continues to land right hands. Good late combo by Pulver. MMAFrenzy.com scores the round 10-9 Faber.
ROUND 2 – Pulver is accidentally kicked in the groin early in round two and after a brief break they quickly resume. Faber gets a takedown on the restart but they return to their feed. Faber rocks Pulver a combination and continues with a series of strikes that Pulver is narrowly able to survive. Now it’s Pulver’s turn, who comes back with a solid combination led by a hard left hand that hurts Faber who then shoots for a takedown. Both fighters return to their feet late and trade before the round concludes. MMAFrenzy.com scores the round 10-9 Faber.
ROUND 3 – Faber again utilizes his right hand to open the third round and it finds its mark. Pulver with a big kick to the body. Faber counters with a kick and then shoots for a takedown. Pulver sprawls and ends up on top in a scramble. Faber reverses and claims the top position but Pulver neutralizes and they are soon restarted by the referee. They trade again late as the horn sounds to mark the end of the third. The closest round thus far on the scorecards. MMAFrenzy.com scores the round 10-9 Faber.
ROUND 4 – Pulver is hit by a Faber combo to open the fourth. Another solid combination by Faber sets up a takedown. They remain on the mat for the remainder of the frame with Faber peppering elbows onto Pulver to win the fourth round and take a dominating lead on the scorecards. MMAFrenzy.com scores the round 10-9 Faber.
ROUND 5 – Pulver avoids a Faber takedown and looks for the knockout but it’s not to be had as Faber avoids the punches. Pulver connects with a hard left. Pulver again connects but Faber gets one more takedown to win the final round on the scorecards and rides his way to a unanimous decision victory to retain the promotion’s 145-pound title. MMAFrenzy.com scores the round 10-9 Faber and the bout 50-45 Faber.
Champion Urijah Faber defeats Jens Pulver via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-44, 50-44)
CHAMPION MIGUEL TORRES DEF. YOSHIRO MAEDA
WEC BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 1- Torres slips avoiding a kick and Maeda follows him to the mat but Torres is quickly back on his feet and presses the action, landing a series of knees and kicks that has Maeda running away. They go to the ground and Torres nearly finishes of his foe with an armbar but Maeda escapes and Torres gets back to his feet. Their pair exchange some solid knees. The go back-and-forth with more strikes before Maeda catches a kick and Torres pulls guard. They briefly trade on the ground before returning to their feet and again go back-and-forth. The pace finally slows briefly before Torres scores a good punch-kick combo just before the end of the frame. MMAFrenzy.com scores the round 10-9 Torres.
ROUND 2 – Maeda again makes Torres slip avoiding a kick early in the second round and makes him pay, brutally landing leg kicks. Torres comes back with a up kick that hits Maeda on the chin. Back on their feet the war wages on and the pair again go back and forth with hard punches, kicks, and knees. The fight again hits the mat and both simultaneously secure toe holds. Neither taps however and they scramble away and return to their feet. After another offensive series on their feet Torres secures a guillotine then mounts Maeda late and lands a series of good kicks to the ribs to steal the second round. MMAFrenzy.com scores the second round 10-9 Torres.
ROUND 3 – Both fighters are bloodied, bruised, and battered. Torres scores a solid combination to open the round. Torres continues to connect as the round wages on and Maeda’s eye starts to swell. It’s all Torres in the third but Maeda survives the round despite landing very little in contrast to the previous back-and-forth rounds. MMAFrenzy.com scores the round 10-9 Torres.
Between rounds the doctor rules Maeda is unable to continue due his his eye, which has now swollen shut, and Torres remains the promotion’s bantamweight champion.
Miguel Torres defeats Yoshiro Maeda via technical knockout (doctor’s stoppage) – Round 3, 5:00
MARK MUNOZ DEF. CHUCK GRIGSBY
ROUND 1 – A brief feeling out period before Munoz shoots multiple times and Grigsby, with a distinct size advantage, sprawls to remain on his feet. Munoz and Grigsby clinch before they fall to the mat and Munoz lands in side control. Grigsby quickly gets back to full guard and looks for submissions but none are to be had. Munoz quickly gains the upper hand and pounds on Grigsby before transitioning to side control. The ground and pound assault continues and Munoz knocks Grigsby out before referee Steve Mazzagatti can halt the bout late in the opening round.
Mark Munoz defeats Chuck Grigsby via knockout – Round 1, 4:15
ROB MCCULLOUGH DEF. KENNETH ALEXANDER
ROUND 1 – There’s little action in the opening minute as they attempt to get a feel for one another. Alexander shoots for a takedown but McCullough reverses and takes Alexander down. They work back to their feet but there’s little strikes and next none land. Alexander again shoots for a takedown and McCoullough tags him with a punch to avoid the takedown. High kick by Alexander is blocked. Punch-kick combo by McCullough. Alexander with a decent combo and they lock up but quickly break. Alexander shoots again but McCullough hits him with a knee on the way in that just misses but Alexander again returns to his feet. The round ends. MMAFrenzy.com scores the round 10-9 McCullough.
ROUND 2 – They stand and trade early before Alexander shoots and finally takes McCullough to the ground but they quickly return to their feet. McCullough misses and Alexander shoots but McCullough sprawls and they’re both back up. The boos from the crowd continue to get louder as the fight wages on with little damage done. Body kick by Alexander is blocked. Solid uppercut and kick by Alexander. McCullough counters with a kick of his own. Alexander misses a head kick. Inside leg kick by McCullough. Another late-knee by McCullough just misses. Alexander gets a takedown and lands in half guard but he’s unable to do anything on the ground before the round concludes. MMAFrenzy.com scores the round 10-9 Alexander.
ROUND 3 – Both fighters are much more active to start the final round as the pair trade much more solid strikes. Alexander catches McCullough with a solid knee. Overhand by Alexander misses. Solid leg kick by McCullough followed by another. Punch-kick combo by McCullough knocks Alexander down and he returns to his feet and locks up with McCullough. McCullough accidentally knees Alexander in the groin and the fight is halted to allow Alexander time to recover. They quickly resume and Alexander shoots but McCullough sprawls and remains standing. They clinch against the cage briefly then separate momentarily before clinching again. Knees to the body by McCullough before they again separate. Alexander takes McCullough down but McCullough provides most of the offense on the ground in the form of elbows before they both get back to their feet. Alexander works for another takedown but McCullough defends the attempt as the final round ends. MMAFrenzy.com scores the round 10-9 McCullough. On our cards it’s 29-28 in favor of McCullough but this one could go either way as neither fighter did enough to clearly win any of the three rounds.
Rob McCullough defeats Kenneth Alexander via split decision (30-27, 30-27, 28-29)
Tags: Alex Serdyukov, Alexandre Franca Nogueira, Charlie Valencia, Chase Beebe, Chuck Grigsby, Danny Castillo, Dominick Cruz, Donald Cerrone, Jeff Curran, Jens Pulver, Jeremy Lang, jose aldo, Kenneth Alexander, Luis Sapo, mark munoz, miguel torres, mike brown, Rob McCullough, tim mckenzie, Urijah Faber, Will Ribeiro, Yoshiro Maeda
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DAMN! I was pullin for Beebe.
Is it 9 O’Clock yet? After last night’s EliteXC, this event is going to look amazing.
How does one go about ordering the fight…I have Comcast but doesn’t seem to have a purchasing mechanism…any ideas?
A very interesting opening to WEC 34 as some of the promotion’s more well-known fighters, most notably Beebe and Curran, as well as someone who was touted as someone who could make an impact in the WEC, Nogueira, have all lost. A handful of upsets – a sign of things to come? We’ll see…
Cool! I had no idea I was going to get this, I do have vs. glad I checked.
Hi Ray and welcome to MMAFrenzy.com. This event is airing for FREE on Versus beginning at 9pm ET.
@ray if you have digital cable look for the channel “Versus” I have it on my cox cable.
I had Curran picked to win his fight.
I am calling it now, watch out for Mark Munoz tonight. He was a D-1 NCAA Wrestling champ, and 2x All American for Oklahoma State. He isn’t the wrestler that Koscheck is, but if he has anything else to go along with it, he will be tough.
How do you guys see the Pulver vs. faber fight going?
I would love to say that Pulver will be able to push Faber, but the more I think about it, the more I think Faber is going to dominate him.
Check out Yahoo’s homepage….Kevin Lole really hammers last night’s CBS show.
You called it Curtis.
In the main event I give the edge to Faber but I’ll be rooting for Jens. Gotta love the upset.
You have to go with those wrestlers! I was worried after his first take down was stopped. Good thing Grigsby didn’t know what an up kick was…
I wont be dissapointed either way in the Faber fight. It will be a great story if Pulver is able to pull it out.
I would like to see Faber move up to 155 and maybe to the UFC… I know I know WEC isn’t minor league….
GODDAMN this Maeda vs Torres match is phenomenal , and I never really like bantamweight fights.
The little guys brought it today! Now for the big fight!!!!
I am taking Faber in 2……
also, i’ll take mir as a commentator over frank shamrock any day
Especially after the way Frank seemed to make such an effort to dumb everything down.
Ken Flo didn’t do bad in Rogan’s place at 83 either.
What a bout between Torres and Maeda. Don’t be surprised to see them rematch because that was the best bantamweight bouts. I’ve ever seen and is one of the better bouts thus far this year.
I thought Pulver was going out in the second! This has fight of the year wrote all over it, if they can keep this up!
The shot by Faber in the 2nd was perfect!
Faber hit Pulver about 5 to 8 times in the back of the head in the second and the ref did nothing.
Me and my girlfriend thought the same thing E-ROC. I’m going to have to check out the replay but I can only speculate that they were hitting more to the side and/or top of Pulver’s head than the camera angle indicated. Again, I’m going to look at it a bit more closely but generally they are only really strict in protecting the very base of the head where it meets the neck and it was clear they weren’t hitting there but I find it very interesting that there wasn’t any verbal warning, at least I heard none on the broadcast.
The more I watch the more I pull for Jenz but Faber is a beast!
Hat tip to Jens. He has taken so much punishment yet he continues to come forward. Jens has had his opportunities when Faber ducks his head but doesn’t throw any knees. It’s right there for the taking, but Jens doesn’t offer anything.
Also, I don’t like Jens reflexes either. Yikes!
Great fight!!!!!
Urijah Faber is the truth. There isn’t much else to say. I wonder who he fights next.
That is how a fight event is supposed to go. They went toe to toe for 5 rounds. I hope CBS was watching and they understand what a third pier product they are showing compared to this and the UFC.
So what’s next for Faber?
wow fabers a beast id like to see him in the ufc pulvers an idiot if ur strategy didnt work the first round maybe thats an indication that you shouldnt do the same ****ING THING FOR THE OTHER 4 ****IN ROUNDS! ****
No one 145 and under can touch Faber right now. He needs to bump to 155, clean out the WEC.
see now thats how it should be done go zuffa lol
Very good fight and event. Gotta say the action and production of this card blew EliteXC’s show last night out of the water.
if faber is that good jump up and challenge bj penn….my money is on bj, no question…wec is like the minors of wannabe’s
By the way, I’d tune in for Faber-Pulver II but would like to see Pulver beat someone and Faber defend against someone else first, perhaps someone from the UFC drops down to 145 for another megafight in the fall.
tyson griffin needs to fight faber again
last time tyson did some damage
honestly, I would love to see the loser of the Florian-Huerta fight take on Faber. Was that Guida hamming it up for the camera all night? He needs to make a move the guy has fought some of the best lightweights and given it his all he just hasn’t been able to put it together maybe he moves to WEC? Oh and on the shots to the back of the head yeah they were definitely shots to the back of the head and I am surprised Mir didn’t have a flash back of the Lesnar’s sledgehammers hitting him in the back of the head. Great card tonight got to work w/ Munoz at a camp once at OSU and the guy is a phenom in wrestling the only guy he couldn’t beat was that Cael Sanderson guy and he wasn’t too shabby… honestly Munoz has amazing upside. fight of the night though to me was still Torres- Maeda can’t wait for that rematch but it’ll be at least 6 months w/ Maedas face that’s a fractured orbital lol.
i woulda liked to see pulver take that fight but goddamn, it was still one of the best fights i’ve seen in a while. as was the torres fight. this card was on par with alot of the ufc pay per views so i hope they can keep some momentum and grow WEC. I was not only impressed by the fights, but the overall feel and production that went into the program made it very watchable, and the prefight stuff on pulver and faber along with the movie-esque commercials, i think UFC could learn a thing or two. it’s just too bad that elite had to go and fist**** the sports reputation last night. i used to think dana was a real douchebag till i heard that guy shaw runnin his mouth. between his stupidity and kimbos obvious lack of talent, i don’t see that orginization lasting after cbs cuts ties which in my opinion won’t take long. hopefully the damage isn’t too bad so that the ufc or wec still has a good chance to go in and show the world what MMA is really all about.
faber might be one of the best pound for pound fighters in the business. he is the real deal.
pulver seemed to be waiting to throw his mighty left, and waiting and waiting etc. the best thing he did was to last 5 rounds. i don’t see much competition for faber in his current weight class.
Pulver lost, but is a stud. That guy wouldn’t quit.
He took a finger to the eye, kick in the groin, forearm to the windpipe, and a beating to the back of his head. He didn’t cry, complain or imply the fight was dirty.
I’d love to see a rematch.
o my sweet baby jesus that card blew bribetime i mean primetime away it started a lil slow and then quickly kicked it up a notch i got to see an impressive ko as well as not 1 but 2 wars and COWBOY whooped some ass i wouldve gladly paid 50 bucks to watch this card on ppv my jaw was floored durin that bantamweight fight best fight since Guida vs Huerta “o wow exhubarent”
I am speechless. i know jens lost but DAVE you said it man. JEns is still came out him, maybe not with everything, but jens wouldn’t quit…not once.
Also miguel torres is like urijah faber but only at bantamweight. I don’t think Torres will lose his title for a while. I could though see Urijah making a mistake in a fight and the title may slip away. But still it will be hard to take either title’s away from either fighters.