Comments on: WEC 34 “Faber vs. Pulver” Recap: Faber and Torres Retain Titles

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:34:38 +0000

I agree.. no killer instinct in pulver last night. It seemed like the few punches he threw rocked the hell out of faber but then jens would just smile and wait for faber to come back. He never went in for the kill.. Faber fought a hell of a fight but i think pulver would have gotten the KO if he would have at any point followed up on anything.

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:22:21 +0000

If Miguel Torres can put on a few pounds over the next year or so, and Faber can agree to a fight at, say 142, Imagine Faber vs. Torres.

I’d pay good money to see that!

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:18:48 +0000

DaveK is absolutely right. Pulver showed up with the intention of garnering respect for “hanging tough” with Faber and that’s about it. When a fighter is really going crazy for the win, you can almost smell it. Like Pulver-Swanson or Faber-anybody.

Against the Califonia Kid, Pulver never followed up a good stand-up flurry or ground position with a nasty killer instinct. He never even had it in his eyes.

In my opinion, he finished the fight pretty much the way he intended.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:31:10 +0000

Pulver’s chin is outstanding. It was his primary defense, seconded only by his technical ability on the ground. A lesser opponent, taking heavy hands like Faber’s, would’ve gone to sleep by the third round. Incredible night of fighting. Can’t wait for 8/3!

By: Willis

Willis — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:06:46 +0000

I agree!

By: Nathan

Nathan — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:34:32 +0000

Pulver vs. Faber and Torres vs. Maeda alone made up for not only EliteXC on Saturday night, but the next Elite show as well.

By: DaveK

DaveK — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:19:28 +0000

I’m a Sacramento native and a big Faber fan but I’ve always enjoyed Pulvers fights and have been a fan of his for years.

I have to say, I didn’t see the killer insinct in Jens last night. He came to fight, there’s no doubt, but it seemed there was too much “respect” for Faber.

Every time Faber got a good hit or a solid kick, Jens would smile and nod like “good one buddy”. When Jens made solid contact, I didn’t see the follow up. Jens lacked that look of “bad intentions” and I think that affected his game.

Great fight none the less but I don’t think we say the best that Jens Pulver had to offer.

By: KOuch

KOuch — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:12:04 +0000

I knew I had good MMA karma comin’ my way after Elite XC’s disgusting Saturday night major broadcast debut. Aside from the Razor Rob fight being slow and pretty boring I enjoyed the other fights a lot. Miguel Torres is one of my top 5 favorite fighters now. The guy works like a mad man from every position. It may be a bold prediction, but I see him becoming the Anderson Silva of that weight division.(Bantam?) I especially enjoyed watching Torres and Maeda simultaneously going for the same submission. Mark Munoz’s KO over Grigsby was beautiful. Pulver and Faber was a great fight. Jens has an iron head. I cannot believe he did not get KO after the knee or a few of Faber’s punches. Faber is without a doubt one of the most badass dudes on the planet. I really hope he moves up in weight to join the UFC or the UFC starts a FW division. The WEC has proven to be a great promotion filled with talent.