WEC ON JUNE 1, HEADLINED BY FABER/PULVER CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLE, MAKES VERSUS MOST-WATCHED CABLE NET AMONG KEY MALE DEMOS
Fight was Highest-Rated and Most-Watched WEC on VERSUS Telecast Ever;
Epic Bout to Re-Air Wednesday, June 4, at 7 and 10 p.m. ET
Stamford, CONN. (June 3, 2008) — VERSUS, the network that celebrates real competition and the exclusive cable [...]

In front of a sold out crowd at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California, WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber successfully defended his 145-pound title, besting former UFC lighweight champion Jens Pulver in a dominating-yet-exciting unanimous decision victory.
The “California Kid’s” victory highlighted the twelve-bout card which was broadcast on Versus.
Faber dominated from the opening bell, controlling [...]

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 [...]

Jens Pulver (145) vs. Urijah Faber (144.5)
WEC Featherweight Championship
Yoshiro Maeda (135) vs. Miguel Torres (135)
WEC Bantamweight Championship
Kenneth Alexander (155.5) vs. Rob McCullough (155.5)
Chuck Grigsby (204.5) vs. Mark Munoz (205.5)
Donald Cerrone (155.5) vs. Danny Castillo (155)
Mike Brown (145) vs. Jeff Curran (144.5)
Will Ribeiro (135) vs. Chase Beebe (136)
Jeremy Lang (183.5) vs. Tim McKenzie (184.5)
Luis Sapo [...]

Wanderlei Silva, Rousimar Palhares, Goran Reljic, and Wilson Gouveia took home $75,000 bonuses for their efforts at UFC 84. Silva won “Knockout of the Night” for his 36-second KO win over Keith Jardine. Palhares was awarded “Submission of the Night” for his slick armbar win over veteran Ivan Salaverry. Reljic and Gouveia took home [...]

After a sell out of almost 8,000 tickets in the lower bowl of the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, Calif., World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) announced today that it is opening the upper sections of the arena for WEC: Faber vs. Pulver. The additional seating will be priced at $35 (not including applicable services or taxes). On [...]

MAIN CARD

Urijah Faber vs. Jens Pulver
WEC Featherweight Championship
Yoshiro Maeda vs. Miguel Torres
WEC Bantamweight Championship
Chuck Grigsby vs. Mark Munoz
Kenneth Alexander vs. Rob McCullough

PRELIMINARY BOUTS

Richard Crunkilton Jr. vs. Donald Cerrone
Jeff Curran vs. Mike Brown
Chase Beebe vs. Will Ribeiro
Tim McKenzie vs. Eric Schambari
Alex Serdyukov vs. Luis Sapo
Jose Aldo vs. Alexandre Nogueira
Charlie Valencia vs. Dominick Cruz

From Sherdog:
An all-Brazilian battle between Alexandre Franca Nogueira and Jose Aldo is set for the June 1 WEC in Sacramento, Calif. Both camps confirmed the bout.
“Pequeno” Nogueira, who reigned for years as champion of Shooto’s 143-pound division, was expected to fight Nick Agallar. Leonard Garcia was then mentioned as a potential opponent before he was [...]