''WEC 34: Faber vs. Pulver'' was a

mixed martial arts Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, inc ...

event held by

World Extreme Cagefighting World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) was an American mixed martial arts, mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion founded in 2001. It was purchased by Zuffa, LLC, the parent company of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC ...

that took place on June 1, 2008, at the ARCO Arena in

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. The main event, announced on

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, was a bout between

Jens Pulver Jens Johnnie Pulver (born December 6, 1974) is an American retired professional mixed martial artist and undefeated boxer and kickboxer. Pulver was the inaugural UFC Lightweight Champion in addition to serving as the head coach on ''The Ultimate ...

and

Urijah Faber Urijah Faber (born May 14, 1979) is an American mixed martial artist and actor who is signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He competed as a bantamweight and formerly competed as a featherweight. He is also the founder of Team Alpha Male, ...

for the WEC Featherweight Championship. WEC 34 was aired live on Versus.

Background

The event drew an estimated 1,540,000 viewers on Versus, a record high for the WEC.

Richard Crunkilton Richard Allan Crunkilton Jr (born November 25, 1979) is an American mixed martial artist. Crunkilton is perhaps best known for his 8–2 stint with the World Extreme Cagefighting promotion. He currently competes in the Lightweight division. Earl ...

was originally slated to face

Donald Cerrone Donald Cerrone (born March 29, 1983), known professionally by his nickname "Cowboy", is an American retired mixed martial artist, actor, and former professional kickboxer. He competed in the Lightweight and Welterweight division for the Ultimat ...

at this event, but he was forced from the bout with an injury and replaced by promotional newcomer

Danny Castillo Daniel Alfonso Castillo (born August 25, 1979) is a retired American mixed martial artist. A professional from 2007 until 2015, he competed in 22 bouts with both the UFC and WEC. Mixed martial arts career Early career Castillo began training MM ...

Eric Schambari Eric Schambari (born April 22, 1978) is an American professional mixed martial artist who competes in the middleweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2005, Schambari has most notably fought in World Extreme Cagefighting and was a s ...

was originally scheduled to face

Tim McKenzie Tim McKenzie (born July 21, 1982) is a retired American professional mixed martial artist. A professional competitor from 2001 until 2011, he fought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, World Extreme Cagefighting, Pancrase, and Tachi Palace Fig ...

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

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. 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

External links

Official WEC website

References

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Background

Results

Reported payout

See also

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