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WEC: Faber v. Pulver, June 1st
Looking forward to this one too. Sunday night MMA...that's weird.
WEC Announces Faber vs. Pulver, Torres vs. Tapia for June 1 - MMAjunkie.com
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World Extreme Cagefighting today officially announced two title fights for a June 1 show: WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber (20-1) vs. former UFC title-holder Jens Pulver (22-8-1), and recently crowned WEC bantamweight champ Miguel Torres (32-1) vs. Manny Tapia (10-0-1).
"WEC: Faber vs. Pulver" takes place on a rare Sunday fight date, June 1, at ARCO Arena in Sacramento, Calif.
The event will air live on VERSUS beginning at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.
The Faber-Pulver fight was destined the moment Pulver announced his intentions of dropping to 145 lbs. and moving to the WEC after serving as a coach on "The Ultimate Fighter 5." Faber is undoubtedly the WEC's biggest and most marketed star, and the fight with Pulver will be the biggest in the organization's history.
Torres, who recently won the 135-lb. title by defeating former champ Chase Beebe, will put his newfound fame to use when he takes on Tapai, an undefeated, high-energy King of the Cage veteran who made his WEC debut in 2007.
Mark Munoz (3-0), a former NCAA Division I national wrestling champion, will also make his WEC debut at the show.
Tickets for the event go on sale March 29.
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Torres/Tapia should also be exciting and Munoz is supposed to be pretty damn good.
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