The surprise of this Sundays WEC event was definitely Urijah Faber, not because he won and not because he beat Jens Pulver, it was all in the way he did it. Faber stunned the crowd and Pulver alike with a crisp, accurate and effective striking game.
Coming into this fight most people believed Faber's only chance for victory would be to implement his usual ground and pound game against the , so we thought , far superior striker in Pulver.
Pulver was constantly peppered with hooks and jabs from the faster Faber and was wobbled on a few occasions. After this performance there is no doubt "The California Kid" is the #1 Featherweight fighter in the world.
The second title fight was amazing as Miguel Torres and Yoshiro Maeda went at it for 3 full rounds with the fight eventually being stopped due to Maeda's eye being swollen shut.
Miguel Torres and Yoshiro Maeda tore the house down in Sacramento. The second round was one of the best rounds of MMA I've ever seen, and it was actually pretty hard being in the press section and not being able to stand up and cheer for the skill being displayed. Maeda was very game, and man Torres is so dangerous on the ground, this fight was a joy to watch.
The WEC show was the perfect response to EliteXC and CBS' first offering of MMA, it is just sad that more people were tuned in to CBS and not Versus. The show was filled with good fights and the two main bouts didnt dissapoint, as the WEC clearly showed it should be #2 behind the UFC.
