Fightin' Words

The WEC featherweight champion outboxed the heavy-handed Pulver for most of their five-round bout and never appeared tired as Faber earned the unanimous decision victory in front of his home crowd at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, Calif. It was the WEC's biggest fight to date and it absolutely lived up to all the hype. Faber finally had his fight against one of the game's top names -- and the champion did his town and his organization proud.

The first two rounds were all about Faber's pinpoint right hand. The 29-year-old was able to score big time with that straight right to the face of Pulver, which kept the challenger off balance. But the former UFC lightweight champion had a chin like the Terminator robot on this night and kept coming after Faber.

With the fight taking on a slower pace in the fourth round, Faber didn't slow down at all. Faber continued to work even in the guard of Pulver as the fight progressed, throwing short elbows and looking to pass.

To Pulver's credit, the 33-year-old challenger appeared to be in great shape, providing Faber with his greatest challenge yet in the WEC.

Faber improves to 21-1 in his mixed martial arts career, while Pulver drops to 22-9-1.

Torres defends Bantamweight title

Miguel Torres and Yoshiro Maeda put on a show in the penultimate bout of the night. With dueling ankle locks, lightning-quick submission attempts, powerful strikes and plenty of showmanship, Torres vs. Maeda was easily the best Bantamweight fight this writer has seen.

The WEC Bantamweight champion improves to an incredible 34-1 with a doctor's stoppage win before the start of the fourth round. With Maeda's right eye nearly closed completely, Torres went to work on that part of the challenger's face with a few jabs.

One of most interesting parts of the fight was when Maeda and Torres had each other in ankle locks. Both fighters seemed to escape unscatched as Torres held on for the eventual win.