DUE TO ENORMOUS DEMAND WORLD
EXTREME CAGEFIGHTING® RELEASES MORE TICKETS
FOR WEC: FABER VS. PULVER
For
Immediate Release
Las Vegas, NV – 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 Sunday June 1, MMA pioneer Jens Pulver challenges
WEC Featherweight Champion Urijah Faber in a
bout where only one of these 145-pound fighters
will emerge with the victory in the most important
featherweight bout of all-time.
“WEC fans bought all
of the tickets so fast that we decided to open
up more seats upstairs” said Peter Dropick,
Vice President of Operations and Production
for the WEC. “We originally planned to
sell seats only in the lower sections for this
event, but it’s going to be such an exciting
night of fights that we want to accommodate
as many fans as possible to see the live action”.
Tickets for WEC: Faber vs.
Pulver are on sale now and are priced at $35,
$75, $125, and $185 (not including applicable
services or taxes). Tickets may be purchased
by calling Ticketmaster Charge-By-Phone at 916-649-TIXS,
530-528-TIXS or 209-551-TIXS or by visiting
the ARCO Arena Box Office. Tickets also are
available online through www.wec.tv or www.ticketmaster.com.
WEC: Faber vs. Pulver is
a top notch card that features the much anticipated
featherweight title fight between Urijah Faber
and Jens Pulver and the bantamweight title fight
between Miguel Torres and Yoshiro Maeda. The
card is also stacked with WEC notables such
as Rob McCullough, Chase Beebe, Jeff Curran
and Mark Munoz, the former All-American wrestler
who will be making his highly anticipated WEC
debut.
About WORLD EXTREME CAGEFIGHTING
The WEC brand is recognized
as one of the premier mixed martial arts organizations
in the United States. Founded in 2001, the WEC
features many of the most prominent athletes
in the sport of mixed martial arts today. Owned
and operated by WEC Holdings LLC, and headquartered
in Las Vegas, Nev., the WEC produces live and
taped events annually that are distributed through
the Versus network. In addition to its U.S distribution,
WEC programming is shown on the TSN network
in Canada. For more information and current
WEC fight news, visit www.wec.tv.
World Extreme Cagefighting®
and WEC™ are registered trademarks, trademarks,
trade dress or service marks owned exclusively
by WEC Holdings, LLC in the United States and
other jurisdictions and are licensed to WEC
Productions, LLC.
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is committed to the community in Sacramento
and to making a positive, meaningful difference
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