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World Extreme Cagefighting presents its most ambitious event when the Zuffa-owned company invades Sacramento's Arco Arena on June 1.

The card features two title fights, including the main event: WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber vs. former UFC lightweight champ Jens Pulver.

Faber is riding a 12-match win streak, most recently defeating Jeff Curran via guillotine choke last December. Pulver, meanwhile, dropped down a weight division to 145 and moved over to the WEC from UFC after falling to B.J. Penn last June. In his WEC debut, he choked out Cub Swanson, setting up a meeting between he and Faber.

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Miguel Torres will also be putting his title on the line when he defends his bantamweight belt against Yoshiro Maeda. Torres, at 33-1, has one of the best records in the sport.

Also on the card is debuting Mark Munoz, a former NCAA wrestling champion considered a top prospect in the light-heavyweight division. Munoz will be fighting Chuck Grigsby.

The event will air on Versus starting at 9 pm ET.

Full fight card
Urijah Faber vs. Jens Pulver
Champ Miguel Torres vs. Yoshiro Maeda
Chuck Grigsby vs. Mark Munoz
Kenneth Alexander vs. Rob McCullough
Donald Cerrone vs. Rich Crunkilton
Mike Brown vs. Jeff Curran
Tim McKenzie vs. Eric Schambari
Jose Aldo vs. Alexandre Nogueira
Dominick Cruz vs. Charlie Valencia

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