WEC 44 is now in the books and the featherweight division has a new champion. In Mike Browns third title defense he had no real answer for the much quicker Jose Aldo. Brown was able to get Aldo up against the cage in round one and landed some nice knees to the legs of Aldo but Brown was not able to get the takedown. Aldo comes out swinging in round two, Brown slipped and went to the ground where Aldo wouldn’t let him up. brown rolls to try and get away and give up his back where Aldo takes his back, flattens him out and punishes him until the ref. stops the fight. Jose Aldo wins and is the new WEC Featherweight champion of the world. (Jose Aldo wins KO of the Night – $10,000)
In other action from the night:
• Manny Gamburyan defeated Leonard Garcia by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
• Karen Darabedyan defeated Rob McCullough by Split Decision (30-27, 27-30, 29-28) – How does one judge score it that off? WTF
• Shane Roller defeated Danny Castillo by Rear Naked choke in the 3rd round (Shane Roller wins Submission of the night – $10,000)
• Kamal Shalorus defeated Will Kerr by Ref. stoppage (TKO) in the 1st round
For the undercard results check out the results page or click here. (Cub Swanson / John Franchi win fight of the night – $10,000 ea.)
This Thursday Connecticut’s Will Kerr (9-2 MMA, 1-1 WEC) will meet Team Alpha Male’s Danny Castillo (9-3 MMA, 4-3 WEC) at WEC 53 at the Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Arizona on December 16. Their fight will be part of the nights undercard on this heavily stacked card that will close out the promotion.
