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Posted: Nov 20th 2009 12:02 PM ET by Ray Hui (RSS feed)
Filed Under: WEC
Former WEC champions
Mike Brown and "Razor"
Rob McCullough have been issued short precautionary medical suspensions following Wednesday's WEC 44 event in Las Vegas.
Brown (lacerations above both of his eyes) and McCullough (cut on right eye and left hand contusion) have been suspended by the Nevada athletic commission until Jan. 3, 2010, with no contact until Dec. 19.
Posted: Nov 19th 2009 9:29 AM ET by Mike Chiappetta (RSS feed)
Filed Under: WEC
Ladies and gentlemen, last night was a night for the history books. Years from now, you won't remember this column, but you will understand its significance. Because last night, Nov. 18, 2009, was the night that a 23-year-old human highlight reel by the name of Jose Aldo completed his ascension to MMA royalty.
Some of you might be thinking it's way too early to put him in the company of greatness. I've seen enough.
Aldo (16-1) is a singular talent in a world of overachievers. Armed with fast-twitch muscle that makes his standup a thing of destructive beauty, a seasoned ground game, surprisingly effective takedown defense and an even fight temperament, the WEC featherweight phenom laid a beating on defending champion Mike Brown, seizing the belt and starting a reign that has every possibility of lasting for years.
Posted: Nov 18th 2009 11:59 PM ET by Michael David Smith (RSS feed)
Filed Under: MMA Videos, WEC
After their World Extreme Cagefighting featherweight championship fight on Wednesday night, Mike Brown and Jose Aldo will meet the press and answer questions at the WEC 44 post-fight press conference. And if you're not there at The Palms in Las Vegas, you can watch right here at FanHouse.
How will the fighters look after going toe to toe in the cage? What will they have to say about their fight? Find out by watching their post-fight comments.
The press conference will start around midnight ET and the video is below.
Posted: Nov 18th 2009 11:17 PM ET by Ray Hui (RSS feed)
Filed Under: WEC
Jose Aldo defeated
Mike Brown by TKO to win the WEC featherweight championship Wednesday in the main event of
WEC 44 in Las Vegas.
Aldo finished Brown on the ground with a barrage of unanswered punches at the official time of one minute and 20 seconds into the second round.
"Mike was really strong," said former UFC heavyweight Pedro Rizzo, acting as translator for Aldo. "He respected him a lot in the beginning of the fight and had to wait for the right moment to finish the fight. So when he found the space, he threw all the punches."
Posted: Nov 18th 2009 10:45 PM ET by Ray Hui (RSS feed)
Filed Under: WEC
This is the WEC 44 live blog for
Mike Brown vs.
Jose Aldo, the featherweight title bout and main event for
WEC 44 at the Pearl in Las Vegas.
Making his third title defense, Brown faces a dangerous striker in Aldo, who has stopped all five of his WEC opponents.
The live blog is below.
Posted: Nov 18th 2009 10:41 PM ET by Ray Hui (RSS feed)
Filed Under: WEC
The Ultimate Fighter 5 finalist
Manny Gamburyan won his second straight fight for the WEC, defeating
Leonard Garcia by unanimous decision after three rounds Wednesday at
WEC 44 in Las Vegas.
After three rounds, the judges rendered the fight in favor of Gamburyan with scores of 30-27, 29-28 and 29-28.
"When Rashad Evans said he hits the hardest. Guys, he does hit really hard!" Gamburyan said. "I survived today. He's a good fighter and hopefully we can meet up one more time."
Posted: Nov 18th 2009 6:00 PM ET by Ray Hui (RSS feed)
Filed Under: WEC
FanHouse has WEC results of
WEC 44 from the Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.
The main event features the featherweight championship bout between titleholder
Mike Brown and challenger
Jose Aldo.
Results are below.
Posted: Nov 18th 2009 10:36 AM ET by Michael David Smith (RSS feed)
Filed Under: DREAM, WEC, Rankings
Wednesday night's
WEC 44 event is a featherweight showcase, headlined by
Mike Brown defending his 145-pound title against
Jose Aldo.
But the WEC's bantamweight division, which won't be represented in any of Wednesday night's live fights on Versus, might be even more stacked than the featherweight division. My list of the Top 10 bantamweights in MMA is topped by six WEC fighters, with champion
Brian Bowles and former champion
Miguel Torres clearly the class of the division.
A couple of Shooto fighters make my list, as does Dream's
Bibiano Fernandes (whom I consider a bantamweight even though he's the promotion's featherweight champ), but there's no question that at the top, the division is dominated by the WEC.
Wednesday night's Jose Aldo vs. Mike Brown fight shook up the featherweight division in mixed martial arts. When I interviewed Brown last week it looked like he was close to clearing out the featherweight division, but now that Aldo is the World Extreme Cagefighting featherweight champion, the division is a lot more interesting.
