WEC 44 - Brown vs. Aldo

[DixieDestroyer]

Fyi, here's the fight card for this Wednesday's WEC 44 in "Loss Wages" (at 9PM ET on Versus).

Main Card

* Featherweight Championship bout: Mike Brown (c) vs. Jose Aldo
* Featherweight bout: Manvel Gamburyan vs. Leonard Garcia
* Lightweight bout: Rob McCullough vs. Karen Darabedyan
* Lightweight bout: Danny Castillo vs. Shane Roller

Undercard

* Lightweight bout: Kamal Shalorus vs. Will Kerr
* Featherweight bout: Diego Nunes vs. LC Davis
* Featherweight bout: Cub Swanson vs. John Franchi
* Bantamweight bout: Antonio Banuelos vs. Kenji Osawa
* Lightweight bout: Ricardo Lamas vs. James Krause
* Bantamweight bout: Seth Dikun vs. Frank Gomez

***I'll be pulling for (FthWt Champ & top 10 P4P) Mike Brown, Gamburyan, McCullough, Roller, Franchi, Krause & Dikun.

 

[guest301]

That Brown/Aldo fight could be a absolute war if Aldo can take a punch because we know he can give one. I want to see Brown test that chin.

 

[DixieDestroyer]

Fyi, here's Sherdog's preview of WEC 44 "Brown vs. Aldo"...

WEC 44 Preview

Edited by: DixieDestroyer

 

[Liverlips]

Very good card so far. Shane Roller looked awesome in getting the tap from Castillo (who is a very good fighter).

Brown-Also is a very tough fight. Mike should win but Aldo has kind of a freewheeling style that could give Brown problems.

 

[Liverlips]

Brown got smoked! Ref stopped it in the second round as Aldo had his back and was raining blows. Brown had a good round one but was being outstruck. Brown was trying to take him down but Aldo has a good defense. Mike is good but will not beat Aldo. Urijah Faber has a better style for Aldo so maybe he can get the belt back for whites.

 

[DixieDestroyer]

It wasn't a good (overall) night for the White fighters.

I was very disappointed to see Brown get defeated like that. Mike needs to crisp-up his BJJ...he seems 2-dimensional at times (just wrestling & boxing). I agree with LL that Faber has a better style to take the strap back. Uriah is (also) very quick & has better BJJ than Brown.

Here's the card overview...

Main Card

* Featherweight Championship bout: Mike Brown (c) vs. Jose Aldo

Aldo defeated Brown via TKO (strikes) at 1:20 of round 2 to become the new WEC Featherweight Champion.

* Featherweight bout: Leonard Garcia vs. Manvel Gamburyan

Gamburyan defeated Garcia via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28).

* Lightweight bout: Rob McCullough vs. Karen Darabedyan

Darabedyan defeated McCullough via split decision (30-27, 27-30, 29-28).

...Rob got ripped off IMO.

* Lightweight bout: Danny Castillo vs. Shane Roller

Roller defeated Castillo via submission (rear naked choke) at 3:32 of round 3.

WP!

* Lightweight bout: Kamal Shalorus vs. Will Kerr

Shalorus defeated Kerr via TKO (strikes) at 1:26 of round 1.

Undercard

* Featherweight bout: Diego Nunes vs. LC Davis

Davis defeated Nunes via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-26).

* Featherweight bout: Cub Swanson vs. John Franchi

Swanson defeated Franchi via submission (guillotine choke) at 4:50 of round 3.

***Swanson looks mestizo & has a "Mexigangsta" style "SoCal" tattoo on his belly.

* Bantamweight bout: Antonio Banuelos vs. Kenji Osawa

Banuelos defeated Osawa via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

* Lightweight bout: Ricardo Lamas vs. James Krause

Lamas defeated Krause via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

* Bantamweight bout: Seth Dikun vs. Frank Gomez

Gomez defeated Dikun via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28).

Edited by: DixieDestroyer