WEC 44 invades your living rooms tonight as Mike Brown and Jose Aldo meet for the WEC featherweight title on Versus.
Brown last defended his belt at WEC 41 against Urijah Faber. Aldo earned his title shot by blasting through Cub Swanson at the same event. In a classic ‘power vs. speed’ match up, each fighter looks to grasp the WEC 145-pound belt by the end of the evening.
The live card is scheduled to begin at 9:00 p.m. EST from the Pearl at the Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada. Stay tuned to Inside Fights for results from both the preliminary card and the main card.
Continue reading for preliminary results, followed by the live results beginning at 9:00 p.m. EST on Versus.
Main Card:
Main Event: Jose Aldo defeats Mike Brown via technical knockout at 1:20 in R2.
Manny Gamburyan defeats Leonard Garcia via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Karen Darabedyan defeats Rob McCullough via split decision (29-28, 27-30, 29-28)
Shane Roller defeats Danny Castillo via Rear Naked Choke at 3:32 of R3
Preliminary Card:
Kamal Shalorus defeats Will Kerr via technical knockout 1:26 at of R1
L.C. Davis defeats Diego Nunes via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-26)
Cub Swanson defeats John Franchi via submission (guillotine choke) at 4:50 R3
Antonio Banuelos defeats Kenji Osawa via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
James Krause defeats Ricardo Lamas via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Frank Gomes defeats Seth Dikun via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29,28)
