Aldo Dominates Brown to Win WEC Featherweight Title

November 19, 2009 | Tim | Comments 0

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Jose Aldo had a run of 5 straight TKO’s in the WEC heading into this fight, while Mike Brown had won his previous 10 fights. Somebody’s streak had to end, and this time it was Brown’s. Aldo likely won a close first round before closing out Brown in the 2nd to win the WEC Featherweight title.

Aldo came out very patient, much different than the way he came out in his eight second win over Cub Swanson in his last fight. He knew that Brown was a tougher opponent and he needed to prepare for a possible five round fight. His speed advantage was noticeable from the start of the contest. Midway through the round, Aldo connected with a flurry of punches that briefly stunned Brown. That flurry probably enabled Aldo to win the first round. The 2nd round began with another Aldo flurry before Brown dropped down for a takedown attempt. He was unsuccessful and tried to sink in a guillotine. Brown was unable to secure the guillotine, and ended up on his back with Aldo in the mount position. Brown scrambled and turned over, giving up his back. Aldo had the hooks in and pounded out Brown to earn the TKO victory. The end came just over a minute into round 2. Aldo was very impressive.

In the co-main event, Manvel Gamburyan struggled to get takedowns in the early going against Leonard Garcia, but was eventually successful later in the 2nd and 3rd rounds. The takedowns and ground control from Gamburyan enabled him to win a unanimous decision. The win could set Gamburyan up for a title shot in the future.

Also on the televised card, Shane Roller was able to overcome some rough spots to defeat Danny Castillo via submission in the 3rd round. After Castillo clearly won the first round, Roller won the 2nd after getting the mount on Castillo and nearly finishing the fight. However, it was Roller who clearly looked gassed at the end of two rounds. In the third round, Castillo had the early advantage, gaining the mount on Roller. However, Roller was able to get out of the position and eventually took Castillo’s back before sinking in the fight ending rear-naked choke. It was an important win for Roller.

Full Results:

Jose Aldo def. Mike Brown via TKO (strikes) – Round, 1:20 (to become new WEC featherweight champion)

Manny Gamburyan def. Leonard Garcia by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

Karen Darabedyan def. Rob McCullough via split decision (30-27, 27-30, 29-28)

Shane Roller def. Danny Castillo via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 3, 3:32

Kamal Shalorus def. Will Kerr via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 1:26

L.C. Davis def. Diego Nunes via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-26)

Cub Swanson def. John Franchi via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 3, 4:50

Antonio Banuelos def. Kenji Osawa via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Ricardo Lamas def. James Krause via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Frank Gomez def. Seth Dikun via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

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