Twenty three year old Jose Aldo lived up to his hype last night as he captured the WEC featherweight title when he stopped former champion Mike Brown in the second round of a scheduled five round contest.Aldo's power was evident throughout and Brown seemed to have problems timing the Brazilian due to his hand speed as the former champion tried to close the distance and use his wrestling ability.
The second round saw the end of Brown's reign and the beginning of Aldo's, as the young fighter stunned Brown with an acuurate shot before taking him to the canvas and unloading shot after shot until the referee stepped in to stop the fight at the 1:20 mark.
featherweight Manny Gamburyan defeated Leonard Garcia via unanimous decision. Scores read 30-27, and 29-28 twice.
The newcomer to the WEC Karen Darabedyan made his first fight a rememberable one as he upset former lightweight champion “Razor” Rob McCullough via split decision. Judges’ scorecard read 30-27, and 29-28 for the winner Karen Darabedyan. One judge scored the bout 30-27 in favor of McCullough.
Lightweight Shane Roller scored a submittion victory over Danny Castillo with a rear naked choke in the third round.
Lightweight Kamal Shalorus stopped Will Kerr in his WEC debut.
Featherweight L.C. Davis scored a solid unanimous decision victory over the favorite for the bout Diego Nunes. All three judges scored the bout 30-26.
Antonio Banuelos was awarded a three round unanimous decision over Kenji Osawa. All three judges saw the bout the same, 29-28.
