Jose Aldo captured the WEC featherweight championship on Wednesday night at the Palms in Las Vegas. The highly touted Brazilian dominated former champ Mike Thomas Brown before stopping him with a vicious ground assault in the second round.
Below are the full quick shots from WEC 44:
Main Card:
-Jose Aldo vs. Mike Brown by TKO (Strikes) at 1:20, R2
-Manny Gamburyan def. Leonard Garcia by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
-Karen Darabedyan def. Rob McCullough by Split Decision (30-27, 27-30, 29-28)
-Shane Roller def. Danny Castillo by Submission (Modified Rear Naked Choke) at 3:32, R3
-Kamal Shalorus def. Will Kerr by TKO (Strikes) at 1:26, R1
Preliminary Card:
-L.C. Davis def. Diego Nunes by Unanimous Decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-26)
-Cub Swanson def. John Franchi by Submission (Guillotine Choke) at 4:50, R3
-Antonio Banuelos def. Kenji Osawa by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
-Ricardo Lamas def. James Krause by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
-Frank Gomez def. Seth Dikun by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)