WEC

WEC 44: Brown vs. Aldo

Completed Pearl Concert Theater, Las Vegas, United States 10 bouts

Key takeaways

  • Jose Aldo beat Mike Brown by knockout in the main event.
  • Manvel Gamburyan beat Leonard Garcia by unanimous decision in the co-main event.
  • Four of the ten results came early: two knockouts and two submissions.

Main card

MB

Mike Brown vs Jose Aldo

Knockout R2 1:20
Jose Aldo ✓
LG

Leonard Garcia vs Manvel Gamburyan

Unanimous decision R3 5:00
MG ✓
RM

Rob McCullough vs Karen Darabedyan

Split decision R3 5:00
KD ✓
DC

Danny Castillo vs Shane Roller

Submission R3 3:32
SR ✓
KS ✓

Kamal Shalorus vs Will Kerr

Knockout R1 1:26
WK
LD ✓

LC Davis vs Diego Nunes

Unanimous decision R3 5:00
DN
JF

John Franchi vs Cub Swanson

Submission R3 4:50
CS ✓
AB ✓

Antonio Banuelos vs Kenji Osawa

Unanimous decision R3 5:00
KO
RL ✓

Ricardo Lamas vs James Krause

Unanimous decision R3 5:00
JK
FG ✓

Frank Gomez vs Seth Dikun

Unanimous decision R3 5:00
SD
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Results

Main and co-main events

Jose Aldo beat Mike Brown by knockout at 1:20 of round two in the main event of WEC 44 at the Pearl Concert Theater in Las Vegas. In the co-main event, Manvel Gamburyan beat Leonard Garcia by unanimous decision after three rounds.

How the card was decided

Across the ten bouts that produced a result, two ended by knockout, two by submission and six on the judges' scorecards — four stoppages in ten fights. One of the six decisions divided the judges.

Finishes and fight times

The quickest finish belonged to Kamal Shalorus, who stopped Will Kerr at 1:26 of round one, and one of the four finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Cub Swanson's submission of John Franchi, 14 minutes and 50 seconds in. End to end, the ten fights filled two hours and 6 minutes of cage time.