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The Nevada State Athletic Commission has issued medical suspensions to 7 of the 20 fighters who were in action at Wednesday’s WEC 44 event, which took place at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas.
Headliner Mike Brown, the former WEC featherweight champ who suffered a second-round knockout to Jose Aldo in the WEC 44 main event, was suspended until January 3 due to facial lacerations, while Diego Nunes, Cub Swanson, and Antonio Banuelos could be out of action until May after suffering fractures in their fights.
Read More »Main card winners Manny Gamburyan and Jose Aldo topped the $236,500 payroll for Wednesday’s WEC 44 event, which took place at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas and aired live on Versus.
Gamburyan earned $36,000 for his decision win over fellow featherweight contender Leonard Garcia in the WEC 44 co-main event, while Aldo scored $26,000 (and the featherweight title) for his second-round knockout of champ Mike Brown in the event’s headliner.
Read More »Jose Aldo became the WEC’s new featherweight champion on Wednesday with a second-round TKO of title-holder Mike Brown in the main event of WEC 44, which took place at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas.
Also on the Versus-televised main card, Manny Gamburyan topped fellow featherweight contender Leonard Garcia by unanimous decision, newcomer Karen Darabedyan scored a split decision win over former lightweight champ rob McCullough, Shane Roller submitted Danny Castillo with a third-round rear naked choke, and Kamal Shalorus knocked out Will Kerr in the opening round.
Read More »The WEC officially announced today that they have scheduled WEC 44 for The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event is scheduled to take place on November 18th, and will be headlined by a featherweight title match between champion Mike Thomas Brown and challenger Jose Aldo.
In addition to this official bout, MMAJunkie is reporting that a bantam weight matchup between Frank Gomez and Seth Dikun has been unofficially added to the card, and FiveKnuckles says that Kyle Dietz will likely face Noah Thomas on the November 18th card.
Read More »WEC featherweight champion Mike Brown will take on 145-pound contender Jose Aldo in the main event of a November 11 WEC event, according to InTheGuard.tv.
A location has not yet been determined for the Versus-televised event.
Read More »Jens Pulver, Manny Gamburyan, WEC featherweight title challenger Urijah Faber, and 145-pound champion Mike Brown were the top earners at Sunday's WEC 41 event in Sacramento, according to figures today released by the California State Athletic Commission.
Read More »Mike Brown, Urijah Faber, Jose Aldo, and Seth Dikun each received $10,000 "fight night" bonuses following their bouts on Sunday at WEC 41.
Read More »Mike Brown again got the best of Urijah Faber on Sunday at WEC 41, topping the former 145-pound title holder by unanimous decision to retain his title in the anticipated rematch which headlined the Versus-televised event at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California.
Read More »Welcome to MMAFrenzy.com’s live coverage of WEC 41: Brown vs. Faber 2, which takes place today, Sunday June 7, 2009, at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California. Stay tuned to MMAFrenzy.com all night for live results, plus stop by after the fights for extensive post-fight coverage.
Read More »WEC featherweight champion Mike Brown and challenger Urijah Faber came in under the 145-pound limit for their championship matchup, both tipping the scales at 143.5 pounds at the weigh-ins for Sunday's Versus-televised event in Sacramento, California.
Read More »A rematch between WEC featherweight champion Mike Brown and former title-holder Urijah Faber has been finalized to headline WEC 41 on June 7th at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California.
Read More »The WEC could make its pay-per-view debut in June for the anticipated rematch between WEC featherweight title-holder Mike Brown and former champion Urijah Faber.
Read More »Johny Hendricks, Alex Serdyukov, Damacio Page, and Mike Brown each received $7,500 bonuses from the WEC on Sunday for their performances at WEC 39. The event took place yesterday at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas in front of an official crowd of 6,100, which generated a live gate of $297,990.
Read More »WEC featherweight champion Mike Brown submitted Leonard Garcia just 1:57 into their WEC 39 headliner to retain the 145-pound title. Ricardo Lamas, Jose Aldo, and Rob McCullough also earned victories on the evening's main card.
Read More »All twenty WEC 39 fighters, including featherweight champion Mike Brown and challenger Leonard Garcia, successfully made weight this morning at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas.
WEC 39: Brown vs. Garcia takes place tomorrow evening at the American Bank Center and airs live on Versus.
Mike Brown, who captured the 145-pound title from Urijah Faber [...]

