Jose Aldo hasn't lost a fight in four years, and was never in any danger from Mike Thomas Brown in the main event at WEC 44 at The Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas.

The brazilian came out a bit slower than usual, but once he found his range and stepped up the pace, Brown was obviously in trouble. Aldo neutralized all of Browns takedown attempts, while landing powerful punches, kicks and knees throughout the first round. Aldo showed no sign of letting off the pressure in the second round and after getting a takedown of his own, he secured Browns back, got his hooks in, flattened him out and started some vicious punishment. As Brown was unable to get out of the bad position and the relentless attacks from Aldo seemed to make Brown more and more limp, referee Steve Mazzagatti had no choice but to stop the bout at 1:20 in the second round for a TKO victory for the new WEC Featherweight Champion Jose Aldo.

After this impressive performance, it is only fair to include Jose Aldo in any discussion about who the best pound for pound fighter is. His 16-1 record is very impressive and I don't see anyone taking the featherweight title away from Aldo anytime soon.

For the record, I was spot on with my prediction from my previous post. Second round TKO victory to Jose Aldo.



On the same night, Manny Gamburyan secured a unanimous decision over the always entertaining Leonard Garcia. It was 3 rounds of Garcia throwing huge punches that never landed, and Gamburyan constantly trying to get the fight to the ground. Gamburyan scored many takedowns throughout the fight to get the win, but failed to really do a lot of damage.

Armenian Karen Darabedyan won a split decision over former champion Rob McCullough. Darabedyan was very impressive and got the better of McCullough in most of the exchanges, especially with his punches. McCullough on the other hand, punished Darabedyan with very nice kicks to the legs and midsection. Although McCullough did rally at the end and seemed to take over the fight, it was not enough as the judges gave Darabedyan the win.

We also saw Shane Roller secure a submission victory over Danny Castillo at 3:32 in the third round via rear naked choke.

WEC is always a good MMA show and this time was no different. Exciting, fast paced fights in the lighter divisions, coupled with a lot of awesome talent makes WEC one of my favorite events.