Post WEC 48

WEC 48 proved to be an exciting night of surprises. Manny Gamburyan proved he can hang with the best after becoming a finalist on TUF 5 and getting a win over former featherweight champion Mike Brown. The lightweight championship bout amd rematch between Donald Cerrone

and Ben Henderson also surprised fans watching tonight. Their first

meeting in the cage went the distance and every second was filled with

excitement. The fight was Sherdog's fight of the year for 2009 and for

a good reason. It seemed safe to assume the fight would at least go

into the championship rounds if not going the distance. However,

Henderson was able to secure his second title defense and a submission

victory in the first round putting him at 12-1 as a pro. Aldo vs Faber

went the distance and Aldo was able to secure a unanimous decision

victory over The California Kid. After the fight, Aldo showed Class

and what this sport is bout by congradulating Faber and baking his

hand over bad over. This is contrary to the end of the last couple MMA

events (the Strikeforce Brawl and Anderson Silva's dance and

embarassing performance at UFC 112) and exactly what MMA needs right

now. Aldo was able to chop down Faber with many leg kicks which took

away all of Faber's power and his ability to stand knocking him down

many times throughout the fight. Aldo's leg kicks and Faber's response

and falls were remeniscent of Matt Hughes' fight against Renzo Gracie

at UFC 112 where Hughes chopped Gravie down to the point where he

couldn't even stand at the end of the third round. Aldo was dominant

over Faber the entire fight but did not finish Faber. Joe Rogan stated

the end of the fight was boring, but in my opinion Aldo was working

the entire fight and simply showed his respect for Faber by not taking

any silly chances to get ko'd by Faber's power. Aldo was close to

finishing but Faber was just too tough for Aldo. Aldo rocked him with

a head kick and swarmed on Faber, but faber stuck in there. After

seeing this, I expected a Scott Smith type comeback similar to his win

over Cung Le at Strikeforce Evolution (he was getting beaten the whole

fight and turned the tides on Le by securing a KO win in the final

minutes of the third round), but he was chopped down with leg kicks

and was not able to do anything against Aldo but hang in the fight.

Now after Aldo's very dominant performance over one of the top

featherweight in the world it is safe to say Aldo is the real deal. It

has been said that Aldo is the second coming of Anderson Silva, and it

may be too early to say so, but he definetely posses the skill and is

only 23, so he has many years o prove himself in the sport. Up next

for Aldo may be Manny Gamburyan after his stunning defeat over former

champion Mike Brown. Fight Videos from WEC 48 coming soon!

WEC 48

The UFC and Strikeforce are two of the top MMA promotions that exist today. The WEC probably falls 4th behind Dream, and that means some MMA fans do not even know of it's existence. However, after this weekend, the WEC will be well known. They have put together a fantastic card which is even good enough to be broadcasted on PPV instead of the usual broadcast available for free on a premium channel (Versus Network). Both the UFC and the WEC are owned by Zuffa, and Dana White, Joe Rogan, and the UFC have been promoting this fight to ensure everyone knows about this event. Now, many of the WEC fighters are not well known-except for Urijah Faber. The California Kid has had 10 fights in the WEC and has 26 Professional MMA fights with a record of 23-3. After wrestling for UC Davis, he took up MMA and has become on of the world's most dominant featherweights. His title was taken away by Mike Brown, who is also fighting on the card on Saturday night. On the 24th Faber will face Sherdog's fighter of the year-Jose Aldo. An explosive striker with a Black Belt in BJJ-Jose Aldo has a very well rounded game. His TKO against Cub Swanson was earned with a FLYING DOUBLE KNEE which is almost as rare to see as a flying armbar submission (and as entertaining!) and he won the fight in just 8 seconds into the fight. This dominant performance earned him a title shot against Mike Brown, who he beat in 1:20 of the second round and became the WEC featherweight champion. The main event of a great card (and the WEC's biggest and best card to date) will see two great fighters fighting for the featherweight title. The co-main event is also a championship fight. Ben Henderson will be fighting Donald Cerrone for the Lightweight Championship. Ben Henderson, with a purple belt in BJJ, has submissions and KO's on his record and will prove to be a challenge for the challenger, Cerrone. Cerrone and Henderson have fought previosly at WEC 43, and the fight went the distance and was filled with non stop action. These two fighters battled it out for 5 rounds for the interim title with not even a moment of boredom. Henderson was able to earn a unanimous decision victory over Cerrone and the fight was chosen as Sherdog's 2009 fight of the year. This event will be very entertaining because, as Cowboy Cerrone says, "The WEC is right there. We deserve the same spotlight. The lighter weight guys are just as exciting and just as talented, if not more. I think we bring a lot more excitement." So there you have it, the WEC fighters always put up entertaining fights and this event is definitely not one to miss!

Strikeforce Nashville Fight Videos

King Mo vs. Gegard Mousasi

Gilbert Melendez vs. Shinya Aoki

Jake Shields vs. Dan Henderson

Main Event Post-fight brawl with Mayhem Miller

Post Strikeforce Nashville

Remember Anderson Silva's embarrassing performance last weekend at UFC 112? I'm sure nobody does after the post fight brawl during Strikeforce Nashville. Strikeforce changed from a kickboxing promotion to an MMA promotion, and last night it appeared to have changed into a Pro Wrestling promotion. Jason Mayhem Miller pulled a Georges St. Pierre after the fight by entering the cage to steal the spotlight away from Jake Shields-but instead of saying he was "not impressed"he went into the cage to express his interest in a rematch against Shields. Nick Diaz and his brother Nate Diaz went into the cage at an Elite XC fight to demand a rematch with KJ Noons, so one would think they would be sympathetic towards the situation, but they were among the first to strike Miller. Gilbert Melendez was also involved in the fight along with a dozen others from the Cesar Gracie camp. After a minute of the brawl CBS cut to commercial and the brawl was resolved during that time. We will have to wait to see how the fighters will be dealt with (Scott Coker will review the tapes from the brawl this week). Dana White has been taking heat since UFC 112 dealing with the performance of Anderson Silva and lying about the UFC 115 fight card-but after the mockery of the sport last night nobody will be talking about Dana's mishaps for a while. White acknowledged this by twittering ":)" directly after the brawl last night. Check out the full video of the fight below!