WEC 44

WEC 44: Brown vs. Aldo
Information
Promotion	World Extreme Cagefighting
Date	November 18, 2009
Venue	The Pearl at The Palms
City	Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance	1,835
Total gate	$131,200
Event chronology
WEC 43: Cerrone vs. Henderson WEC 44: Brown vs. Aldo WEC 45: Cerrone vs. Ratcliff

WEC 44: Brown vs. Aldo was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting. It took place on November 18, 2009 at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The event drew an estimated 414,000 viewers on Versus.

Results

Preliminary card

• Bantamweight bout: Seth Dikun vs. Frank Gomez

Gomez defeated Dikun via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 29–28).

• Lightweight bout: Ricardo Lamas vs. James Krause

Lamas defeated Krause via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).

• Bantamweight bout: Antonio Banuelos vs. Kenji Osawa

Banuelos defeated Osawa via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28).

• Featherweight bout: Cub Swanson vs. John Franchi

Swanson defeated Franchi via submission (guillotine choke) at 4:50 of round 3.

• Featherweight bout: Diego Nunes vs. LC Davis

Davis defeated Nunes via unanimous decision (30–26, 30–26, 30–26).

Main card

• Lightweight bout: Kamal Shalorus vs. Will Kerr

Shalorus defeated Kerr via TKO (strikes) at 1:26 of round 1.

• Lightweight bout: Danny Castillo vs. Shane Roller

Roller defeated Castillo via submission (rear naked choke) at 3:32 of round 3.

• Lightweight bout: Rob McCullough vs. Karen Darabedyan

Darabedyan defeated McCullough via split decision (30–27, 27–30, 29–28).

• Featherweight bout: Manvel Gamburyan vs. Leonard Garcia

Gamburyan defeated Garcia via unanimous decision (30–27, 29–28, 29–28).

• Featherweight Championship bout: Mike Brown (c) vs. José Aldo

Aldo defeated Brown via TKO (strikes) at 1:20 of round 2 to become the new WEC Featherweight Champion.

Bonus Awards

Fighters were awarded $10,000 bonuses.

• Fight of the Night: Cub Swanson vs. John Franchi

• Knockout of the Night: José Aldo

• Submission of the Night: Shane Roller

Reported payout

The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Nevada State Athletic Commission. It does not include sponsor money or "locker room" bonuses often given by the WEC and also do not include the WEC's traditional "fight night" bonuses.

• José Aldo: $26,000 (includes $13,000 win bonus) def. Mike Brown: ($15,000)
• Manvel Gamburyan: $36,000 ($18,000 win bonus) def. Leonard Garcia: ($14,000)
• Karen Darabedyan: $6,000 ($3,000 win bonus) def. Rob McCullough: ($20,000)
• Shane Roller: $24,000 ($12,000 win bonus) def. Danny Castillo: ($9,500)
• Kamal Shalorus: $6,000 ($3,000 win bonus) def. Will Kerr: ($2,000)
• LC Davis: $14,000 ($7,000 win bonus) def. Diego Nunes: ($5,000)
• Cub Swanson: $18,000 ($9,000 win bonus) def. John Franchi: ($4,000)
• Antonio Banuelos: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus) def. Kenji Osawa: ($6,000)
• Ricardo Lamas: $8,000 ($4,000 win bonus) def. James Krause: ($2,000)
• Frank Gomez: $6,000 ($3,000 win bonus) def. Seth Dikun: ($3,000)

See also

• List of WEC Events

External links

• Official WEC website
• WEC 44 Results Winners