WEC 44 Aldo vs. Brown: Debuts, KO’s and a Belt

6 Number of days (6) between Jose Aldo’s only loss on November 26, 2005 and Mike Thomas Brown’s last loss on December 2, 2005.

10 Since his last loss the featherweight champ Brown has won (10) fights including two against Urijah Faber. His belt is on the line against a very hot fighter in Aldo.

8 Aldo has won (8) in a row and his last five have come via (T)KO...

602 In 2009 Aldo has scored three (T)KO stoppages and they’ve come in a combined (6:02). His last was a dramatic flying knee and punches at the expense of Cub Swanson and it lasted just eight seconds.

2 The (2nd) day of the month has not been good to Brown. Overall he is 22-4 and three of his four losses have come on the (2nd) day of the month: Genki Sudo on April 2, 2004, Joe Lauzon on October 2, 2004, and the aforementioned December 2, 2005 loss at the hands of Masakazu Imanari.

89 Manny Gamburyan fought on (8/9) in 2008 against Rob Emerson at UFC 87. It didn’t go as planned...

12 Gamburyan was stopped by Rob Emerson in just (12) seconds.

89 Gamburyan’s opponent, Leonard Garcia fought exactly a year later on (8/9) earlier this year. It went better for Garcia as he claimed a decision victory at WEC 42.

3 Gamburyan and Garcia actually began their pro MMA careers just (3) months apart back in 1999. The now 9-4 Gamburyan fought twice on February 1 and the now 13-4 Garcia fought twice on May 1.

23 The debut evening went much better for Gamburyan. He won his fights in a combined (23) seconds. Garcia won his first fight in a hurry before losing a decision that went 20 minutes.

11 Number of times (11) Rob McCullough has fought in the WEC. The veteran will meet up with 8-1 Karen Darabedyan who is making his debut with the promotion.

83 McCullough is (8-3) with the promotion and 17-5 overall.

24 McCullough made his pro debut at WEC 2 and scored a (24) second stoppage of Jesse Heck. Darabedyan was almost five years away from making his pro debut...

206 When he did (at California Xtreme Fighting) he won in a hurry too, needing just (2:06) to finish Joey Alvarado.

1 Number of decision victories (1) for 8-1 Danny Castillo and 6-2 Shane Roller. The lightweights like to stop their opponents.

42 Castillo and Roller were on the same card at WEC (42) and both won. It was the first time they’d appeared on a WEC card together. Castillo fought at WEC’s 34, 36, and 39 and Roller fought at WEC’s 35, 37, and 40. Now at WEC 44 they’ll get to punch each other.