''WEC 44: Brown vs. Aldo'' was a

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event held by

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. It took place on November 18, 2009 at

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in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Background

Anthony Pettis Anthony Paul Pettis (born January 27, 1987) is an American professional mixed martial artist. He is currently signed to the Professional Fighters League. Pettis formerly fought in the Welterweight, Lightweight, and Featherweight divisions of the ...

was originally slated to face

Rob McCullough Robert Alexander McCullough IV (born May 26, 1977) is an American former Muay Thai kickboxer and professional mixed martial artist. A professional from 2001-2011 in MMA, McCullough has formerly competed for the WEC, Bellator, DREAM, the Wor ...

at this event, but was forced from the bout due to an injury, and was replaced by promotional newcomer Karen Darabedyan. A lightweight bout between

Danny Castillo Daniel Alfonso Castillo (born August 25, 1979) is a retired American mixed martial artist. A professional from 2007 until 2015, he competed in 22 bouts with both the UFC and WEC. Mixed martial arts career Early career Castillo began training MM ...

and

Alex Karalexis Alexander Karalexis (born September 20, 1977) is a retired American professional mixed martial artist. A professional from 2003 until 2011, Karalexis was a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter 1, and competed for the UFC and WEC. Background Kar ...

was once attached to this event, though it was later scrapped. Both men remained on the card with new opponents, as Castillo was matched with

Shane Roller Shane Derrick Roller (born July 14, 1979) is a retired American mixed martial artist who is perhaps best known in his career for competing as a Lightweight for the UFC and WEC. Background Roller was born and raised in Bixby, Oklahoma along with ...

, while Karalexis was expected to face the debuting

Kamal Shalorus Kamal Shalorus (; born 26 August 1973) is an Iranian-born British professional mixed martial artist who competed in the Lightweight division of ONE Championship. A professional competitor since 2008, Shalorus has also formerly competed for the U ...

. However, Karalexis had to bow out of the Shalorus matchup due to a broken hand, and was replaced by fellow WEC newcomer Will Kerr. The event drew an estimated 414,000 viewers on Versus.

Results

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

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. 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)

External links

Official WEC websiteWEC 44 Results Winners

References