WEC 48: Aldo vs. Faber Results - Jose Aldo Dominates In Main Event Of Tremendous Card

In the evening’s main event former champion Urijah Faber had no answer to Jose Aldo in any area. Aldo dominated the fight using a steady volume of leg kicks and by the second round it was clear that Faber was having trouble even standing. Aldo continued throughout the fight to switch between attacks to the body and leg to confuse Faber.

Starting late in the third round Faber was dropped every time Aldo landed a kick to the thigh. This pattern continued into the fourth round where after Faber was knocked down Aldo went to the ground and put him in a crucifix where he landed a barrage of punches and elbows. The referee chose to allow Faber to continue into the fifth and final round which was the slowest in terms of activity but still one controlled by Aldo.

In the first of the evening’s two title fights and a rematch of one of the best fights of 2009 Ben Henderson successfully defended his WEC lightweight championship with a dominant first round submission.

It took under two minutes for Henderson to lock Cerrone up. Against the cage with a body lock Henderson was able to land several hard knees to the legs and head before getting a takedown. Not much action happened on the ground until a scramble during which Henderson grabbed Cerrone’s neck with a deep guillotine choke. Henderson locked it in and Cerrone had no option but to tap.

Shane Roller squared off with Anthony Njokuani in a battle of hyped lightweight prospects. The bout was sold as an old school battle of striker against grappler and it played out exactly that way.

Roller ran across the ring immediately and began working for a takedown. Njokuani was able to defend the takedown briefly but eventually got taken down and Roller was in Njokuani’s half guard. It was a quick pass to mount and then back control. Once Roller had the back he continually worked for a rear naked choke while holding on with a body triangle. Eventually he was able to get the arm under the chin and sink in the choke for the submission.

In a rematch of one of the better fights of the last few years Scott Jorgensen avenged his controversial decision loss with a clear decision victory over Antonio Banuelos.

Banuelos was able to land good combination punches and several hard left hands en route to winning the first round. In the second and third Jorgensen was the fresher man and began to use small head movement and more disciplined striking to take the fight over. In the third round Jorgensen landed a nice straight punch that dropped Banuelos. Scott followed him to the ground and spent the majority of the round in back control doing damage.

SB Nation will bring live results and commentary for Saturday evening’s WEC 48 card. The show is the WEC’s first attempt at a pay-per-view event and is a stacked card from top to bottom. Our live results will begin with the Spike TV broadcast of the undercard at 9:00pm EDT and go through the PPV broadcast scheduled to begin at 10:00pm EDT.

WEC Featherweight Championship

Jose Aldo (c) vs. Urijah Faber