Aldo, Henderson, Gamburyan victory at WEC 48

Jose Aldo defended his WEC featherweight title in Sacramento as he won a unanimous decision over former 145 pound king, Urijah Faber. Aldo was in complete control of the battle, landing big strikes on the feet and picking Faber apart. Big leg kicks would force Faber to switch stances on occasion, but that would be swiftly countered by thunderous body kicks from the Brazilian. It became clear as the fight went on that the only position that Faber might have chance to defeat Aldo in was if he was able to get on top of Aldo. But Faber missed several takedowns and his only successful one was successfully countered by Aldo, who instantly got back to his feet. Faber showed tremendous heart at the end of round 4, when Aldo had both of his opponent's arms pinned down on the ground from side control and was raining hard punches and elbows and Faber was not able to escape. 99 out of 100 fighters in that spot could have been finished in that spot, but Faber hung in there. Thankfully the round ended, because it was just painful and torturous to watch Faber grimace in pain as he continued to unsuccessfully to find a way out. Aldo defeated Faber via unanimous decision (49–45, 49–45, 50–45).

Ben Henderson once again defeated Donald Cerrone in the lightweight title bout. This time however it was not a back and forth 25 minute adventure--Henderson attacked quickly and was able to put away Cerrone in 1:57 into the fight with a tight guillotine. Cerrone was looking to strike early and a kick was quickly grabbed by Cerrone. Although the single and double was stopped, Henderson got the clinch, landed big knees to the thighs and face of Cerrone, dragged "The Cowboy" to the mat. A scrambled ensued and Henderson snapped on an extremely tight guillotine and Cerrone tapped out just under 2 minutes into the fight.

In another quick fight and a huge upset, Manvel Gamburyan shocked fans by scoring a knockout over former WEC featherweight champ Mike Brown. Gamburyan showed improved standup, much more tighter and technical, and scored a counter right hand that dropped Brown, and Gamburyan pounced on the dazed brown and put him out 2:22 into the fight.

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