The main event saw Jose Aldo retain his featherweight belt against Urijah Faber with a dominant performance. Aldo repeatedly connected with powerful kicks each round to Faber’s left leg. Although his leg was very swollen and hurt, Faber kept on fighting and never quit, but didn’t have answer for Aldo’s attack. The match went the distance and, after five rounds, the judges awarded Aldo with a unanimous decision win.

Ben Henderson made short work of Donald Cerrone in the co-main event to retain his lightweight belt. He first brought the fight to the cage, landing some knees on Cerrone. Henderson then managed to sink in a deep guillotine, forcing Cerrone to tap out, and earning the submission victory.

Also featured on the card, Manny Gamburyan earned an upset over former featherweight champ Mike Brown. After a brief exchange on the feet, Gamburyan connected with a punch that sent Brown to the canvas. Gamburyan then delivered a ground-and-pound until the ref stepped in to give him a TKO win.

Here are the official results:

MAIN CARD:

Featherweight Title: Jose Aldo def. Urijah Faber via unanimous decision (49-45, 49-45, 50-45) to retain title – Round 5 at 5:00
Lightweight Title: Ben Henderson def. Donald Cerrone via submission (guillotine) to retain title – Round 1 at 1:57
Featherweight: Manny Gamburyan def. Mike Brown via KO (strikes) – Round 1 at 2:22
Lightweight: Shane Roller def. Anthony Njokuani via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1 at 3:07
Bantamweight: Scott Jorgensen def. Antonio Banuelos via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) – Round 3 at 5:00

PRELIMINARY CARD:

Featherweight: Leonard Garcia def. Chan Sung Jung via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) – Round 3 at 5:00
Lightweight: Anthony Pettis def. Alex Karalexis via submission (triangle choke) – Round 2 at 1:35
Bantamweight: Brad Pickett def. Demetrious Johnson via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) – Round 3 at 5:00
Featherweight: Chad Mendes def. Anthony Morrison via submission (guillotine) – Round 1 at 2:15
Bantamweight: Takeya Mizugaki def. Rani Yahya via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) – Round 3 at 5:00
Featherweight: Tyler Toner def. Brandon Visher via TKO (strikes) – Round 1 at 2:36

All 22 fighters stepped on the scales and made weight for the event.

WEC 48: Aldo vs. Faber is scheduled for Saturday, April 24, at the same venue as the weigh-ins. The event features a headlining featherweight title match between champ Jose Aldo and challenger Urijah Faber.

In the co-headlining fight, lightweight champ Ben Henderson and Donald Cerrone battle once again in a rematch. Also on the card, Mike Brown goes up against Manny Gamburyan in a featherweight bout.

Spike TV will be televising select preliminary fights live starting at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. The main card then airs live on Pay-Per-View at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.

Here are the official weigh-in results:

MAIN CARD:

Featherweight Title: Jose Aldo (Champion) (145) vs. Urijah Faber (144.5)
Lightweight Title: Ben Henderson (155) vs. Donald Cerrone (154.5)
Featherweight: Mike Brown (146) vs. Manny Gamburyan (146)
Lightweight: Anthony Njokuani (156) vs. Shane Roller (155.5)
Bantamweight: Antonio Banuelos (136) vs. Scott Jorgensen (136)

PRELIMINARY CARD:

Featherweight: Leonard Garcia (145) vs. Chan Sung Jung (145.5)
Lightweight: Alex Karalexis (156) vs. Anthony Pettis (155.5)
Bantamweight: Brad Pickett (135.5) vs. Demetrious Johnson (135)
Featherweight: Chad Mendes (145.5) vs. Anthony Morrison (145)
Bantamweight: Takeya Mizugaki (134.5) vs. Rani Yahya (136)
Featherweight: Brandon Visher (144.5) vs. Tyler Toner (145.5)

Featherweight champ and rising top pound-for-pound fighter Jose Aldo headlines the card against former longtime featherweight champ Urijah Faber.

In the co-headliner, lightweight champ Ben Henderson and Donald Cerrone face off in a much-anticipated rematch.

Also, former 145-pound champ Mike Brown takes on Manny Gamburyan in a fight that could possibly determine the next featherweight title contender. Anthony Njokuani squares up with Shane Roller in a lightweight fight, and Antonio Banuelos faces off with Scott Jorgensen in a bantamweight rematch.

Selected preliminary fights from WEC 48 will be broadcasted live on Spike TV at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT, followed by the main card live on Pay-Per-View at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.

MAIN CARD:

Jose Aldo burst onto the WEC scene in June 2008 and has since compiled a six-fight win streak in the organization, all by way of knockout. Aldo received a featherweight title shot against Mike Brown in November of last year, and he made the most of the opportunity, earning a TKO early in the second round to become the new champ.

Unlike Aldo, the former 145-pound champ and current challenger Urijah Faber was not able to defeat Brown on two separate occasions. He was knocked out in the first meeting, and lost a unanimous decision in the second match. However, Faber broke both hands in the second encounter, yet he refused to quit and remained competitive throughout the fight. There surely could have been a different outcome if the injuries didn’t occur.

Faber is without a doubt the most dominant featherweight champ to date, as he successfully defended the title a total of five consecutive times. His experience is certainly an advantage over Aldo.

While the speed is pretty much even, Aldo is the more explosive fighter and has the better stand-up. The wrestling edge has to go to Faber, but Aldo does possess good wrestling skills. The submission game is a big question mark for Aldo. Even though he holds a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, he hasn’t shown much of his ground game as a result of his success in the stand-up. Until Aldo proves otherwise, Faber, who has displayed excellent submission skills, should be considered the favorite in the ground department.

Aldo’s best chance of winning is to keep the fight on the feet as much as possible and try to land some his devastating strikes. Faber on the hand needs to use his wrestling and ground game to control Aldo and look for submissions.

One of the best fights of 2009 was the five round battle between Ben Henderson and Donald Cerrone, which saw Henderson earn a unanimous decision and become the interim lightweight champ. Shortly after, Henderson went on to face Jamie Varner in a lightweight belt unification match, and managed to win by submission in the third round to become the undisputed lightweight champ.

Following his loss to Henderson, Cerrone fought Ed Ratcliff in match that received Fight of the Night. Cerrone ended up winning by submission in the third round. The win has put him back in the number one contender spot in the 155-pound division, and earned him rematch with Henderson.

While both fighters are evenly matched, Henderson has the advantage in the wrestling and Cerrone has the edge on the feet. Although Cerrone has great submission skills, Henderson has proven time and time again that he is very difficult to submit.

Henderson will need to use his wrestling to control Cerrone and deliver a ground-and-pound attack. Cerrone has to try and defend the takedowns and try to outstrike his opponent. If the fight goes to the ground, which is more than likely, he needs to keep an active guard and avoid the ground attack from Henderson.

This match between former featherweight champ Mike Brown and Manny Gamburyan is likely going to determine the next contender at 145. Brown is coming off a quick submission victory over Anthony Morrison in under two minutes of the first round. Gamburyan has won back-to-back fights by unanimous decision since dropping down to the featherweight division.

The only chance Gamburyan has for winning this fight is to get it on the ground and control Brown. However, that could prove to be difficult as Brown is an excellent wrestler. Brown needs to defend the takedowns and look to land one of his powerful strikes to put Gamburyan to sleep.

Anthony Njokuani has been on a roll as of late, earning three straight knockouts, all of which won him Knockout of the Night honors. His opponent Shane Roller has been victorious in his last two outings, including a submission win over Danny Castillo that earned him Submission of the Night.

Roller cannot afford to stand and trade with Njokuani, or it will be a short night for him. He needs to try to bring the action to the mat and keep it there. Njokuani needs avoid the takedowns and use his tremendous striking skills.

In June of last year, Antonio Banuelos and Scott Jorgensen met for the first time, with Banuelos getting the nod by a somewhat controversial split decision. Jorgensen has since won three consecutive bouts and is looking to avenge the loss in this rematch. Banuelos fought only once after defeating Jorgensen, and was victorious by unanimous decision.

While the first encounter was very close, Jorgensen has been more active as of late and seems to have improved. Both fighters are evenly matched and this fight will come down to can better implement their gameplan from the opening bell.

PRELIMINARY CARD:

Featherweight: Leonard Garcia (17-5-1) vs. Chan Sung Jung (10-1-0)
Lightweight: Alex Karalexis (10-4-0) vs. Anthony Pettis (8-1-0)
Bantamweight: Brad Pickett (19-4-0) vs. Demetrious Johnson (10-0-0)
Featherweight: Chad Mendes (6-0-0) vs. Anthony Morrison (15-7-0)
Bantamweight: Takeya Mizugaki (12-4-2) vs. Rani Yahya (15-5-0)
Featherweight: Brandon (13-0-0) vs. Tyler Toner (10-1-0, 1 NC)

Below is a listing of the airings of Countdown to ALDO VS. FABER.

Countdown to ALDO VS. FABER will also be available in smooth HD at www.ufc.com/live.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21

4pm ET/1pm PT on VERSUS (premiere)
7pm ET/PT on MTV2
9:30pm ET on The Score (Canada)
12am ET/PT on SPIKE

THURSDAY, APRIL 22

1am ET/PT on MTV2
2:08am ET/PT on SPIKE

FRIDAY, APRIL 23

5pm ET/2pm PT on VERSUS
12:30am ET/9:30pm PT on VERSUS

SATURDAY, APRIL 24

1pm ET on The Score
3pm ET/ 12pm PT on VERSUS
8pm ET/5pm PT on SPIKE

Check out our live notes from the call below.

6:04 p.m.: The conference call has begun.
6:05 p.m.: Dana White is introducing the four fighters on the call.
6:06 p.m.: Urijah Faber says his training has remained the same, but he focused a bit more on kickboxing.
6:07 p.m.: Jose Aldo is looking for a knockout as he always does.
6:12 p.m.: Faber believes he has the tools to defeat Mike Brown and his fight with Aldo is a whole different match-up.
6:14 p.m.: Aldo is not going overconfident into his fight and is prepared for everything.
6:16 p.m.: White admits it’s been a bad couple of weeks for MMA. He is glad that the Aldo vs. Faber fight is happening.
6:17 p.m.: White says Strikeforce doesn’t belong on CBS.
6:19 p.m.: Henderson feels his life hasn’t changed much since winning the lightweight belt.
6:21 p.m.: Aldo also feels that not much has changed in his life after attaining the featherweight title.
6:23 p.m.: White believes this fight card is Pay-Per-View worthy.
6:24 p.m.: Donald Cerrone has been working hard on his wrestling.
6:25 p.m.: Ben Henderson is training to improve his overall game.
6:29 p.m.: White says Aldo wanted the fight to be in Faber’s hometown of Sacramento.
6:31 p.m.: Faber doesn’t care where the match takes place.
6:32 p.m.: Henderson is more comfortable now with the weight cut and fighting five rounds.
6:33 p.m.: Cerrone says it would be great fighting in the lightweight division of the UFC.
6:34 p.m.: Henderson is also all for competing the UFC lightweight class.
6:40 p.m.: White doesn’t yet know when he will move the WEC lightweight division to the UFC.
6:43 p.m.: Aldo says since the WEC won’t be going to Brazil, he feels more comfortable fighting in Sacramento as it’s his third time.
6:45 p.m.: Faber believes the Pay-Per-View model has helped MMA grow.
6:46 p.m.: White reveals that the fighters on this card will be making more money than they have before.
6:47 p.m.: White says Jason “Mayhem” Miller would have never run into the Octagon after a fight and that there shouldn’t be that many people in the cage in the first place.
6:51 p.m.: Aldo is prepared for wherever the fight goes.
6:52 p.m.: Faber is willing to go as far as it takes to win the fight.
6:53 p.m.: White thanks all of the media.
6:54 p.m.: The call has ended.

Karalexis, fighting out of Las Vegas, honed his mixed martial arts skills in the inaugural season of “The Ultimate Fighter” and made an immediate impact on the world scene at the “The Ultimate Fighter 1” finale in April 9, 2005 with a win over Josh Rafferty. Karalexis has won four of his last six fights, including a first round TKO win over Greg McIntyre in March 2009.

23-year-old Milwaukee native Pettis is an up-and-coming lightweight contender who trains with UFC veteran Pat Barry and is a protégé of Muay Thai trainer Duke Roufus. A winner of two of his last three contests, Pettis will look to utilize his rapid-fire combination of heavy-handed punches, high kicks, knees, and elbows to defeat the veteran Karalexis.

Training under world-renowned coach Greg Jackson in Albuquerque, N.M., Garcia has fought many of the world’s toughest contenders, including Roger Huerta, Jens Pulver, Cole Miller, and Manny Gamburyan. One of the sport’s most entertaining fighters, the Lubbock, Texas native aims to utilize his superior standup skills versus the South Korean dynamo, Jung.

Nicknamed the “Korean Zombie,” Jung is a brash 23-year-old making his debut fight on American soil against Garcia. Renowned for being able to deliver, as well as absorb, incredible amounts of punishment, Jung is an explosive fighter with an unyielding will to win.

“Aldo vs. Faber” will air live on Pay-Per-View Saturday, April 24 directly following the Spike TV telecast at 10:00pm ET/7:00pm PT.

“Countdown to Aldo vs. Faber” airs on Spike TV Wednesday, April 21 at 12:00am midnight.

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