In front of 15,000 fans packed in Arco arena at Sacramento Faber’s hometown, Jose Aldo the reigning World Extreme Cage fighting champion put on the promotions most dominant performance in recent memory. Leaving the octagon without a scratch on him, Aldo (17-1) threw himself in contention to be the best pound for pound fighter in the world, defending his title with a decision win over ex-champ Faber in the main event.
The first pay-per-view event for WEC, the card itself gave fans the money worth, and Aldo showcase a performance people will start remembering his name with two judges scoring 49-45 and one judge 50-45.
What was supposed to be considered fight of the year by many mma analyst, this match overturned to be a lopsided affair. Following the entrance to Faber’s “California Love”-by 2Pac he decided to silence the crowd and entered with “I run this town” by Jay-z and Rhianna thus rushing to the octagon ready for war. Aldo threw deadly and powerful leg kicks to Faber’s leg which made him immobile. Following the end of the third round, Faber’s team carried Faber to his corner to save him from putting extra weight on a shattered left leg.
“Every time I step into the Octagon, I’m trying for the finish,” said Aldo, who improved to 7-0 in WEC. “Every time I step into the Octagon, I’m trying for the finish,” said Aldo, who improved to 7-0 in WEC.
Faber was competitive during the first round but Aldo soon found his range. Aldo vicious kicks to Faber’s lead leg took away any of Faber’s unorthodox style of combos plus making him helpless for any attempts to take Aldo to the ground, essentially making him a sitting target for one of the most aggressive finishers in mma. “I trained a lot of defence for leg kicks but he was very effective with them. He really took away my legs,” said Faber (23-4).
In the fourth round, Aldo had Faber put in a mounted crucifix-pinning Faber’s both arm’s to the mat, and reigned more than 90 seconds of elbows and punches to Faber’s face. Somehow Faber was able to withstand the brutal pounding but was overmatched early with another deadly kick to his lead leg, and had no chance of a comeback.
“It was a tough fight. I tried my best,” said a bitterly disappointed Faber, who had hoped to regain the title in his hometown.
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