José Aldo knocks out American at WEC-39

José Aldo celebrate victory

The Brazilian José Aldo it has everything! After claiming that he was the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, this Sunday the Nova União athlete did nothing less and knocked out Chris Mickle, at WEC-39, held in the city of Corpus Christi, in the United States. Showing great superiority from the beginning of the fight, Aldo landed a strong knee on the American who attacked and was punished until the referee stopped him in the first round. The other Brazilians on the card were not as lucky. Rafael Rebello, after fighting a very balanced duel with the Japanese Kenji Osawa, ended up being defeated in a split decision by the judges. Marcos Loro was surprised by Damacio Page 18 seconds into the fight and was knocked out with a series of punches.

In the main fight of the night, Mike Brown successfully defended his featherweight belt by submitting Leonard Garcia with a katagatame in the first round. Check out the results:

Main Card

Mike Brown won with a katagatame in the 1st round vs. Leonard Garcia
Bart Palaszewski vs. Ricardo Lamas won unanimous decision
Jose aldo beat Chris Mickle by TKO in 1min39s of 1st R
Rob McCullough beat Marcus Hicks via split decision

Preliminary Card

Danny Castillo defeated Phil Cardella via split decision
Damacio Page beat Marcos Galvão by KO at 18 seconds of the 1st
John hendricks beat Alex Serdyukov via unanimous decision
Kenji Osawa beat Rafael Rebello via split decision
Alex Karalexis beat Greg McIntyre via TKO at 4:19 of 1st R
John Franchi defeated Mike Budnik Budnik via split decision
Mike Pierce beat Justin Haskins via TKO at 3min9s of 3rd R