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ALDO VS. FABER RESULTS: Penick's live on-going round by round report of WEC 48 event on Spike and pay-per-view
Apr 24, 2010 - 11:43:20 PM ALDO VS. FABER RESULTS: Penick's live on-going round by round report of WEC 48 event on Spike and pay-per-view

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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

The WEC logo is surprisingly absent here on the broadcast as Mike Goldberg and Joe Rogan open up the Spike TV broadcast. This is all just ALDO vs. FABER for tonight. Rogan and Goldberg break down the prelim broadcast fights.

FIGHT ONE: ALEX KARALEXIS VS. ANTHONY PETTIS (LIGHTWEIGHT)

ROUND ONE: Karalexis comes to the center of the cage as Pettis hops around the outside. They both feint attacks as they're feeling out the range here early on. Pettis lands a jumping kick to the face. Karalexis grabs a leg to recover and pushes Pettis to the cage. That looked like it hurt Karalexis there. Pettis gets loose as Karalexis tried to grab a single leg. Pettis throws a kick to the body but Karalexis catches it and brings him to the ground. He lands some good punches as he tries to ground and pound. Pettis works back to his feet and Karalexis releases. Pettis tags him with a couple of punches. Pettis catches a kick and lands a punch. Pettis lands another kick. Karalexis pushes him back. Pettis lands another kick. Karalexis gets in to the clinch. He lands a couple of short punches and avoids the head kick from Pettis. Pettis comes forward and lands three big leg kicks in a row. He's hurting him with these kicks. Pettis starts firing the kicks. Karalexis shoots in and tries to get a big takedown at the end of the round. He can't complete it and the round ends.

Penick's Scorecard: 10-9 Pettis. He landed the more significant strikes and did a lot more damage despite the takedown from Karalexis.

ROUND TWO: Karalexis came straight in and shot for the takedown. He landed some good shots but Pettis rolled out and got to his feet. Karalexis got in and took him down again. Pettis used a good high guard to stifle the offense. He throws the legs up again and locked a triangle in. He landed some hard punches and cinched it in tighter and forced the tap. Nice submission from Pettis.

WINNER: Pettis via submission (triangle choke) at 1:35 of the second round.

STAR RATING: (**+) Very good performance from Pettis here. He was good on his feet and pulled off a very nice submission. Great start to the prelims here and their last ditch effort to get some more pay-per-view buys.

PRELIM FIGHT A: CHAD MENDES VS. ANTHONY MORRISON (FEATHERWEIGHT)

ROUND ONE: Mendes lands an early leg kick as they're both testing the range early. Morrison lands a leg kick. Mendes pushes forward with a combo and tries to clinch but Morrison holds him off and lands a short combo as he separates. Morrison lands a nice left hook. Morrison gets in with a couple of jabs. Morrison with another jab. Mendes shoots in and Morrison sprawls, but Mendes stays right on him and gets the takedown to half guard. Morrison tries to scramble and briefly gets to his feet but Mendes locks on a guillotine. Morrison tries to hold off from tapping but he's not getting out and he finally taps.

WINNER: Mendes via submission (guillotine choke) at 2:13 of the first round.

STAR RATING: (**+) Another exciting submission to kick this show off. These guys are really trying to get that bonus money tonight.

-Joe Rogan talks to Kimbo Slice via satellite before his UFC 113 bout against Matt Mitrione. Kimbo said he just loves fighting and talks about his "learning center" at American Top Team.

FIGHT TWO: LEONARD GARCIA VS. CHAN SUNG JUNG (FEATHERWEIGHT)

ROUND ONE: Jung landed a big leg kick early on. Jung walked him down and Garcia came in with a couple of punches. Garcia lands a leg kick as Jung continues to walk him down. Jung landed a leg kick. Garcia landed a big right and Jung hit him with a big knee. They both started swinging for the fences. They are both unleashing punches, kicks and knees here. Neither is landing a ton. Mike Goldberg had an interesting comment about Jung making his "organizational debut." He paused before saying "organizational" but still no mention of the WEC. They are clinched briefly but Jung breaks out and Jung comes after him. Garcia has slowed a bit here and Jung lands a good combination. Jun keeps walking him down and lands a kick. He stays on him on the cage and drops Garcia with a big combo. He tries to land some big punches and Garcia stays alive with an omoplata/arm bar attempt. Jung gets out and starts unleashing some big punches. Garcia kicks Jung off and gets to his feet. Garcia is staying alive with punches but Jung is putting a beating on him. Garcia clinches as the round is ending.

Penick's Scorecard: 10-9 Jung. Hell of a first round. Jung absolutely had Garcia rocked and Garcia is gassing here.

ROUND TWO: Garcia lands some early punches and Jung starts coming back. Garcia rocks Jung with a punch. He starts throwing wildly and rocks Jung again. They're both throwing bombs and somehow they're not going down. Garcia finally shoots in and clinches Jung on the cage. They use it to rest and then separate. Garcia lands a punch to the body. He tries a half hearted head kick. Jung lands a good leg kick. They trade jabs. Jung walks him down and lands a punch. Garcia tries to come in and oversteps. Jung takes his back and drops to the ground. He gets a body triangle but Garcia explodes and escapes. They get back to their feet. Garcia avoids a leg kick with a superman punch. Garcia lands a good left hook. Jung lands a straight kick. Garcia with a big punch. Jung starts to walk Garcia down with a minute left. Jung gets in close and lands a couple of kicks. He lands a big knee and starts unleashing a ton of punches to Garcia and knocks out his mouth guard. Garcia gets his mouthguard back in and starts unleashing punches at Jung! This is sloppy but fun as hell. Garcia lands a kick. Jung lands a body punch as the round ends.

Penick's Scorecard: 10-9 Garcia. He hurt Jung in that round and gave as good as he got there. Awesome brawl thus far.

ROUND THREE: They both trade punches early. Garcia lands a knee to the body. He gets in a couple of jabs. Garcia lands a couple of kicks. He lands another one as Jung continues to come at him. Jung landed a good jab. Garcia hopped around the cage. Garcia landed a big combo to the body. Jung came forward with punches. Garcia responded again. Garcia hopped around the outside again. Garcia with a nice combo. Jung kept trying to walk Garcia down. Garcia landed another combo. He came in with another one. Jung tried a spinning back fist and landed a big combination. Garcia backed off. He then came in with a combo. Garcia landed a jab. Garcia with a nice leg kick. Jung gto him to the cage and started unleashing punches. Garcia responds with a combo. They're still just throwing bombs in ugly fashion. Garcia with a leg kick. Garcia landed a big kick. Garcia comes forward with a punch and Jung landed a punch. Garcia half heartedly shot in and landed a punch. They both start swinging punches again until the fight ends.

Penick's Scorecard: 10-9 Jung. He was pressing the action and landed the stronger punches, but it was close.

WINNER: Garcia via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

POST FIGHT: Some of the crowd booed the decision but that last round was so close I'm fine with the decision. Garcia got the crowd back on his side for saying he fights for them. He showed his broken hand that he suffered in the first round.

STAR RATING: (****-) That was an awesome fight. Sloppy as all hell, very little technicality as they were just winging bombs at each other. They're giving it too much praise as one of the "best fights ever," but it was really fun and very exciting with both guys just fighting until the end. Awesome final sell for the pay-per-view card.

-Joe Rogan talks to Dana White cageside and they give the final-final sell for the pay-per-view card.

Pay-Per-View Card

-We get comments from the Title fight participants for tonight to open up the pay-per-view broadcast. Faber says he wants to be the best in the world and he's willing to do anything to get it.

FIGHT THREE: SCOTT JORGENSEN VS. ANTONIO BANUELOS (BANTAMWEIGHT)

PRE FIGHT: Banuelos said he'll beat him again and prove everybody wrong. Jorgensen said it's going to be a one sided victory for him. Jorgensen said he's improved immensely while Banuelos has not done the same.

ROUND ONE: Jorgensen takes the center and starts to walk Banuelos down right off the bat. Banuelos lands a leg kick and circles on the outside. Banuelos lands a good left hook in an exchange. Jorgensen lands an overhand right. They swing punches and both land in an exchange. Jorgensen tries to shoot and Banuelos holds him off. They clinch in the center of the cage. Jorgensen lands a good knee to the body. Banuelos breaks free. Jorgensen still the aggressor. He lands a right and Banuelos counters. Jorgensen again gets in close with the right. Banuelos lands a kick that trips Jorgensen up but he gets back up. Jorgensen gets in again with a left hook and Banuelos counters. Banuelos gets in with a good combo. Jorgensen tries to get in and gets tagged with another left. He drops Jorgensen with a left and Jorgensen recovers on the ground to pull guard. Banuelos tries to pass and Jorgensen nearly grabbed an armbar. He used it to kick Banuelos off and get to his feet. He comes forward and lands a good right and then clinches again. They jockey for position and then separate. Jorgensen lands a good punch and Banuelos counters. Jorgensen lands another punch. They trade punches again and Jorgensen clinches. Jorgensen lands a good knee and separates. Banuelos lands a spinning back kick to the body. Jorgensen still moving forward. Banuelos pops in with a body kick. Banuelos lands another big punch and kick. Jorgensen lands one kick as the round ends.

Penick's Scorecard: 10-9 Banuelos. Good timing on his counters led to the harder punches, but Jorgensen's right in there.

ROUND TWO: Jorgensen again walks Banuelos down. He lands some good punches and Banuelos tries to counter. Jorgensen lands a good body kick. He gets in with another one. Jorgensen walks him down and lands a nice combo. Banuelos lands a kick. Jorgensen lands a big combo and another two punches. Jorgensen with the jab again. Jorgensen lands a lunging right. Jorgensen again with a punch. Big right lands from Jorgensen and Banuelos' nose looks broken. Banuelos lands a good body kick. Jorgensen lands another right. He tries a high kick and it gets blocked. Jorgensen lands another good combo. Jorgensen with a nice left. Banuelos gets in a combo. Jorgensen with a big right and another jab in a combo. Jorgensen continues to walk Banuelos down. Jorgensen lands another big right. He lands another big combo and stays on Banuelos. He works the jab and lands another overhand right. Jorgensen lands a hard kick to the body. He dropped Banuelos with a big punch. He lands some big punches to the side of Banuelos and takes his back. Banuelos' nose is just pouring blood. Banuelos gets to his feet with Jorgensen on his back. Jorgensen lands a big knee as he separates and another short combo as the round ends. Huge round for Jorgensen.

Penick's Scorecard: 10-9 Jorgensen. Great fight thus far, but Jorgensen really turned it on in that round.

ROUND THREE: Jorgensen again comes out pressing. He lands a big overhand right. Banuelos counters. Banuelos is bleeding badly again. Jorgensen walked him down and landed another combo. Jorgensen landed a straight kick to the body. He landed another big jab to the face. Jorgensen landed another left hook. Banuelos lands a counter. Jorgensen landed a hard leg kick. Another left hook from Jorgensen. Jorgensen landed a big right hook and Banuelos countered with a short combo. Jorgensen pops in with a nice straight right. Banuelos lands a leg kick. Jorgensen dropped him again with another straight right. He got Banuelos' back with two minutes left. He's dropping with punches and Jorgensen went for a choke but couldn't lock it on. Jorgensen keeps landing punches as he tries to improve position. Banuelos is surviving on the ground but Jorgensen keeps landing elbows and punches. Banuelos tried to roll out but Jorgensen got the choke. Banuelos got out of it and Jorgensen unleashed a punch. Banuelos rolled through and finished the fight with a big punch. Another awesome fight.

Penick's Scorecard: 10-9 Jorgensen. He just took that fight over after the first round. Awesome performance.

WINNER: Jorgensen via unanimous decision.

STAR RATING: (***+) Another awesome fight between these two. Banuelos landed the knockdown punch in the first but Jorgensen took the fight over at the start of the second round. Much more technical than the Garcia-Jung fight, and only slightly less exciting than that brawl was.

FIGHT FOUR: ANTHONY NJOKUANI VS. SHANE ROLLER (LIGHTWEIGHT)

PRE FIGHT: Roller said this fight is going to be fireworks from the beginning. Njokuani said he's motivated to get into a Title fight and a win over Roller would do that for him.

ROUND ONE: Roller tried to walk Njokuani down and tries to get a takedown early. Njokuani holds it off nicely for awhile, but Roller pulled him down. Njokuani immediately walked up the cage. Roller again pulled him down. Roller gets to half guard. He moved to the mount and Njokuani bucked him off. Roller took Njokuani's back. Njokuani defended the choke nicely. Roller keeps trying to get the rear naked choke. Njokuani is still defending it well, but there's a lot of time left in the round. Njokuani tried to roll and Roller got the choke back in and forced the tap. Beautiful ground work from Roller.

WINNER: Roller via submission (rear naked choke) at 3:07 of the first round.

POST FIGHT: Roller said it's fun when you train something in camp and then execute it in the fight. He said he knew he had a lot of time and didn't want to give anything up.

STAR RATING: (***-) Excellent ground work from Roller leading to that submission. He wanted nothing to do with Njokuani's stand up and was able to work his ground game really well in this one.

-Dana White is shown in the crowd with his arm around Jake Shields. He smiled and pointed at him and Goldberg touted Shields as one of the best in the world. That seals it people, Shields is coming to the UFC, it's just a matter of his contract expiring now.

-They re-air Joe Rogan's satellite interview with Kimbo Slice from earlier tonight.

FIGHT FIVE: MIKE BROWN VS. MANVEL GAMBURYAN (FEATHERWEIGHT)

PRE FIGHT:Gamburyan said he can't take anything away from Brown. Brown said he likes new matchups and Gamburyan represents a new puzzle to solve. Gamburyan said he's never scared, but Brown said he's going to fear his strikes in this one.

ROUND ONE: Both fighters take to the center of the cage to start the fight. Brown lands an early right. He gets in with another. Manny gets in with a combo in a counter. A bit tentative in the early going here. Brown with a front kick and another right. Brown misses on a big left and overhand right. Gamburyan pushes in with a few body punches. Brown walks him down and lands a left hook. Brown lands a big punch and Gamburyan drops Brown with a big right to the jaw! Wow. He pounces and lands a number of punches and the fight is stopped! Huge upset by Gamburyan over the former Champ.

WINNER: Gamburyan via KO at 2:22 of the first round.

POST FIGHT: Gamburyan thanked everyone for coming out and supporting him.

STAR RATING: (***) The upset factor weighs in to this one, as it was tentative to start, but man was that a huge upset victory for Gamburyan. He's in the Title mix now, no doubt, and very well could take home that nice "KO of the Night" bonus for that.

PRELIM FIGHT B: DEMETRIOUS JOHNSON VS. BRAD PICKETT

ROUND ONE: Johnson lands a leg kick early. Pickett lands a big punch that rocks Johnson. Johnson recovers well. Johnson tries to land a head kick but it gets blocked. Pickett lands a good left hook. Johnson gets in with a leg kick. Pickett with another left. He trips up Johnson and tries to land the KO blow on the cage but misses. Pickett catches a kick and tries to knock Johnson down but Johnson gets his leg free. Pickett catches another kick but lets it go. Johnson gets in with another leg kick. Pickett shoots and gets a big takedown into side control. He landed a big elbow. Johnson got to half guard and then got it back to full guard. Johnson walked up the cage and Pickett got him right back down after catching another kick. Pickett steps up and drops down with a big right. He gets to half guard and tries to pass. Johnson defends well from his back. Pickett landed a good punch. Johnson pushed Pickett off and got back to his feet. He landed a nice knee but Pickett kept coming forward. Pickett blocked a high kick and landed a superman punch. Pickett with another quick shot and got a takedown. Johnson landed a flying knee but Pickett caught it and slammed him hard. Pickett got the crucifix and then moved to side control. Pickett lands an elbow. Johnson gets back to his feet and lands a few punches as the round ends. Wow what a start to this one.

Penick's Scorecard: 10-9 Pickett. Huge slams and some big punches took the round for the Brit.

ROUND TWO: Pickett pressed in early as Johnson worked around the outside. Pickett caught another kick and landed a counter punch. Johnson lands another kick. Pickett gets in with a combo. Johnson with a few more kicks. Johnson continues to move well on the outside. Pickett tried to get in with a flying knee but wasn't anywhere close. Johnson landed another big kick. Pickett shot in and got another takedown right into side control. Pickett landed a knee to the body but Johnson escaped and got to his feet. Johnson engaged back on the feet with some nice knees and kicks. Pickett dropped down and got another takedown, this time into Johnson's guard. Pickett passed to half guard. Pickett lands a good forearm and Johnson pulls him back to guard. He drops a big elbow from the top. Pickett continued to work as Johnson was active from his back. Johnson gets to his feet but Pickett slams him down again. Johnson got back up and came forward with a kick. They clinched in close after they missed punches. Johnson landed a knee but Pickett picked him up and slammed him hard. He got into the mount and postured up to land strikes as the round ended.

Penick's Scorecard: 10-9 Pickett. His takedowns are relentless but Johnson is ridiculously fast in this fight.

ROUND THREE: Johnson gets an early takedown. Pickett moves to his feet but eats a couple of knees. Pickett gets a takedown of his own into half guard. Johnson gets it back to guard. Pickett controls nicely in half guard here. Johnson gets to the cage and gets up but Pickett stays on his back. johnson breaks free. He comes forward and tries to land some strikes but Pickett covers up. Johnson then shoots in and gets a takedown of his own again. Johnson lands another punch. Pickett gets up and gets Johnson to the cage but Johnson trips him up with a throw. Pickett gets up and then gets another slam takedown into side control. Pickett then gets to the mount with over a minute left. Pickett lands some hard punches to the body. Johnson escapes the mount and gets it to half guard. Johnson explodes and gets back to his feet. Pickett controls him on the cage and lands a good knee. He gets another one in to the body. They both scramble for takedowns and the round comes to an end.

Penick's Scorecard: 10-9 Pickett. Johnson fought well and it was closer than the clean sweep would suggest, but I've got to give the round to Pickett again for control and more dominant positions.

WINNER: Pickett via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

POST FIGHT: Pickett said Johnson's a bag of energy and a tough guy, and he was just glad to come away with a victory. He said he knew he winded him. He also said he thinks he broke his collarbone in the second round.

STAR RATING: (***) Another action packed and exciting fight. Those takedowns were a lot of fun to see with a couple of big slams in there.

FIGHT SIX: BEN HENDERSON VS. DONALD CERRONE (WEC LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP)

PRE FIGHT: Cerrone said he doesn't know how Henderson got out of some of the submissions he threw at him in the first fight. Cerrone said he's worked on the small mistakes he made. Henderson said if Cerrone gives him an opening he'll stop him in the first round. Cerrone said Henderson's striking isn't on his level.

ROUND ONE: Henderson took the center of the cage and Cerrone got him to back up with a feint. Henderson landed a leg kick. Cerrone tried to walk him down and got pushed back. Cerrone got in with a big kick and Henderson shot in for a single leg. Cerrone sprawled and Henderson pushed him to the cage. Henderson took his back standing and started landing knees to the thighs and the head. He landed another good one to the body and continued the knee assault on the legs. Cerrone got himself turned over but Henderson took him right down. Cerrone tried to scramble and then Henderson locked on a guillotine and dropped to guard and got it in tight and forced the tap! Holy hell that was quick.

WINNER: Henderson via submission (guillotine choke) at 1:57 of the first round.

POST FIGHT: Henderson said he likes the guillotine. He thanked Rogan for telling him it was perfect technique. Cerrone gave Henderson credit for being a great fighter and said he slipped and "these things happen."

STAR RATING: (***) Another exciting fight, though unfortunately not a rehash of their fight of the year from last year. I'm not sure who will be next in line for Henderson, and really they just need to get these guys into the UFC.

PRELIM FIGHT C: BRANDON VISHER VS. TYLER TONER

ROUND ONE: Toner lands a leg kick early. He gets another one as Visher is stoic. Visher lands a right and a leg kick. Toner gets in another leg kick. Toner lands a few more kicks. Visher lands a straight right. Toner counters nicely with a combo. He gets in with the takedown again. Toner landed another short combo. Visher blocks a head kick and comes forward with a combo. Toner clipped him with a punch but Visher recovered. Both fighters landed shots in an exchange. Toner lands a straight kick and knocks Visher down with a left. Toner was landing nasty elbows to the side of the head and Herb Dean told Visher to cover up and defend or he'd stop it. Visher didn't and Dean stopped it.

WINNER: Toner via TKO at 2:36 of the first round.

POST FIGHT: Toner said he was psyched. He said he had a cold all week and wasn't sure if he'd be able to perform. He thanked his corner and said he didn't know what to say.

STAR RATING: (**+) Another exciting first round finish in this one. Toner caught Visher with a nasty left that dropped him and those elbows just came down hard to the side of his head. Good stoppage by Dean.

-They re-air Chad Mendes' victory over Anthony Njokuani from earlier tonight.

MAIN EVENT FIGHT SEVEN: JOSE ALDO VS. URIJAH FABER (WEC FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP)

PRE FIGHT: Aldo said it was a dream come true for him to become Champion. He said he's living his dream and he wants to live it for a long time. Faber said losing the belt didn't mean to much to him, but being considered the best in the world means everything to him.

Aldo's entrance music is perfect, as he comes out to the Jay-Z and Rihanna's "Run This Town" to a booing Sacramento crowd. Excellent.

Still no recognition of WEC on this card. This is for the "Undisputed Featherweight Champion of the World," not the WEC Featherweight Championship. The crowd has nothing but loud boos for the Champion tonight.

ROUND ONE: Faber tries to stave off Aldo with a front kick. He pops in with a feinted combo. He has a high kick blocked and Aldo is staying patient here. Faber tries to get in with a right but can't land. The crowd loudly chants for Faber. Faber connects on a short combo. Aldo lands a good leg kick. Aldo trips up Faber with a leg kick but lets him right back up. Aldo is holding the center of the cage nicely. Aldo lands a good body shot and a hard leg kick and then he pops out. Faber tries to shoot but Aldo breaks loose. Faber throws a straight kick. Aldo stalks but is content to let Faber circle on the outside right now. Faber gets in with a combo. Faber with another straight kick. Faber lands a good right hook. Aldo misses a leg kick and Faber tries to connect with an overhand right. Aldo lands a good body punch. Aldo lands a big knee to the body as Faber comes in. Faber lands a good push kick as Aldo tried to get in. He gets in a nice jab on the Champ. Faber with another nice combo. He gets anotehr two punch combo in on the Champ. Aldo lands a big knee to the body as Faber came in but Faber popped back up. Aldo landed a spinning back kick to the body. Faber landed one more left as the round ended. Good start.

Penick's Scorecard: 10-9 Faber. Aldo landed some significant shots, but Faber was more active and landed more overall. I'd give it to him on that, but it could go to the Champ.

ROUND TWO: Faber gets in a good straight right early. He tries to explode in with a shot but can't get to Aldo. Aldo landed a big kick to the body. He tripped Faber up with a leg kick but Faber stayed on his feet. Faber landed a right. He popped in with a nice jab. Aldo stalked him a bit and just missed a huge uppercut. He landed a good left after that. Aldo landed a big leg kick again. Faber lands a right. Another leg kick from Aldo. Faber catches a knee attempt but can't do anything with it. Faber tries to shoot and lands a right as he gives it up. This is still quite tentative from both guys. Aldo lands the leg kick again. Aldo lands a body shot. Faber lands a couple of jabs and eats another leg kick from Aldo. Aldo lands a jab and another big leg kick. Faber with a jab that grazes Aldo. He lands a straight kick but Aldo gets another hard leg kick in. Aldo again lands the leg kick and Faber is hurting. Aldo landed a punch and Faber tried to counter. Aldo again lands the leg kick and Faber is in trouble. Aldo lands a hard body kick as the round ends.

Penick's Scorecard: 10-9 Aldo. The Champ did a ton of damage to Faber's left leg with the leg kicks, and Faber's going to need to figure something out or he's in major, major trouble here.

ROUND THREE: Aldo misses a leg kick early. Aldo landed a good body punch. Faber tried to grab a leg but Aldo got loose. Aldo got in and landed another bad leg kick on Faber. He went right back to it and Faber is limping badly. ALdo stalked him down to the cage. Aldo with another big kick to the body. He lands another punch. Faber tries to come forward with a combo but Aldo blocks it. He lands a good right to Faber. He lands a body punch and knocks Faber down with a leg kick. Faber briefly drags Aldo with him but the Champ hops back up. He stalks Faber down and lands another leg kick. He lands a big punch and catches Faber with a high kick. He unleashes some more in a flurry and Faber throws a few back and gets Aldo off of him. Aldo stalks again. Aldo again lands the leg kick. He throws a high kick but it's blocked. Aldo lands another hard leg kick and Faber is really limping badly. Aldo lands a huge body punch and another combo. He drops Faber with a leg kick and ends the round with a few punches to the downed Faber.

Penick's Scorecard: 10-9 Aldo. The leg kicks are doing the most damage, but Aldo also had another flurry in there with some real damage.

ROUND FOUR: Aldo comes forward and throws the leg kick again. He keeps Faber's back against the cage and lands a body punch. Aldo again cracks Faber with the leg kick and Faber's in real trouble here. Faber drops and gets Aldo to come to the ground with him. Aldo gets the mount and then takes Faber's back. Faber explodes out and gets to his feet but that's not necessarily where he wants to be right now. Aldo stalks him some more. Aldo drops him with another leg kick and then gets down on top of him. Faber tries to get some control of Aldo's body but Aldo passes guard to side control. He gets Faber into the crucifix and starts throwing punches. Faber tries to buck him off. Aldo goes to the elbows and Faber is still trying to buck him off. Aldo is landing elbows and punches and Faber is desperately trying to get out. Faber it blocking the elbows with his hand. Faber continues trying to get out and block the shots but he is not getting out of this. Josh Rosenthal is letting him survive to the end of the round despite Faber not being able to get out of that position.

Penick's Scorecard: 10-8 Aldo. Faber's offering up nothing right now. His leg is shot and Aldo beat him up in that crucifix.

ROUND FIVE: Faber tries to engage early but can't land anything. Aldo is still playing the patient game right now. Faber needs to have sense of urgency because he's way behind right now. Faber tries to shoot and grab Aldo's leg but Aldo's having nothing of it. The crowd boos as Aldo just stands over Faber. Rosenthal needs to get in there and make Faber get up. He finally does. Aldo lands a straight right. Aldo lands a kick to the body. He's just riding this one out here as the clock is winding down. The crowd boos the inaction. Aldo lands a hard body shot to Faber that hurts him. Faber shoots but misses and drops to his back. Aldo cracked him with a left. Faber tried to grab for something and Aldo just stood over him. He landed a few more punches but just let the clock wind down as the crowd booed. Faber was stood up as the fight ends.

Penick's Scorecard: 10-9 Aldo. Disappointing finish as Aldo played for the decision instead of trying to finish him, and Faber just didn't have anything left to give after getting his leg destroyed by leg kicks.

WINNER: Aldo via unanimous decision (49-45, 49-45, 50-45)

POST FIGHT: Aldo gets some respect from the crowd with a mixture of cheers and boos. Faber and Aldo hug after the decision is announced. Now Aldo's getting booed as Rogan interviews him. Aldo said he was planning for a really tough fight, and knowing the crowd was behind Faber. But he said he got started fighting in Sacramento and hopes they can adopt him as one of their own.

Faber is held up by his teammates for the post fight interview. He said he trained defense for the leg kicks but Aldo was really good with them and took his legs out. He said he was losing mobility. He said he tried his best.

STAR RATING: (***-) It wasn't the most exciting by the end, but it was a dominating performance by the Champ as he just absolutely took Faber out of his game. It was a little disappointing for the most hyped fight to fall flat on such an amazing night of fights, but it still had some highly entertaining spots and the crowd was still into it throughout.

-They re-air what should be the fight of the night between Leonard Garcia and Chan Sung Jung to close out the pay-per-view broadcast.

-Thanks for joining us here tonight. Despite a flat finish with the main event, this was one of the most enjoyable fight cards of the last year if not further back than that. If you plopped down your $45 for the fights tonight you should in no way be disappointed in your purchase. For those that missed out, most of these fights are well worth going out of your way to see.

-We'll be back with plenty more tomorrow, including an Aldo vs. Faber centered edition of our MMATorch Livecast Sunday Conversation. Join me and MMATorch Columnist Matt Pelkey tomorrow from 2-4 PM ET on BlogTalkRadio.com to discuss tonight's awesome card and the week that was in MMA!