Karen Darabedyan

WEC 44: Brown vs. Aldo was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting. It took place on November 18, 2009 at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada.

World Extreme Cagefighting® heads to Canada for the first time ever with a loaded card. Former lightweight world champion Jamie Varner begins his quest back to WEC gold when he takes on the heavy-handed Kamal Shalorus in the main event, while rising featherweight Josh Grispi battles LC Davis in a fight that will push the winner one step closer to a world title shot. If those two fights weren’t enough to get MMA fans’ juices flowing, London, Ontario’s Chris Horodecki takes on Taekwondo expert Ed Ratcliff and standup ace Mark Hominick of Thamesford, Ontario, battles Montreal’s Yves Jabouin in a long-awaited featherweight bout. World Extreme Cagefighting at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on Sunday, June 20th.

On Saturday, March 6, 2010, WEC heads to Columbus, Ohio with a stacked card headlined by a world bantamweight title fight between champion Brian Bowles and number one contender Dominick Cruz. What’s more, WEC’s first trip to Columbus features the return of former bantamweight champion Miguel Angel Torres, as well as the comeback of former UFC® lightweight titleholder Jens Pulver.