WEC 39: "Brown vs. Garcia" -- the promotion's first trip to the "Lone Star State" -- will take place TONIGHT (Sunday, March 1) from the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas.
The main card will air live on the Versus network beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET.
Featured in the main event of the evening will be 145 pound champion, American Top Team product Mike Thomas Brown, as he defends his world title for the first time against Greg Jackson trainee Leonard "Bad Boy" Garcia.
As always, MMAmania.com will provide detailed coverage of the main card bouts, beginning with the 9:00 p.m. ET telecast on Versus. In addition, we will deliver up-to-the-minute quick results of the under card action at around 7:30 p.m. ET.
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Without further delay, see below for the latest WEC 39 results. (Note: This will go from the bottom up; therefore, scroll toward the bottom for the latest fight updates!)
WEC 39 QUICK RESULTS:
WEC Featherweight Champion Mike Thomas Brown defeats Leonard "Bad Boy" Garcia via submission (arm choke) at 1:57 of round one
Jose "Junior" Aldo defeats Chris Mickle via technical knockout (strikes) at 1:39 of round one
Ricardo Lamas defeats Bart "Bartimus" Palaszewski via unanimous decision
"Razor" Rob McCullough defeats Marcus "The Wrecking Ball" Hicks via majority decision (29-29, 30-27, 29-28)
Johny Hendricks defeats Alex "The Russian Crusher" Serdyukov via unanimous decision
Damacio "The Angel of Death" Page defeats Marcos "Louro" Galvao via knockout (punch) at 0:18 of round one
John Franchi defeats Mike "Wildfire" Budnik via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Mike Pierce defeats Justin Haskins via technical knockout (strikes) at 3:39 of round three
Alex Karalexis defeats Greg McIntyre via technical knockout (strikes) at 4:19 of round one
Danny Castillo defeats Phil Cardella via split decision (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)
Kenji Osawa defeats Rafael Rebello via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 27-30)
WEC 39 MAIN CARD FIGHT COVERAGE:
WEC Featherweight Champion Mike Thomas Brown (20-4) vs. Leonard "Bad Boy" Garcia (12-3)
Fight recap: Round 1: A huge right hand from the champion floored Garcia less than a minute into the fight. Brown pounced on him and reigned down some brutal ground and pound, opening up a nasty gash on Garcia's face. He couldn't lock in a rear naked choke when Garcia gave up his back, but after more ground and pound he was finally able to secure a deep arm choke that Garcia had no choice but to tap out to. Wow! Dominating performance from the champion.
Final result: WEC Featherweight Champion Mike Thomas Brown defeats Leonard "Bad Boy" Garcia via submission (arm choke) at 1:57 of round one
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Jose "Junior" Aldo (13-1) vs. Chris Mickle (26-11-1)
Fight recap: Round 1: Aldo was looking to make the highlight reel early on in this one, attempting flying knees, roundhouse kicks and numerous lightning quick combinations that had Mickle confused and off balance. "Mad Dog" was clearly outmatched from the get go, and Aldo easily finished him off.
Final result: Jose "Junior" Aldo defeats Chris Mickle via technical knockout (strikes) at 1:39 of round one
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Bart "Bartimus" Palaszewski (30-11) vs. Ricardo Lamas (5-0)
Fight recap: Round 1: Bartimus chased Lamas for the first minute of the round while working in a few hard leg kicks before being taken to the mat. Lamas stayed on top working ground in pound in Palaszewski's guard for a while unitl Bartimus managed to get back to his feet. Lamas maintained the clinch and worked relentlessly for another takedown before he finally got it with about a minute left in the round. He worked some nice ground and pound from there before Palaszewski got back to his feet where he flurried nicely to end the round. Close round, Lamas 10-9.
Round 2: Lamas initiated the clinch right away in round two. There was good action from the clinch, too, from both guys, Lamas with the dirty boxing and Bartimus with the knees. Lamas was able to take Palaszewski's back and eventually scored another takedown. From there he continued the ground and pound asault while fending off submission attempts from Palaszewski. Lamas landed several shots to end the round, but Bartimus stood his ground until the bell. Definitely Lamas' round though.
Round 3: Lamas came out looking strong to start the last round, but Bartimus had plenty of energy as well. They went toe to toe on their feet for a little bit with Palaszewski winning most of the exchanges with punches and kicks. After a while Lamas had enough though and picked Palaszewski up and slammed him to the mat. Bartimus tried to get back to his feet, but Lamas maintained control from the top position. He landed more ground and pound from there to basically close out the round and secure the win.
Final result: Ricardo Lamas defeats Bart "Bartimus" Palaszewski via unanimous decision
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"Razor" Rob McCullough (16-5) vs. Marcus "The Wrecking Ball" Hicks (8-1)
Fight recap: Round 1: After a long feeling out process, Hicks lunged forward with a wild left hand and initiated a clinch. There wasn't much action from there either as the ref was forced to separate them. After taking a couple of leg kicks Hicks shot in for another takedown attempt. McCullough continued to show solid takedown defense though. He stayed on his feet and closed the round out working more leg kicks. Not much action at all during the first frame, but Hicks was a little more aggressive and probably took the round.
Round 2: The action was kicked up a notch right away in the second round. Hicks floored McCullough about 30 seconds into the round and looked to have the former champ in trouble with a deep guillotine choke. But somehow McCullough escaped. He recovered beautifully and turned the tides on Hicks with a slick reversal and some hard ground and pound. He got back to his feet and started dominating the exchanges from there as well. He used a versatile attack with knees, kicks and punches that had Hicks hurt on more than one occasion. Definitely McCullough's round.
Round 3: Not much action to start the round. Hicks looked almost as if he was just looking for that one big punch, while Razor Rob was stalking but being cautious as well. About half way through the round McCullough started working the kicks to the body and legs more frequently. Hicks kept his distance, mixing in single punches, but he never got into a grove in the round or the fight. I score the fight for Razor Rob.
Final result: "Razor" Rob McCullough defeats Marcus "The Wrecking Ball" Hicks via majority decision (29-29, 30-27, 29-28)
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