We don’t usually do previews of the WEC shows, but I figured, why not?  The main event is noteworthy as Urijah Faber has a chance to make a massive statement on the Division Dominance list with a win over Brown.

WEC Featherweight Championship
[#1] Urijah Faber vs. [#2] Mike Thomas Brown

Middleweight
[#2] Paulo Filho vs. [#23] Chael Sonnen

Featherweight
[#11] Jens Pulver vs. [#16] Leonard Garcia

Middleweight
[#133] Nissen Osterneck vs. [#191] Jake Rosholt

Lightweight
[#77] Donald Cerrone vs. [#92] Rob McCullough

Light Heavyweight
[#300] Aaron Simpson vs. [NR] David Avellan

Featherweight
[#25] Jose Aldo vs. [#43] Jonathan Brookins

Light Heavyweight
[#92] Carmelo Marrero vs. [#127] Steve Steinbeiss

Lightweight
[#189] Rafael Dias vs. [#450] Danny Castillo

Bantamweight
[#5] Yoshiro Maeda vs. [#9] Rani Yahya

Ranking Notes:  Rankings are projected when a fighter is fighting in a new weight class.  Gray font represents an approximate ranking. An asterisk represents a fighter who is ranked, but too low for an approximation. These two scenarios will clear up slightly as we move forward. “NR” means the fighter is not ranked, due to inactivity, or due to a rating that is at or below the default starter rating.

Notable Info

• Bouts added to database w/ recent shows from PURECOMBAT, Sengoku, CCFC, M-1, Strike and Submit, and some minor organizations.
• Added some old bouts from minor organizations.

Though Anderson Silva posted a somewhat lackadaisical performance in an anticlimactic victory over Patrick Cote at UFC 90, he reached an important milestone in his UFC career: eight consecutive wins in UFC bouts, matching the record first set by Royce Gracie and recently repeated by Jon Fitch.  Silva also won his fifth championship bout, making for four consecutive title defenses.   Every single one of Silva’s UFC fights has been the main even of the night, and Patrick Cote is the only opponent to make it into the third round.

Silva has five fights remaining on his UFC contract, and hinted at an early retirement after the contract is over.  Should he win all five bouts, he will have an unprecedented thirteen consecutive wins inside the Octagon.  His next fight is rumored to be at 205 lbs.

Not far behind Anderson is the welterweight contender Thiago Alves, whose unanimous decision win over Josh Koscheck marked his seventh consecutive UFC victory.  Alves is slated to take on the winner of the upcoming battle between the lightweight champion BJ Penn and his welterweight counterpart Georges St. Pierre.  Either matchup should produce fireworks, and both put the continuation of Thiago’s streak in great jeopardy.

Here are some more interesting UFC records:

Most Wins in the UFC

Most Consecutive Wins in the UFC

Most UFC Bouts

Most UFC Title Wins

Most Consecutive UFC Title Defenses

Most UFC Title Bouts

Notable Info

• Bouts added to database w/ recent shows from UFC, KOTC, Pancrase, DEEP, Shooto, Superior Challenge, RAW Combat, and some minor organizations.
• Added some old bouts from minor organizations.

UFC Middleweight Championship
[#1] Anderson Silva vs. [#16] Patrick Cote

Welterweight
[#2] Thiago Alves vs. [#6] Josh Koscheck

Heavyweight
[#4] Fabricio Werdum vs. [#225] Junior dos Santos

Lightweight
[#8] Tyson Griffin vs. [#12] Sean Sherk

Lightweight
[#20] Gray Maynard vs. [#31] Rich Clementi

Middleweight
[#14] Thales Leites vs. [#51] Drew McFedries

Lightweight
[#29] Spencer Fisher vs. [#116] Shannon Gugerty

Middleweight
[#32] Dan Miller vs. [#46] Matt Horwich

Lightweight
[#33] Marcus Aurelio vs. [#39] Hermes Franca

Welterweight
[#29] Josh Burkman vs. [#300] Pete Sell

Ranking Note: Gray font represents an approximate ranking. An asterisk represents a fighter who is ranked, but too low for an approximation. These two scenarios will clear up slightly as we move forward. “NR” means the fighter is not ranked, due to inactivity, or due to a rating that is at or below the default starter rating.