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“I just broke my hand again, so I’m out for a bit,” Karalexis told Fighters.com Thursday morning.

The fight was removed from the WEC 44 fight card at the WEC website.  Fighters.com has not confirmed whether Shalorus will matchup versus a replacement or postpone his WEC debut.

MMA Gospel host “Reverend” Turk Vangel confronted Brown with the rumor that “Kimbo Slice” Kevin Ferguson (3-1) brought a gun into the American Top Team gym at which both Brown and Slice train after Slice was tapped out during a sparring session.

“It didn’t happen.  I was there that day,” Brown denied the rumor.  In fact, he thinks the rumor is hilarious.  He chuckled and remarked, “That’d be pretty crazy!  Like, ‘Whoa!  No one tap out Kimbo!’”

Brown called Slice a humble guy.  “If you watch him, you’ll notice he never insults anybody.  As much as people talk about him, he never responds to them.”

Brown will defend his WEC title for the third time versus Aldo and he related the difficulty preparing for the Brazilian fighter who fought primarily in small shows in Brazil before debuting in the WEC last year.  Brown said because Aldo has been ripping through the division so quickly – fighting just six minutes in his last three stoppage victories – there’s not a lot of good video on Aldo.

“We don’t know how he is on the ground yet,” Brown stated.

Brown also indicated the only additional training he’s doing for the fight is knee defense.  “If you fight your game well, you don’t have to worry too much about their game,” Brown stated.

Brown is excited about the prospect of a 2010 WEC pay per view event and is open to moving up to lightweight to fight WEC champ “Worm” Jamie Varner (16-3) or down to featherweight to fight champ Brian Bowles (8-0) or former champ Miguel Torres (36-2).

“All I care about at this time in my career is to take fights the fans care about.  No matter who it is. Where we both get paid, because you have a limited amount of time to accumulate wealth in this sport,” said Brown.

WEC 44 will take place at The Pearl at the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas November 18.

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Former featherweight champion Faber completed his previous contract with his rematch loss to WEC featherweight champion Mike Thomas Brown (18-4) at WEC 41 in Sacramento June 7 and there was speculation Faber could leave the WEC.

The WEC also confirmed four undercard match-ups for WEC 44 in Las Vegas November 18 where Brown will defend his title from challenger “Junior” Jose Aldo (14-1).
Featherweights “The Gun” Diego Nunes (11-2) and LC Davis (13-1) will fight for a top 145-pound contership, as will featherweights Cub Swanson (13-3) and John Franchi (5-1).

Bantamweights “2 Quick” Seth Dikun and Frank Gomez (6-1) will square off.

And, “Bully” Ricardo Lamas (6-1) and James Krause (10-1) will fight at lightweight.

WEC 44 will take place at The Pearl at the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas November 18.

American Top Team’s Brown rematched “California Kid” Urijah Faber (22-3) WEC 41 in Sacramento June 7, defeating the former champion again.

Aldo knocked out Cub Swanson in eight seconds at WEC 41.

WEC 44 will also feature featherweights “Bad Boy” Leonard Garcia (13-4) and Manvel Gamburyan (9-5) squaring off in a matchup of former UFC fighters.

“Bab Boy” won a three-round split decision over “Real Deal” Jameel Massouh (17-6) at WEC 42.

Gamburyan won a three-round unanimous decision over John Franchi (5-1) at WEC 41.

WEC 44 will take place at The Pearl at the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas November 18.