In a not-so surprising announcement, Dwight Howard has been named today the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year for the 2009-10 season.

This is the second straight award for Howard after becoming the first player in NBA history to lead the league in blocked shots (2.78) and rebounds (13.2) in the same season twice – and for two seasons in a row. He also led the NBA in field goal percentage (.612), also the first time in NBA history that anyone has led in all three categories.

Already the youngest player ever with two NBA Defensive POY Awards, it’s scary for opponents to know that he is only 24 and has the chance to rack more similar awards in his career.

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Since this will be the first time that WEC  is shown LIVE on pay-per-view, the organizers made sure that the fight card will be action-packed.

So at WEC 48, three exciting matchups will be featured this Saturday, April 24, 2010 at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California, USA.

In the main event, Jose Aldo defends his WEC Featherweight championship belt against former champ Urijah “California Kid” Faber.

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In the main event of WEC 48, Jose Aldo will defend his WEC Featherweight title for the first time against former champ Urijah “California Kid” Faber.

Aldo (16 wins, 1 loss) is currently ranked the #1 featherweight in the world by Sherdog. Although he has a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, he is making his name as a striker with all six of his WEC fights ending victoriously by knockout or technical knockout.

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Edwin Valero has committed suicide in his prison cell.

This is what I read from Wikipedia as I was browsing his entry:

Knowing the tendency of some people to edit wikis and write preposterous entries, I verified the news with a tweet from YahooNews:

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Mike Brown lost his WEC featherweight championship against Jose Aldo at WEC 44.

At WEC 46, he started his comeback trail by defeating Anthony “Mean Machine” Morrison via submission.

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Ben “Smooth” Henderson defends his WEC Lightweight title for the first time against Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone in the co-main event of WEC 48.

This will be a rematch after their first bout at WEC 43 won by Henderson for the Interim WEC Lightweight Championship.

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