"WEC 41: Brown vs. Faber" predictions: Writers give edge to champ Brown

WEC featherweight champion Mike Brown will defend his title and win a rematch with Urijah Faber at WEC 41.

That's according to a panel of MMA writers surveyed by World Extreme Cagefighting for WEC.tv.

Seven of the 12 writers chose Brown, who won the belt from Faber in late 2008 with a surprising first-round TKO.

The rematch is scheduled for June 7 at ARCO Arena in Sacramento, Calif. The heavily promoted event could go down as the biggest show in WEC history. Records for attendance, live gate and television ratings could all fall at the Versus-televised event.

In addition to MMAjunkie.com/Dayton Daily News' Dann Stupp, other writers choosing Brown included Segio Non of USA Today, Mark LaMonica of Newsday, Ariel Helwani of VERSUS.com, Todd Martin of CBSSports.com, Michael David Smith of MMA Fanhouse and Odeen Domingo of the Arizona Republic. Picking Faber were Kevin Iole and Dave Doyle of Yahoo! Sports, Ryan Hockensmith of ESPN.com, Carlos Arias of the O.C. Register and Tristen Critchfield of the Albuquerque Journal.

Brown, who's now won nine consecutive fights (seven via stoppage), looks to make his second successful title defense after a swift first-round submission of Leonard Garcia in March.

For the complete voting breakdown, head to WEC.tv.

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