Mike Brown walked away from last Sunday's WEC 41 as the featherweight champion again. Urijah Faber left with an L in his column, but he showed all why he continues to be a fan favorite.

During the first round of the championship bout, Faber broke his right hand when punching Brown's head. Having this handicap would doom most fighters; most couldn't last a single round two-handed with a world class fighter like Brown.

Faber adapted and used other facets of this fight game like utilizing elbow strikes, kicks, and submission attempts. MMA followers were highly impressed to see him go the five round distance with Brown.

Faber fans hoped for a storybook ending with Faber winning the title with just one hand. Then reality set in. This just isn't possible with a physically imposing, patient, and well-trained champion like Brown.

So what happens next? This was Brown's second time defeating Faber. Should this be the last time they do battle?

No, not by a longshot. With the resiliency shown by Faber, it just makes fans want to see a third fight against Brown.

The MMA world is accustomed to trilogies capped off by a rubber match. Some famous ones include Matt Hughes vs. Georges St. Pierre and Randy Couture vs. Chuck Liddell.

This doesn't have to be the case with still youthful featherweights like Brown and Faber. It's such a great matchup they should be able to fight three, four, even five times.

Brown vs. Faber can be likened to another sports rivalry that captivates the public -- Roger Federer vs. Rafael Nadal. Like Brown and Faber the two are at the top of their game.

Although each has owned his own court, Nadal with the French Open and Federer with Wimbledon, let them play enough times and there may be a breakthrough. Nadal finally took Wimbledon from Federer in 2008 after losing to him twice in prior years.

For the few who feel a third Brown-Faber fight shouldn't happen because of two Faber losses, look no further than this other sport's rivalry. They should recognize that the best should fight the best and that anything can happen.

Faber will be fighting to get up the ladder again to a title shot. Right now in line to challenge Brown for the featherweight crown is another winner from WEC 41.

Jose Aldo defeated opponent, Cub Swanson with an astonishing double flying knee to start off the fight. The entire fight lasted eight seconds, almost half of which was used for a customary glove tap to show each other respect.

The WEC wasn't the only MMA federation to hold an event last weekend. Strikeforce is emerging as a player in United States mixed martial arts. In one of the biggest upsets of the year, Brett "The Grim" Rogers knocked out top five heavyweight fighter, Andrei "The Pitbull" Arlovski.

What a sad setback for Arlovski. In January he fought perennial world number one heavyweight, Fedor Emelianenko at Affliction II. Arlovski was winning the fight decisively only to get knocked out by Fedor when he stupidly tried to land a flying knee.

Arvlovski's fight against Rogers was to be a fight to get him back to the top of the ladder, but instead Rogers shoots past Arlovski as Arlovski slides way back down with two consecutive losses.

In the same Strikeforce event last week, Nick Diaz defeated Scott "Hands of Steel" Smith. This appears to put Diaz in line to challenge Strikeforce middleweight champion, Cung Le for the title.

The Vietnamese-American former kickboxer, Le has been the face of Strikeforce for years and has a huge fan following in California. Le has been on hiatus from MMA since March 2008 as he pursues a movie career. One can't blame him; with his popularity he's striking while the iron is hot.

Diaz is on a five victory tear against some tough opposition during this time span. When Cung Le does return to MMA, Strikeforce would be smart to give him a non-title warmup fight before he takes on the formidable Diaz. Perhaps they could have Le right someone while outside of his middleweight division.

This would not only help Cung Le rid himself of some ring-rust, but it would help introduce him to a larger nationwide audience since Strikeforce is now on Showtime and will be on CBS in the fall.

David Estrada Jr. is a Mixed Martial Arts columnist for the Port Arthur News. He can be e-mailed at DavidEstrada@DavidEstrada.com