Urijah Faber vs Jose Aldo

[tlongII]

Why isn't there a thread for this yet? Should be a great fight!


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Main Card

Featherweight Championship bout: Jose Aldo (c) vs. Urijah Faber
Lightweight Championship bout: Ben Henderson (c) vs. Donald Cerrone
Featherweight bout: Mike Brown vs. Manvel Gamburyan
Lightweight bout: Anthony Njokuani vs. Shane Roller
Bantamweight bout: Antonio Banuelos vs. Scott Jorgensen

Spike TV Card

Featherweight bout: Leonard Garcia vs. Chan Sung Jung
Lightweight bout: Alex Karalexis vs. Anthony Pettis


Preliminary Card
Bantamweight bout: Brad Pickett vs. Demetrious Johnson
Featherweight bout: Chad Mendes vs. Anthony Morrison
Bantamweight bout: Takeya Mizugaki vs. Rani Yahya
Featherweight bout: Brandon Visher vs. Tyler Toner

[dbreiden83080]

Have not got into it but yeah it should be good

For Aldo that is...

[BlackSwordsMan]

kinda shitty it's PPV but oh well I'll still watch illegally of course

[tlongII]

Have not got into it but yeah it should be good

For Aldo that is...

I dunno. I think Faber might beat him.

[The TroutBum]

I dunno. I think Faber might beat him.

Not a chance. I was the biggest Mike Brown homer alive, and Aldo tore through him like a thumb through damp toilet paper. Faber is good, but Aldo is on another level. I don't see anyone beating Aldo anytime soon.

That being said, do we make predictions on this one?

[dbreiden83080]

kinda shitty it's PPV but oh well I'll still watch illegally of course

No WEC event should ever be on PPV. The UFC PPV model is already too crowded. I don't know what they are thinking??

[Stringer_Bell]

Henderson and Cerrone is going to be nasty with each guy knowing the other is made of rubber.

I want Faber to win, but it's Aldo's time and he's gonna shock Sacremento.

[The TroutBum]

Henderson and Cerrone is going to be nasty with each guy knowing the other is made of rubber.

I want Faber to win, but it's Aldo's time and he's gonna shock Sacremento.

I really enjoy watching Cerrone and Henderson fight. It's really too bad that one of them has to lose, but if I have to pick one to win, I'm picking Henderson. I like Cerrone better, but Ben is a freaking animal. He's gonna get inside and knock Cerrone the fuck out.

[BlackSwordsMan]

No WEC event should ever be on PPV. The UFC PPV model is already too crowded. I don't know what they are thinking??

Yeah it's kinda shitty they did this but oh well it's not effecting me what so ever

[dbreiden83080]

Yeah it's kinda shitty they did this but oh well it's not effecting me what so ever

This is not a big enough event to justify a PPV. I'm sorry it just isn't. Faber is somewhat well known but as great as he has been nobody knows who Aldo is. I'd be shocked if this does even a decent buyrate..

It's not even cheaper.. They want 45 bucks here in NY. The UFC is nuts

[polandprzem]

Featherweight Championship bout: Jose Aldo (c) vs. Urijah Faber
Lightweight Championship bout: Ben Henderson (c) vs. Donald Cerrone
Featherweight bout: Mike Brown vs. Manvel Gamburyan
Lightweight bout: Anthony Njokuani vs. Shane Roller
Bantamweight bout: Antonio Banuelos vs. Scott Jorgensen

[dbreiden83080]

Main Card

Featherweight Championship bout: Jose Aldo (c) vs. Urijah Faber
Lightweight Championship bout: Ben Henderson (c) vs. Donald Cerrone
Featherweight bout: Mike Brown vs. Manvel Gamburyan
Lightweight bout: Anthony Njokuani vs. Shane Roller
Bantamweight bout: Antonio Banuelos vs. Scott Jorgensen

[dallaskd]

Featherweight Championship bout: Jose Aldo (c) vs. Urijah Faber
Lightweight Championship bout: Ben Henderson (c) vs. Donald Cerrone
Featherweight bout: Mike Brown vs. Manvel Gamburyan
Lightweight bout: Anthony Njokuani vs. Shane Roller
Bantamweight bout: Antonio Banuelos vs. Scott Jorgensen

[BlackSwordsMan]

This is not a big enough event to justify a PPV. I'm sorry it just isn't. Faber is somewhat well known but as great as he has been nobody knows who Aldo is. I'd be shocked if this does even a decent buyrate..

It's not even cheaper.. They want 45 bucks here in NY. The UFC is nuts

do you know about streams?

[dbreiden83080]

do you know about streams?

I practically invented them.. :lol

Not the point though..

[Blackjack]

Featherweight bout: Leonard Garcia vs. Chan Sung Jung

I like the technical fight as good as the next guy, but holy shit . . .

Sometimes a good ol' fashion, sloppy, brawl of a fight is so much more fun.

I've always liked Garcia, and I still do, but count me as a "Korean Zombie" fan. (Fuckin' "Korean Zombie" :lol)

That was just sick; Bonnar-Griffin ain't got shit on that one. :tu

[Stringer_Bell]

Featherweight bout: Leonard Garcia vs. Chan Sung Jung

I like the technical fight as good as the next guy, but holy shit . . .

Sometimes a good ol' fashion, sloppy, brawl of a fight is so much more fun.

I've always liked Garcia, and I still do, but count me as a "Korean Zombie" fan. (Fuckin' "Korean Zombie" :lol)

That was just sick; Bonnar-Griffin ain't got shit on that one. :tu

Bonnar/Griffin don't hit nearly as hard as Garcia/Korean Zombie.

Great fight by both, but Jung was the obvious winner. I can't think of a single thing that Garcia did better than take a beating that would have knocked out 10 men yet manage to stay awake. Dana will give them a bonus for sure, at least to make up for the poor judging.

[Blackjack]

Zombie is unreal and it's a well-deserved nickname; Michael Myers gets phased by less damage.

I agree that he won the fight but that just means there needs to be a rematch. :hungry:

[dbreiden83080]

My stream ain't working for shit, so i'm going to watch a movie

Check back in when it's over

[01Snake]

Why doesn't Aldo jump over to the UFC?

[BlackSwordsMan]

wow amazing card
every fight was badass

[resistanze]

Damn. Aldo picked him apart.

[Blackjack]

Garcia pulls out split decision over Jung in 'fight of the decade' (http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Garcia-pulls-out-split-decision-over-Jung-in-fi;_ylt=Aij158HAhMWUWLt3uZ5yiUQ9Eo14?urn=mma,23647 2)
By Maggie Hendricks

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Leonard Garcia won a split decision 29-28, 28-29,29-28 over Chan Sung Jung in a fight that is easily in contention for fight of the year. Garcia, a WEC vet, and Jung, who was making his WEC debut, engaged in nonstop action for three rounds.

The first round started out with both fighters swinging away for a straight minute and a half. Jung knocked Garcia down and looked close to finishing him off, but Garcia survived. He got back to his feet, but the damage was clear.

The second round had more explosive action. As the raucous crowd at Arco Arena chanted, "GAR-CI-A!" Jung started out with a head kick and big punches. Garcia followed up with big punches of his own and appeared to rock Jung, but the "Korean Zombie" fought through it, and then hopped on Garcia's back and took him to the ground, attempting a rear naked choke. Jung couldn't sink in his hooks, and again, Garcia got back to his feet. In the final minute and a half of the round, Jung threw some punishing knees and punches, but then Garcia followed up with his own knees and punches.

Neither fighter appeared to have lost any gas in the final round, continuing to throw more and more punishing punches throughout the bout. After the final horn sounded, the two fighters smiled broadly at each other and hugged, both aware of the special fight they had just created.

Before the scores were read, Garcia told the camera that he broke his hand, and his corner had to cut his gloves off his hand. Jung may have lost his WEC debut, but he clearly made his mark on American MMA in what commentator Joe Rogan called "the fight of the decade."


WEC 48: Ben Henderson defends belt quickly, taps out Cerrone (http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/WEC-48-Ben-Henderson-defends-belt-quickly-taps;_ylt=AoQ36EvSSyFDvoE4sFwdiH89Eo14?urn=mma,236 478)

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In their last bout, Ben Henderson took five rounds to defeat Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone. It took him only 1:57 at WEC 48 tonight, winning with a guillotine and holding onto his lightweight championship belt.

Henderson started with a strong clinch, landing knees on Cerrone's head before taking the fight to the ground. Cerrone left his head a bit too available to Henderson, who took advantage with a tight guillotine, causing Cerrone to tap.

Henderson has an impressive record in the WEC, beating every fighter that's been put in front of him. That streak includes two wins over Cerrone, a title win over Jamie Varner, a TKO of Shane Roller and submission of Anthony Njokuani. His last loss was in December of 2006.

Cerrone, on the other hand, suffered his third loss in five fights. All three losses came in title bouts, and Cerrone was impressive in his losses to Henderson (twice) and Jamie Varner. Perhaps his next step is a grudge match with Varner, after Varner fights Kamal Shalorus.

[Blackjack]

Aldo batters Faber's legs, picks up another devastating win (http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Aldo-batters-Faber-s-legs-picks-up-another-deva?urn=mma,236480)
By Steve Cofield

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Urijah Faber used to be the king of featherweight mountain. After his WEC 48 fight against current 145 champ Jose Aldo, Faber is lucky if he could take two steps up that mountain without falling down in excrutiating pain.

The Brazilian landed a bevy of nasty leg kicks in the first three rounds and picked up a 10-8 round in the fourth when he got Faber in a crucifix and pounded away. Aldo cruised in the fifth to pick up a dominant unanimous decision win, 49-45, 49-45 and 50-45, over one of the top 20 fighters in the world to retain his WEC featherweight title belt in the main event at Arco Arena in Sacramento.

Faber, a good wrestler with nasty submission skills, chose to duke it out with the much bigger, longer Aldo. Faber consistently tried to work a body-head combo but Aldo was able to scoot out of the way or counter with nasty leg kicks. By the middle of the second round, Aldo was landing the kicks whenever he wanted and had Faber limping badly. After the third round, Faber's trainer Master Tong actually ran to his fighter and carried him to the corner. Once he sat down it looked the corner was ready to stop the fight. They allowed it to go on and Faber took a massive beating in the fourth.


WEC 48: Brown shocked by Gamburyan (http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/WEC-48-Brown-shocked-by-Gamburyan?urn=mma,236477#remaining-content)

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It was tough to find anyone who gave little Manny Gamburyan any shot of pulling the upset on former WEC featherweight champ Mike Brown. Brown was viewed as a bigger, more complete version of Gamburyan. But the only guy who really needed to believe did and "The Anvil" pulled off a vicious finish of Brown less three minutes into their bout at WEC 48.

Gamburyan generally relies on his takedown skills but looked to strike on the feet from the get-go. Brown kept coming forward suggesting that he didn't respect the power of the 5-foot-4 Gamburyan but he wasn't throwing more than one punch at a time. Gamburyan showed a sign of things to come with 3:09 left when landed a nice three-punch combo followed by an overhand right that bounced off the top of Brown's head.

Just seconds later, Gamburyan walked through a Brown right and countered with his own right uppercut. Brown froze, his eyes rolled back and he fell to his back. On the ground, Gamburyan landed six hammerfists, the final one had Brown drop his head to the mat. Referee Jon Schorle had to save him at 2:22 of the first. Brown's entire body was shaking as the referee laid on him trying to convince him the fight was over. Gamburyan won as a 6-to-1 underdog.

This is the second straight loss for Brown (23-6, 5-2 WEC), who now falls way out of the title chase at 145. Meanwhile, Gamburyan, who had been a bit underwhelming in the WEC since his drop from the UFC, is now a candidate to get a title shot. The former lightweight Gamburyan (11-4, 3-0 WEC) was a finalist on Season 5 of "The Ultimate Fighter" and may finally have a chance to live to the potential he showed during the season.

[desflood]

What a great card that turned out to be. Garcia/Jung kicked Griffin/Bonnar's ass. Every fight offered something exciting and a lot of technical show (except the above mentioned; that was just a brawl). I expected Gamburyan/Brown to go the other way, however.

[Blackjack]

Griffin-Bonnar has it's own lore because of the circumstance -- what was on the line for them and the company -- and because you just don't generally see slugfests at LHW.

But what Garcia and Jung displayed ... that was simply unreal. The pace and amount of punishment absorbed and dealt was ridiculous -- I'm not sure how Garcia managed to not dislocate his arm the way he was throwing.

Zombie is straight out of a horror movie. He just keeps on coming. There was one time that he got caught in the second that semi-dropped him and late in the third where he seemed to buckle a bit from some body blows, but it was just amazing how he could trade, bide his time while absorbing, and then explode on Garcia when you'd think he'd need to recover.

Garcia's a stud. I don't know how he didn't go to sleep a couple of times there or how the hell he managed to throw some decent haymakers on the verge of going to sleep. But the guy definitely got the worst of it -- Zombie won that fight.

Regardless of outcome, those two are warriors and their fight will be talked about for years and years to come. It was sloppy as hell and nothing you'd want to show to any aspiring fighters -- for fear that they'd pick up or emulate those habits -- but for pure entertainment value ... it' going to be hard to beat -- great, great throwdown. :tu

[tlongII]

I wish I could have seen the card. I went to BWW and they weren't showing it.

[dbreiden83080]

I had Faber over-rated coming into this fight and Aldo sure backed that up. He was never in any danger in this fight. I don't think Faber even landed one hard shot. That was the most brutal display of chopping a mans legs out i have ever seen

[BlackSwordsMan]

did you guys see the pics from faber's leg the next day?
holy shit

[BlackSwordsMan]

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[resistanze]

Urijah got worked. My dad was watching the fight too and he asked me if "that Brazilian guy was trying to torture him?" :lol

But even my pops recognized Urijah is tough as nails.

[dbreiden83080]

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That shit ain't gonna be right for a month..

[Sir Loin]

Man the leg kicks were crippling and the marks show it. Faber has a lot of heart. When aldo had the crucifix i thought it was over

[The TroutBum]

Not a chance. I was the biggest Mike Brown homer alive, and Aldo tore through him like a thumb through damp toilet paper. Faber is good, but Aldo is on another level. I don't see anyone beating Aldo anytime soon.

That being said, do we make predictions on this one?

Can this count as my prediction? I didn't know we did WEC stuff, and I knew Aldo was going to finish Faber. That being said, I would've picked Brown to win too... So I guess I would've gone 1-1, and that wouldn't have changed a damn thing.

Disregard this shit.

[BlackSwordsMan]

Urijah got worked. My dad was watching the fight too and he asked me if "that Brazilian guy was trying to torture him?" :lol

But even my pops recognized Urijah is tough as nails.

aldo showed mercy in round 5

[resistanze]

aldo showed mercy in round 5

It sure looked that way. Urijah was flopping like a fish outta water when he got kicked in the later rounds.

[The TroutBum]

Finally got to watch the fights online... Damn, who can stop Aldo? I hate Faber with a passion, that cocky arrogant fuck, but I actually felt bad for him and was hoping that he could mount SOME kind of offense/defense. I was glad to see that Aldo showed mercy, kinda, because he could've seriously injured Faber.

Ben Henderson is a stud also -- Donald Ceroni (or however you spell his name) is no slouch, and Ben stomped him. That was great to see.

Garcia/Zombie... Freaking awesome. Mad props to Garcia, the dude takes a beating and keeps on coming. Shitty decision, but I was hoping for Garcia to win anyhow. Tough showing by Mike Brown, that was not what I was hoping for/expecting.

*edit* I forgot to mention that I hate Aldo now that I know his trainer is the same butt fuck that Anderson Silva has. Piss on these faggot Brazilians and there faggot "pound for pound" best fighter bull shit. Yes, I'm jaded/jealous/a douche.

[desflood]

Faber's leg looks like a leg again, albeit one that has been run over by a small automobile repeatedly.

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[The TroutBum]

Faber's leg looks like a leg again, albeit one that has been run over by a small automobile repeatedly.

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That is just brutal. Couldn't have happened to a bigger douche. Well, it could've happened to Lesner, which would've ruled.