Post by The Sandmen on Mar 23, 2015 20:49:30 GMT -5
Urijah Faber looks calm but knows he has a tough fight coming up.
Yves Edwards doesn't look concerned about anything his opponent brings to the table.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
The bets gives an equal chance to both fighters to score the win today.
The referee of the bout is Dan Miragliotta.
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Round 1
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Faber and Edwards move forward as the bell signals the beginning of the fight!
Faber launches a kick
but Yves Edwards avoids it and lands flush with a counter hook!
There is a small laceration on Urijah Faber's Left cheek
Edwards looks to be in very good shape.
Yves Edwards fakes a move and launches a liver kick!
Faber blocks and pushes his opponent.
The clock says 0:30 in the 1 round
Urijah Faber fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut
Edwards blocks that. It was easy!
Faber misses a step and Yves Edwards sees an opportunity to counter him!
Yves Edwards fakes a move and launches a liver kick!
That almost wrenches Urijah Faber! I'm sure that his liver will be sore tomorrow.
Nice punch by Yves Edwards
who outboxes his opponent in this exchange.
Faber's Nose is beginning to swell
A right hand from Yves Edwards
makes Faber stumble back!
Yves Edwards goes with a looping right hand while Urijah Faber jumps back and jabs
That one hits but Faber seems unaffected, countering with a few punches of his own. Great exchange here.
Urijah Faber has found an opening in the defense of Edwards, launching a big uppercut
Bingo! Edwards is wobbling!
Edwards's Chin is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Urijah Faber seems fresh. He may still have a lot of gas in his tank.
Urijah Faber tries to show his boxing skills with a one-two combo
and those punches are landing on Edwards's face
Faber tries to grapple
He puts Edwards in a double underhook!
The fighters are clinching.
Edwards pushes Urijah Faber against the fence and launches a few sick punches
A couple of unanswered uppercuts collide with Faber's chin! His legs are wobbling!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Edwards pushes Urijah Faber againts the fence and begin a relentless combination of punches. The crowd is on it's feet!
Faber cannot escape Yves Edwards's clinch! Yves Edwards is just brutalizing Faber with punches time and time again!
The fighters are clinching.
Edwards pushes Urijah Faber against the fence and launches a few sick punches
A couple of unanswered uppercuts collide with Faber's chin! His legs are wobbling!
The fighters are clinching.
Urijah Faber tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
Faber circles out and slips free of Yves Edwards's grip. Nice job of getting out of that position.
Urijah Faber moves forward looking for some grappling action
Faber has his opponent in a text book double collar thai clinch!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Edwards is launching some bone breaking punches to Faber's ribs while in the clinch.
Wow. You can see the pain in Urijah Faber's eyes.
Faber ribs are getting hammered, they look bad!
Urijah Faber pushes away Edwards trying to keep the fight at striking range
Edwards doesn't want to break the clinch as he still is grappling with Urijah Faber
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Urijah Faber pushes away Edwards trying to keep the fight at striking range
Edwards doesn't want to break the clinch as he still is grappling with Urijah Faber
Poorly executed technique. Yves Edwards looks to counter!
Yves Edwards tries to finish this with a rear naked chocke!
Faber ducks under and pushes away his opponent.
Faber launches a hook to the body
Bang! Edwards stops that one with his ribs!
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
The clock says 3:15 in the 1 round
Several good body shots
land on Edwards.
Yves Edwards goes with a looping right hand while Urijah Faber jumps back and jabs
Faber seems staggered and Yves Edwards runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
Hard blow to Faber's mid-section, he seems hurt
The clock says 3:40 in the 1 round
Faber is holding Yves Edwards's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Yves Edwards loses balance and goes to the ground.
Urijah Faber is in side mount over Yves Edwards
Edwards measures the resilience of Faber's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Faber's side.
Urijah Faber is in side mount over Yves Edwards
Yves Edwards launches a few punches to Faber's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Faber tries to cover his face,
The clock says 4:05 in the 1 round
Urijah Faber is in side mount over Yves Edwards
Faber cornermen are yelling for his man to escape from the ground as Edwards can finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding if you give him the chance.
Edwards measures the resilience of Faber's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Faber's side.
Urijah Faber is in side mount over Yves Edwards
Yves Edwards launches a few punches to Faber's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Faber tries to cover his face,
Urijah Faber is in side mount over Yves Edwards
Yves Edwards attempts to trap Urijah Faber in his guard.
Yves Edwards manages to switch to half guard.
Urijah Faber is in half guard over Edwards
Not a desiderable position that Faber is in now. Yves Edwards is well knowed for his strong and relentless GnP.
Yves Edwards tries to close the guard.
Edwards put Urijah Faber in closed guard.
Urijah Faber is in closed guard over Edwards
Yves Edwards is cooling the fight on the ground
Urijah Faber is in closed guard over Edwards
Urijah Faber tries to pass Yves Edwards's guard...
Urijah Faber manages to get his leg free and moves to half guard.
Dan Miragliotta separates the fighters as the round concludes. The fighters shake hands as they head back to their corners.
That was a close round.
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Round 2
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The clock says 0:10 in the 2 round
A high kick from Urijah Faber
falls short of the mark.
Faber misses a step and Yves Edwards sees an opportunity to counter him!
Urijah Faber throws a combo
Yves Edwards ducks under and catches him with a counter straight! Faber swings again, only to get countered once more! Faber is looking bad here!
Faber's Left eye is beginning to swell
That punishment by Yves Edwards has left Faber staggered! Yves Edwards should try push forward now and finish this!
Urijah Faber moves forward looking for a hole in his opponent's defense.
A right hand from Urijah Faber
surprises Edwards!
Faber moves to shoot
but Yves Edwards delivers a knee that wrecks him!
Yves Edwards turns out the lights for Faber! Tiiiiiiiim-ber! What a knock out!
Winner is Yves Edwards by KO (Knee) at 0:39 Round 2
Statistics: Urijah Faber
Punches 11/15 (73%)
Kicks 0/1 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 69 s
Statistics: Yves Edwards
Punches 13/17 (76%)
Kicks 2/3 (67%)
Clinch strikes 11/13 (85%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 8/10 (80%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 69 s
These 2 went to war, and both men fought, fought violently, and were really close to finishing t'other. In the 2nd, Yves got the offense going first and Faber didn;t have enough to survive that.
Yves Edwards doesn't look concerned about anything his opponent brings to the table.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
The bets gives an equal chance to both fighters to score the win today.
The referee of the bout is Dan Miragliotta.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
Faber and Edwards move forward as the bell signals the beginning of the fight!
Faber launches a kick
but Yves Edwards avoids it and lands flush with a counter hook!
There is a small laceration on Urijah Faber's Left cheek
Edwards looks to be in very good shape.
Yves Edwards fakes a move and launches a liver kick!
Faber blocks and pushes his opponent.
The clock says 0:30 in the 1 round
Urijah Faber fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut
Edwards blocks that. It was easy!
Faber misses a step and Yves Edwards sees an opportunity to counter him!
Yves Edwards fakes a move and launches a liver kick!
That almost wrenches Urijah Faber! I'm sure that his liver will be sore tomorrow.
Nice punch by Yves Edwards
who outboxes his opponent in this exchange.
Faber's Nose is beginning to swell
A right hand from Yves Edwards
makes Faber stumble back!
Yves Edwards goes with a looping right hand while Urijah Faber jumps back and jabs
That one hits but Faber seems unaffected, countering with a few punches of his own. Great exchange here.
Urijah Faber has found an opening in the defense of Edwards, launching a big uppercut
Bingo! Edwards is wobbling!
Edwards's Chin is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Urijah Faber seems fresh. He may still have a lot of gas in his tank.
Urijah Faber tries to show his boxing skills with a one-two combo
and those punches are landing on Edwards's face
Faber tries to grapple
He puts Edwards in a double underhook!
The fighters are clinching.
Edwards pushes Urijah Faber against the fence and launches a few sick punches
A couple of unanswered uppercuts collide with Faber's chin! His legs are wobbling!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Edwards pushes Urijah Faber againts the fence and begin a relentless combination of punches. The crowd is on it's feet!
Faber cannot escape Yves Edwards's clinch! Yves Edwards is just brutalizing Faber with punches time and time again!
The fighters are clinching.
Edwards pushes Urijah Faber against the fence and launches a few sick punches
A couple of unanswered uppercuts collide with Faber's chin! His legs are wobbling!
The fighters are clinching.
Urijah Faber tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
Faber circles out and slips free of Yves Edwards's grip. Nice job of getting out of that position.
Urijah Faber moves forward looking for some grappling action
Faber has his opponent in a text book double collar thai clinch!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Edwards is launching some bone breaking punches to Faber's ribs while in the clinch.
Wow. You can see the pain in Urijah Faber's eyes.
Faber ribs are getting hammered, they look bad!
Urijah Faber pushes away Edwards trying to keep the fight at striking range
Edwards doesn't want to break the clinch as he still is grappling with Urijah Faber
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Urijah Faber pushes away Edwards trying to keep the fight at striking range
Edwards doesn't want to break the clinch as he still is grappling with Urijah Faber
Poorly executed technique. Yves Edwards looks to counter!
Yves Edwards tries to finish this with a rear naked chocke!
Faber ducks under and pushes away his opponent.
Faber launches a hook to the body
Bang! Edwards stops that one with his ribs!
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
The clock says 3:15 in the 1 round
Several good body shots
land on Edwards.
Yves Edwards goes with a looping right hand while Urijah Faber jumps back and jabs
Faber seems staggered and Yves Edwards runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
Hard blow to Faber's mid-section, he seems hurt
The clock says 3:40 in the 1 round
Faber is holding Yves Edwards's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Yves Edwards loses balance and goes to the ground.
Urijah Faber is in side mount over Yves Edwards
Edwards measures the resilience of Faber's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Faber's side.
Urijah Faber is in side mount over Yves Edwards
Yves Edwards launches a few punches to Faber's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Faber tries to cover his face,
The clock says 4:05 in the 1 round
Urijah Faber is in side mount over Yves Edwards
Faber cornermen are yelling for his man to escape from the ground as Edwards can finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding if you give him the chance.
Edwards measures the resilience of Faber's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Faber's side.
Urijah Faber is in side mount over Yves Edwards
Yves Edwards launches a few punches to Faber's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Faber tries to cover his face,
Urijah Faber is in side mount over Yves Edwards
Yves Edwards attempts to trap Urijah Faber in his guard.
Yves Edwards manages to switch to half guard.
Urijah Faber is in half guard over Edwards
Not a desiderable position that Faber is in now. Yves Edwards is well knowed for his strong and relentless GnP.
Yves Edwards tries to close the guard.
Edwards put Urijah Faber in closed guard.
Urijah Faber is in closed guard over Edwards
Yves Edwards is cooling the fight on the ground
Urijah Faber is in closed guard over Edwards
Urijah Faber tries to pass Yves Edwards's guard...
Urijah Faber manages to get his leg free and moves to half guard.
Dan Miragliotta separates the fighters as the round concludes. The fighters shake hands as they head back to their corners.
That was a close round.
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Round 2
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The clock says 0:10 in the 2 round
A high kick from Urijah Faber
falls short of the mark.
Faber misses a step and Yves Edwards sees an opportunity to counter him!
Urijah Faber throws a combo
Yves Edwards ducks under and catches him with a counter straight! Faber swings again, only to get countered once more! Faber is looking bad here!
Faber's Left eye is beginning to swell
That punishment by Yves Edwards has left Faber staggered! Yves Edwards should try push forward now and finish this!
Urijah Faber moves forward looking for a hole in his opponent's defense.
A right hand from Urijah Faber
surprises Edwards!
Faber moves to shoot
but Yves Edwards delivers a knee that wrecks him!
Yves Edwards turns out the lights for Faber! Tiiiiiiiim-ber! What a knock out!
Winner is Yves Edwards by KO (Knee) at 0:39 Round 2
Statistics: Urijah Faber
Punches 11/15 (73%)
Kicks 0/1 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 69 s
Statistics: Yves Edwards
Punches 13/17 (76%)
Kicks 2/3 (67%)
Clinch strikes 11/13 (85%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 8/10 (80%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 69 s
These 2 went to war, and both men fought, fought violently, and were really close to finishing t'other. In the 2nd, Yves got the offense going first and Faber didn;t have enough to survive that.