Post by The Sandmen on Apr 30, 2012 18:37:38 GMT -5
Urijah Faber doesn't look concerned about anything his opponent brings to the table.
B.J. Penn looks a bit uneasy. Hopefully this doesn't affect his performance.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
A pretty fair match today. I can't say who will be the one who will be raising his fist after the match.
The referee of the bout is John McCarthy.
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Round 1
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Urijah Faber and B.J. Penn touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
Shovel hook by B.J. Penn
tags Faber.
Faber is holding B.J. Penn's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
B.J. Penn loses balance and goes to the ground.
Urijah Faber is in side mount over B.J. Penn
B.J. Penn attempts to trap Urijah Faber in his guard.
B.J. Penn manages to switch to half guard.
The clock says 0:50 in the 1 round
Urijah Faber is in half guard over B.J.
B.J. Penn tries to close the guard.
B.J. put Urijah Faber in closed guard.
Urijah Faber is in closed guard over B.J.
B.J. Penn launches a few punches to Faber's cheek from the guard.
Urijah Faber uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
B.J. misses a step and Urijah Faber sees an opportunity to counter him!
Urijah Faber tries to pass B.J. Penn's guard...
Urijah Faber passes momentarily but B.J. Penn regains full guard.
Urijah Faber is in closed guard over B.J.
BJJ! That is what must be passing through B.J.'s mind right now. Nobody wants to stay long in that position with a submission artist like Faber
B.J. tries to move on the ground and shows Urijah Faber a crack in his guard which he uses for a big elbow!
B.J. uses his forearms to block the impact!
B.J. is trying to counter now!
Faber is in closed guard... B.J. tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Urijah Faber!
B.J. Penn is in full mount over Urijah Faber
Faber measures the resilience of B.J.'s ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
B.J. blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
The clock says 1:30 in the 1 round
B.J. Penn is in full mount over Urijah Faber
Urijah Faber tries to roll to his side and trap B.J. Penn in his guard...
B.J. Penn keeps good control and remains in full mount.
B.J. Penn is in full mount over Urijah Faber
Faber tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
B.J. Penn doesn't want to lose his adventageous position and he struggles to mantain the full mount.
Faber misses a step and B.J. Penn sees an opportunity to counter him!
B.J. Penn takes a deep breath as he passes his arm over Urijah Faber shoulder and pushes his left arm againts the mat!
Urijah Faber breaks that americana attempt!
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Copps Coliseum (Hamilton, Ontario) are cheering for the fighters.
Faber wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
B.J. doesn't want anything like this as he moves backwards
The clock says 1:55 in the 1 round
Faber is holding B.J. Penn's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
B.J. Penn loses balance and goes to the ground.
Urijah Faber is in side mount over B.J. Penn
Urijah Faber looks to pass to mount...
B.J. creates space and scrambles back to his feet.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Copps Coliseum (Hamilton, Ontario) are cheering for the fighters.
B.J. Penn tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Faber is unable to remain on his feet and falls to the ground
Crushing shot to Faber's body! He's holding his side
The clock says 2:20 in the 1 round
B.J. Penn is in open guard over Faber
B.J. positions himself for a round of ground and pound and tries to finish the fight with some precise elbows!
One, two, three! Faber's being punished here!
Faber has a small cut in his Forehead
B.J. Penn is in open guard over Faber
B.J. moves on the ground
B.J. Penn moves to side mount
B.J. Penn is in side mount over Urijah Faber
Urijah Faber attempts to trap B.J. Penn in his guard.
B.J. Penn keeps control and remains in side mount.
B.J. Penn is in side mount over Urijah Faber
B.J. Penn isolates Urijah Faber's left arm looking for an armbar...
Urijah Faber manages to sit up and pull his arm out of danger! B.J. Penn lost his dominant position.
B.J. Penn gets sloppy and Urijah Faber tries to take advantage...
Faber measures the resilience of B.J.'s ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
B.J. blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
B.J. Penn is in side mount over Urijah Faber
B.J. Penn is a submission wizard. He has forgotten more BJJ than most fighters have learned.
B.J. Penn looks to mount Urijah Faber...
B.J. Penn slides his knee across and gets to mount.
B.J. Penn is in full mount over Urijah Faber
Urijah Faber launches a few punches to B.J.'s cheek from the guard.
B.J. Penn uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
B.J. Penn is in full mount over Urijah Faber
B.J. Penn tries to finish the fight with an armbar from the top
Faber is smart enough to avoid the submission attempt
B.J. Penn gets sloppy and Urijah Faber tries to take advantage...
Urijah Faber launches a few punches to B.J.'s cheek from the guard.
B.J. Penn uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Copps Coliseum (Hamilton, Ontario) are cheering for the fighters.
B.J. goes to the body...
He punishes Faber's ribs with a couple of hooks.
Hard blow to Faber's mid-section, he seems hurt
The clock says 3:55 in the 1 round
B.J. Penn has found an opening in the defense of Faber, launching a big hook
Bang! That could break Faber's ribs.
Hard blow to Faber's mid-section, he seems hurt
The clock says 4:05 in the 1 round
Incredible haymaker from B.J. Penn!
It misses by a mile.
Faber tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Faber is swinging for the fences!
B.J. backpedals and creates space. Urijah Faber is asking him if he is going to fight!
Faber follows B.J. Penn
only to get counter punched in a big way! Faber needs to stop playing B.J. Penn's game or he'll get knocked out!
Faber and B.J. circle around the center of the cage.
B.J. cornermen are yelling for his man to escape from the ground as Faber can finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding if you give him the chance.
Urijah Faber fakes a punch and launches himself over B.J.!
B.J. Penn is smart enough to avoid the clinch game by Faber and pushes him away!
Urijah Faber tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
B.J. Penn jumps backwards and frees his leg.
Faber clumsily fails here and it's time for B.J. Penn to fight back!
B.J. Penn moves forward looking for some grappling action
B.J. has his opponent in a text book double collar thai clinch!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
B.J. doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Urijah Faber embrace and tries to move away...
Nice move from B.J. who put distance between them
The ref stops the action. The round is over.
That round was a toss up.
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Round 2
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A left hook from Faber
falls short.
Urijah Faber fakes a move and moves laterally.
Faber looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by B.J. Penn's punches
Faber is on the receiving end of a great combo by B.J..
Solid kick to the leg from B.J. Penn
that visibly pains Faber.
Faber hyper-extended his left leg
The clock says 0:50 in the 2 round
0:50 Round 2 and B.J. is still in good shape. He sure has trained hard for this fight.
B.J. decides to launch some tentative punches
B.J. Penn takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
B.J. Penn fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut
it lands on Faber's chin
Bone shattering straight left hand from Urijah Faber!
B.J. ducks under...
Faber clumsily fails here and it's time for B.J. Penn to fight back!
B.J. Penn shoots for a double leg takedown!
He hits it! Urijah Faber is taken off his feet, but he manages to pull B.J. into his guard.
B.J. Penn is in closed guard over Faber
B.J. struggles on the ground and tries to break Urijah Faber's guard...
B.J. Penn is in Faber open guard now
B.J. Penn is in open guard over Faber
Faber tries to close his guard around B.J.
He is not able to do it
B.J. Penn is in open guard over Faber
B.J. is in open guard over Faber... he fakes a move and then tries a kneebar!
Punishing hold!
Faber hyper-extended his left leg
You can see the pain reflected in Faber's eyes...
B.J. is locking that Kneebar...
Urijah Faber screams in pain and taps! John McCarthy forces B.J. to break the lock.
Winner is B.J. Penn by Submission (Kneebar) at 1:53 Round 2
Statistics: Urijah Faber
Punches 0/5 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 2/3 (67%)
GnP strikes 0/11 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/1 (0%)
Time on the ground 192 s
Statistics: B.J. Penn
Punches 11/14 (79%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 2/2 (100%)
GnP strikes 3/6 (50%)
Submissions 4/4 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 192 s
Nice effort tonight from Urijah Faber who was thinking of the fans besides the fight itself.
Dominating performance by B.J. who took his best game against Urijah Faber.
Superb fight! Undoubtedly one of the fights of the year!
B.J. Penn looks a bit uneasy. Hopefully this doesn't affect his performance.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
A pretty fair match today. I can't say who will be the one who will be raising his fist after the match.
The referee of the bout is John McCarthy.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
Urijah Faber and B.J. Penn touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
Shovel hook by B.J. Penn
tags Faber.
Faber is holding B.J. Penn's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
B.J. Penn loses balance and goes to the ground.
Urijah Faber is in side mount over B.J. Penn
B.J. Penn attempts to trap Urijah Faber in his guard.
B.J. Penn manages to switch to half guard.
The clock says 0:50 in the 1 round
Urijah Faber is in half guard over B.J.
B.J. Penn tries to close the guard.
B.J. put Urijah Faber in closed guard.
Urijah Faber is in closed guard over B.J.
B.J. Penn launches a few punches to Faber's cheek from the guard.
Urijah Faber uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
B.J. misses a step and Urijah Faber sees an opportunity to counter him!
Urijah Faber tries to pass B.J. Penn's guard...
Urijah Faber passes momentarily but B.J. Penn regains full guard.
Urijah Faber is in closed guard over B.J.
BJJ! That is what must be passing through B.J.'s mind right now. Nobody wants to stay long in that position with a submission artist like Faber
B.J. tries to move on the ground and shows Urijah Faber a crack in his guard which he uses for a big elbow!
B.J. uses his forearms to block the impact!
B.J. is trying to counter now!
Faber is in closed guard... B.J. tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Urijah Faber!
B.J. Penn is in full mount over Urijah Faber
Faber measures the resilience of B.J.'s ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
B.J. blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
The clock says 1:30 in the 1 round
B.J. Penn is in full mount over Urijah Faber
Urijah Faber tries to roll to his side and trap B.J. Penn in his guard...
B.J. Penn keeps good control and remains in full mount.
B.J. Penn is in full mount over Urijah Faber
Faber tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
B.J. Penn doesn't want to lose his adventageous position and he struggles to mantain the full mount.
Faber misses a step and B.J. Penn sees an opportunity to counter him!
B.J. Penn takes a deep breath as he passes his arm over Urijah Faber shoulder and pushes his left arm againts the mat!
Urijah Faber breaks that americana attempt!
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Copps Coliseum (Hamilton, Ontario) are cheering for the fighters.
Faber wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
B.J. doesn't want anything like this as he moves backwards
The clock says 1:55 in the 1 round
Faber is holding B.J. Penn's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
B.J. Penn loses balance and goes to the ground.
Urijah Faber is in side mount over B.J. Penn
Urijah Faber looks to pass to mount...
B.J. creates space and scrambles back to his feet.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Copps Coliseum (Hamilton, Ontario) are cheering for the fighters.
B.J. Penn tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Faber is unable to remain on his feet and falls to the ground
Crushing shot to Faber's body! He's holding his side
The clock says 2:20 in the 1 round
B.J. Penn is in open guard over Faber
B.J. positions himself for a round of ground and pound and tries to finish the fight with some precise elbows!
One, two, three! Faber's being punished here!
Faber has a small cut in his Forehead
B.J. Penn is in open guard over Faber
B.J. moves on the ground
B.J. Penn moves to side mount
B.J. Penn is in side mount over Urijah Faber
Urijah Faber attempts to trap B.J. Penn in his guard.
B.J. Penn keeps control and remains in side mount.
B.J. Penn is in side mount over Urijah Faber
B.J. Penn isolates Urijah Faber's left arm looking for an armbar...
Urijah Faber manages to sit up and pull his arm out of danger! B.J. Penn lost his dominant position.
B.J. Penn gets sloppy and Urijah Faber tries to take advantage...
Faber measures the resilience of B.J.'s ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
B.J. blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
B.J. Penn is in side mount over Urijah Faber
B.J. Penn is a submission wizard. He has forgotten more BJJ than most fighters have learned.
B.J. Penn looks to mount Urijah Faber...
B.J. Penn slides his knee across and gets to mount.
B.J. Penn is in full mount over Urijah Faber
Urijah Faber launches a few punches to B.J.'s cheek from the guard.
B.J. Penn uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
B.J. Penn is in full mount over Urijah Faber
B.J. Penn tries to finish the fight with an armbar from the top
Faber is smart enough to avoid the submission attempt
B.J. Penn gets sloppy and Urijah Faber tries to take advantage...
Urijah Faber launches a few punches to B.J.'s cheek from the guard.
B.J. Penn uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Copps Coliseum (Hamilton, Ontario) are cheering for the fighters.
B.J. goes to the body...
He punishes Faber's ribs with a couple of hooks.
Hard blow to Faber's mid-section, he seems hurt
The clock says 3:55 in the 1 round
B.J. Penn has found an opening in the defense of Faber, launching a big hook
Bang! That could break Faber's ribs.
Hard blow to Faber's mid-section, he seems hurt
The clock says 4:05 in the 1 round
Incredible haymaker from B.J. Penn!
It misses by a mile.
Faber tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Faber is swinging for the fences!
B.J. backpedals and creates space. Urijah Faber is asking him if he is going to fight!
Faber follows B.J. Penn
only to get counter punched in a big way! Faber needs to stop playing B.J. Penn's game or he'll get knocked out!
Faber and B.J. circle around the center of the cage.
B.J. cornermen are yelling for his man to escape from the ground as Faber can finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding if you give him the chance.
Urijah Faber fakes a punch and launches himself over B.J.!
B.J. Penn is smart enough to avoid the clinch game by Faber and pushes him away!
Urijah Faber tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
B.J. Penn jumps backwards and frees his leg.
Faber clumsily fails here and it's time for B.J. Penn to fight back!
B.J. Penn moves forward looking for some grappling action
B.J. has his opponent in a text book double collar thai clinch!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
B.J. doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Urijah Faber embrace and tries to move away...
Nice move from B.J. who put distance between them
The ref stops the action. The round is over.
That round was a toss up.
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Round 2
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A left hook from Faber
falls short.
Urijah Faber fakes a move and moves laterally.
Faber looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by B.J. Penn's punches
Faber is on the receiving end of a great combo by B.J..
Solid kick to the leg from B.J. Penn
that visibly pains Faber.
Faber hyper-extended his left leg
The clock says 0:50 in the 2 round
0:50 Round 2 and B.J. is still in good shape. He sure has trained hard for this fight.
B.J. decides to launch some tentative punches
B.J. Penn takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
B.J. Penn fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut
it lands on Faber's chin
Bone shattering straight left hand from Urijah Faber!
B.J. ducks under...
Faber clumsily fails here and it's time for B.J. Penn to fight back!
B.J. Penn shoots for a double leg takedown!
He hits it! Urijah Faber is taken off his feet, but he manages to pull B.J. into his guard.
B.J. Penn is in closed guard over Faber
B.J. struggles on the ground and tries to break Urijah Faber's guard...
B.J. Penn is in Faber open guard now
B.J. Penn is in open guard over Faber
Faber tries to close his guard around B.J.
He is not able to do it
B.J. Penn is in open guard over Faber
B.J. is in open guard over Faber... he fakes a move and then tries a kneebar!
Punishing hold!
Faber hyper-extended his left leg
You can see the pain reflected in Faber's eyes...
B.J. is locking that Kneebar...
Urijah Faber screams in pain and taps! John McCarthy forces B.J. to break the lock.
Winner is B.J. Penn by Submission (Kneebar) at 1:53 Round 2
Statistics: Urijah Faber
Punches 0/5 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 2/3 (67%)
GnP strikes 0/11 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/1 (0%)
Time on the ground 192 s
Statistics: B.J. Penn
Punches 11/14 (79%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 2/2 (100%)
GnP strikes 3/6 (50%)
Submissions 4/4 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 192 s
Nice effort tonight from Urijah Faber who was thinking of the fans besides the fight itself.
Dominating performance by B.J. who took his best game against Urijah Faber.
Superb fight! Undoubtedly one of the fights of the year!
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!