WEC: Brown vs. Faber 2 6.07.09
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Re: WEC: Brown vs. Faber 2 6.07.09
I personally like the guy a lot and think he's deserving of the praise he gets. Things that have swept the mma world over the past year-and-a-half often come from him like the jump and knee to the face while being caught in single-leg against the cage.
He's a freestyler out there and that makes him exciting to watch to me. It's that style that made him a fan-favorite and it's also the carefree style that cost him his belt. I can't wait for his next fight.PSN: ScoopBrady
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Re: WEC: Brown vs. Faber 2 6.07.09
I broke my hand about three years ago, and when they removed Faber's glove and tape, it looked exactly like mine after I broke it...the thing swells up to the size of a softball.
Too bad Faber broke his hand, but I give that kid tons of credit...there is no way in hell I could go toe to toe with another guy for four rounds, after the break, considering the pain I was in when it happened to me.Comment
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Re: WEC: Brown vs. Faber 2 6.07.09
You may be right that it's a bad rap. I don't think he said anything out of line, but I felt he made too much of a show about his hand after the fight. No doubt he's an exciting fighter who put WEC on the map and I don't mean to ever take anything away from him in that regard. And if he hadn't broken his hand, he probably would have won the fight based on how it was going prior to the injury...Comment
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Re: WEC: Brown vs. Faber 2 6.07.09
Really? that must have been your what 2nd ever time watching MMA? With those small gloves broken hands happen all the time. Joe Riggs broke both of his hands the night before on the strikeforce card. Forrest Griffin broke his hand in his loss to Evans. Karo Parisyan broke his against Ryo Chonan. In training I know Houston Alexander and Thales Leties both had to withdraw from fights over broken hands.
Part of it is genetics, part of it is conditioning, and part of it is technique. imo, Faber doesn't throw a lot of his punches properly. As far as I know, none of those guys had breaks as bad as faber, and most of them aren't top level fighters.
Part of it is his fault...that's all. He wasn't screwed over or anything like that.Liquor in the front, poker in the rear.Comment
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Re: WEC: Brown vs. Faber 2 6.07.09
I'm not a Faber fan due to his personality (no doubting his talent) and was disappointed with how he handled himself after the fight. Having his team cut off his tape so he could parade his mangled hand around during the decision, looking at while it was announced, even tapping his arm while they raised Brown's hand. I realize that the injury did affect the outcome and that Faber was getting the better of the action to that point, but I thought his actions afterwards left something to be desired.
I also didn't see him parading it at all. He was just holding there. I did see where he pointed to it and raised it after the decision or whatever but I think some people are trying to read more into it than what it really is. I really don't have any problem with how he acted at all. He didn't make any excuses or say anything along the lines as i should have won or my hand stopped me from doing winning. He gave the man creditfor beating him. There is nothing more that he needed to say or do.
Co-sign this. i think some people are really underestimating how a BROKEN hand will affect what you can and can not do in a fight. He had him in a choke that would have ended any fight but couldn't close it off cause of the BROKEN hand. My hat goes off to the man for fighting through it and giving it his best. He could have easily just stayed in the corner and not fight after it happened.Comment
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Re: WEC: Brown vs. Faber 2 6.07.09
can you do everyone a favor and not type crap like that? Do you think you're some guru on the subject or something? I've been watching MMA since UFC1 - Saw it in my buddy's basement when I was 13. I'm also a martial artist, K1 fan, boxing fan, and mma fan.
Part of it is genetics, part of it is conditioning, and part of it is technique. imo, Faber doesn't throw a lot of his punches properly. As far as I know, none of those guys had breaks as bad as faber, and most of them aren't top level fighters.
Part of it is his fault...that's all. He wasn't screwed over or anything like that.USC Trojans -- Washington Nationals -- Jacksonville JaguarsComment
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Re: WEC: Brown vs. Faber 2 6.07.09
Im pretty sure Couture broke his hand against Gonzaga if I remember correctly, just another low profile fighter breaking his hand, I guess.
It happens, with the small gloves used in MMA, breaking your hand is a distinct possibility for just about any fighter if your strikes arent spot on, if you miss and hit a bone full force that is denser and stronger than your hand, there isnt much padding to keep it from breaking. The guys that are closer to being immune to breaking their hands are guys who have repeadtedly broken, or even better, given themselves micro-fractures in the bones of ther hands, causing rediculously dense calcified bone to form protecting the bones of their hand.Comment
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Re: WEC: Brown vs. Faber 2 6.07.09
Im pretty sure Couture broke his hand against Gonzaga if I remember correctly, just another low profile fighter breaking his hand, I guess.
It happens, with the small gloves used in MMA, breaking your hand is a distinct possibility for just about any fighter if your strikes arent spot on, if you miss and hit a bone full force that is denser and stronger than your hand, there isnt much padding to keep it from breaking. The guys that are closer to being immune to breaking their hands are guys who have repeadtedly broken, or even better, given themselves micro-fractures in the bones of ther hands, causing rediculously dense calcified bone to form protecting the bones of their hand.
Couture broke his forearm deflecting a head kick.Comment
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Re: WEC: Brown vs. Faber 2 6.07.09
How many times has Floyd Mayweather broken a hand? I'm pretty sure he knows how to properly throw a punch. It's ridiculous to say Faber broke his hand because he doesn't know how to throw a punch, IMO.PSN: ScoopBrady
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Re: WEC: Brown vs. Faber 2 6.07.09
True and those boxing gloves offer a lot more cushion then the MMA gloves.USC Trojans -- Washington Nationals -- Jacksonville JaguarsComment
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Re: WEC: Brown vs. Faber 2 6.07.09
But as far as not realizing how much the injury affected the fight, I'm certainly not in that camp. I take nothing away from the guts it took to fight the better part of four rounds without his dominant hand. And let's not forget, he hung in there pretty damn well and even had Brown in a bad spot or two after the injury.Comment
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Re: WEC: Brown vs. Faber 2 6.07.09
Misquoting someone is one of the worst things you can do on an online forum, I really don't appreciate it. Either take what I said in proper context or ignore it all together.Liquor in the front, poker in the rear.Comment
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Re: WEC: Brown vs. Faber 2 6.07.09
Don't put things in quotations as if I said them. I said he's the only high profile guy I HAVE SEEN break his hand LIKE THAT. And I said MOST of the guys mentioned Weren't top level guys. I never said Forrest Griffin wasn't top level or high profile.
Misquoting someone is one of the worst things you can do on an online forum, I really don't appreciate it. Either take what I said in proper context or ignore it all together.PSN: ScoopBrady
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