Faber ............... is he still a P4P entry ???

I would say "no." I thought the Aldo fight really exposed Faber as a guy that is very athletically gifted - but extremely limited in technique. He can work his way back into the rankings and rebuild himself - but he was dominated by Aldo through classic technique that he seemed to have no answer for.

 

If he was still a P4P entry im guessing you could argue to have him in the P4P top 10 ? I just cant do that atleast not at the moment. Urijah was defientally worth being ranked that highly during his long title run and even going into the Aldo fight but this is a guy who was dominated by Aldo and lost twice to Brown in his last 5 fights. I think Urijah is in the 15-20 range but thats not quite good enough to be ranked as an entry. Wouldnt shock me if he fought his way back into a high spot though. I think Urijah showed agianst a good fighter in Raphael Assuncao just how good a fighter he is. I just think right now he has to put some consistent wins together and at the very least prove he is the clear number 2 at 145 behind Aldo because right now you can argue its Fernendes(even though Urijah beat him years ago), Brown or Gamburyan.

 

I agree I think Urijah's hands where equal to Aldo's. I cant consider it being exposed because Urijah does have decent Muay Thai skills but Aldo is truely a master of his craft that cant ever be denied his leg kicks will break just about anyone and we know that for a fact. Urijah has a quality Thai coach so im sure hes worked on checking kicks but Aldo's come so fast and powerful that Urijah as quick as he is just couldnt respond and lets be real after about 4-5 Aldo kicks you wont be able to defend them after that.

 

Are you gonna honor your bet??

 

No, after two losses to MTB and another loss to Aldo, I don't see any arguement for having Faber in the top ten P4P. He is still a major part of the 145lbs division though.

 

What was the bet ?

 

Mosley\Mayweather

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Well I said exposed and that's pretty much what I meant. Faber doesn't put his combinations together, he lunges with his attacks, he does unorthodox and downright stupid moves such as his "hi-lite" reel moment of doing a jump knee while his opponent has secured a single on him. He has been able to get away with these moves against lesser opponents - but as his past few fights have shown - he can't do it against the best of the division. If I knew I couldn't handle Aldo's kicks - I wouldn't try to check them - I would time them for a takedown. Faber isn't an old fighter without the spring in his step like Renzo - he is young and should have been able to change his game up against Aldo and he couldn't. That's the way I saw it.