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[Mister Wilhelm]

Interesting, haven't heard that one. Did he say why? Usually breathing through the mouth aids in getting yourself knocked out.

Your body needs oxygen to make that much movement happen. If you don't get the air, you get tired much faster.

The thing that gets you knocked out if having a loose jaw when you get hit and/or being gassed, not intentional heavy breathing.

Though I'm still on the fence as to whether or not he came into this fight injured again and is actually gassing.

 

[Macattk15]

Man Faber is doing NOTHING.

 

[Mister Wilhelm]

This is turning out to be Faber vs Barao 1 or Edgar all over again.

Outclass him the start of the fight and he just looks bewildered and has no idea what to do, letting you walk all over him for the rest of the rounds.

 

[HamsterPackage]

Faber is a walking punching bag confirmed.

 

[brentech]

This....is not the fight I was expecting to see

I'm actually concerned with what you expected from these two.
It ain't over yet, but if it goes to the cards, Uriah sure knows best how to lose a championship fight.

 

[Obliterator]

Faber is making a huge mistake by moving back so much and trying to win through movement. You have to bully Cruz if you are gonna beat him

 

[FUME5]

This is such a strange fight.

 

[NHL94]

This one is over already. Faber isn't doing shit. He needs to hang them up.

 

[Eanan]

Faber out of ideas and doesn't want to press Cruz at all.

 

[Gr1mLock]

Best thing Faber landed all fight.

 

[Wallach]

I guess Faber is hoping Cruz will knock himself out.

 

[serenewarfare]

Faber is gonna have to simulate Dom's death to win this one.

 

[Levito]

Cruz's style is so weird, seriously no one that fights like him.

 

[Obliterator]

Faber is lost and just refuses to pull the trigger. Its over

 

[brentech]

Cruz's style is so weird, seriously no one that fights like him.

Probably because it aids in blowing up knees. That's a lot of pressure on those bitches.
That's not to say that it isn't intelligent. I 100% believe in him when he says all that time off actually improved his mental game by massive margins.

 

[MetalFearSolid]

Man I think TJ would beat Faber easily too if that happened.

 

[serenewarfare]

Faber was running into the clinch and scrambling with Dom right up until he got floored in the second round. Since then he's sat back and let Dom open up on him. He's broken.

 

[Levito]

Man I think TJ would beat Faber easily too if that happened.

He definitely would.

 

[HamsterPackage]

Man I think TJ would beat Faber easily too if that happened.

Ya don't say....

 

[FUME5]

Finish this motherfucker, god damn it.

 

[Obliterator]

Faber was running into the clinch and scrambling with Dom right up until he got floored in the second round. Since then he's sat back and let Dom open up on him. He's broken.

Yeah you have to pressure him heavy and outright bully him if you are gonna beat Cruz. I know easier said then done but you have to cut the damn cage off and outwork him in close

 

[Mental Atrophy]

Faber can't win if he's backing up. His cage cutting was way better in the first round... it almost seemed like he learned a new trick.

 

[Mister Wilhelm]

Oh god, we're gonna have another defense where Cruz has to coast the last two rounds because he's injured.

 

[Ceallach]

Urijah is doing fucking nothing, jesus.

 

[broz0rs]

Joe Lauzon tweeting in the 2nd round saying he thinks Cruz already has a broken hand because he's throwing something like 15 lefts for every right.

 

[Oscar]

Cruz broke something? What else is new?

 

[MetalFearSolid]

Cruz hurt something in the ring again wow..

 

[Obliterator]

Urijah is doing fucking nothing, jesus.

He's been a shell since he got dropped in Rd 2. He looks nothing like he did in the 1st.

 

[FUME5]

Urijah is doing fucking nothing, jesus.

He literally threw 5 or so punches last round.

 

[Mental Atrophy]

I kind of think Cruz's hand might've already been injured going into this. During the press conference the knuckles on his right hand looked more swollen than usual, which he revealed while flashing the number 4 or somesuch at Urijah. After which, he covered those knuckles with his left hand for the remainder of the press conference.

 

[MG310]

Faber had to push him after the end of the third just to remember what contact felt like.

 

[Mister Wilhelm]

I kind of think Cruz's hand might've already been injured going into this. During the press conference the knuckles on his right hand looked more swollen than usual, which he revealed while flashing the number 4 or somesuch at Urijah. After which, he covered those knuckles with his left hand for the remainder of the press conference.

Yeah, I saw that posted on Reddit.

Someone in the threat said his knuckle always looks like that due to a previous surgery, but I couldn't find any images to back that up.

It's entirely possible.

 

[Dr.Acula]

So amped for Brock in UFC 200

Spoiler

drunkenly raising his fist from the stands between fights.

 

[NomarTyme]

That Asian guy needs to calm the fuck down.

 

[MRrogermoore]

It's not over, iv'e seen fights where the weaker fighter lands a lucky shot and KO's. it might happen.

 

[NHL94]

Does Faber not know he's getting embarrassed or something? He's doing nothing.

 

[Eanan]

That Asian guy needs to calm the fuck down.

I'd be acting the same. It.must be so frustrating sitting there seeing what Faber is doing, which is nothing.

 

[Oscar]

That Asian guy needs to calm the fuck down.

Master Thong lol.

 

[Levito]

I'd be acting the same. It.must be so frustrating sitting there seeing what Faber is doing, which is nothing.

It's not like Faber isn't trying, Cruz is just amazing.

 

[Obliterator]

I can't believe how gun shy Faber is in this fight. Its crazy

 

[Dr.Acula]

Fuuuuuck, this isn't even close

 

[serenewarfare]

The thing about fighting Dom is that he has the highest fight IQ of maybe any MMA fighter ever. If you don't finish him early, he's going to figure you out by about the third or fourth round and just dissect you.

 

[Mister Wilhelm]

Does Faber not know he's getting embarrassed or something? He's doing nothing.

Getting clocked like that early in the fight heavily effects your thinking.

Tim Sylvia got knocked on his ass against Couture back in the day and asked his corner in shock "This is the fifth round?" when they told him he needed a KO.

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

I can't believe how gun shy Faber is in this fight. Its crazy

He needs to channel his inner-Garbrandt.

 

[Levito]

FABER BOOTY

 

[Mental Atrophy]

High performance Reebok gear.

 

[Bsigg12]

Meh....Cruz destroyed Faber

 

[brentech]

Faber knowing he did absolutely nothing tries to save face post fight.

 

[ldcommando]

cruz is something else

 

[Levito]

"Plumber-esque in his ability to keep his pants up, Joe."