Urijah defeats Jens Pulver in rematch
Posted 01-26-2009 at 12:31 PM by Clark Kent
Jan-26-2009
By Frank Curreri
Different fight, different strategies, same result. Pulver, content to engage in a boxing match during his first meeting with Faber, tried to do more roughhousing in the clinch this time around. While that brutish blueprint worked for Mike Thomas Brown months ago against Faber, it did not work for Pulver. Lil’ Evil threw Faber to the canvas seconds into the affair, but Faber immediately popped to his feet and came up swinging and throwing high kicks. As the fighters met in the center, Faber landed a wicked left hook to the body that stunned and stopped Pulver dead in his tracks. With Pulver hunched over and then dropping to his knees in pain, Faber let loose a hail of punches. But rather than keep free-swinging away – and perhaps risk reinjuring the right hand that he hurt last time around against Pulver – Faber simply seized the opportunity to slap on a guillotine choke, forcing Pulver to tap at 1:43 of round one.
Faber, who was showered with the loudest cheers of the evening by his fellow Californians, pronounced himself fit to rematch Brown for the WEC featherweight title – assuming Brown can survive his March matchup with Leonard Garcia.
“I think I made a statement,” Faber said, well aware that Brown was sitting cageside. “There’s no secret I ‘m going to try to get that rematch. I want that belt, man. Give me my belt!”
Then, in a very classy move, Faber reiterated his respect and admiration for Pulver, who endured dramatic changes and adversity while training for this fight – including the death of good friend Justin Eilers, the birth of a son and a move out west to train with another camp.
Pulver was emotional afterward and the MMA legend, who has now lost five of his past six fights, addressed his future plans.
“I’m starting to wonder that myself,” Pulver said. “It hurts… Right now I’m just feeling like a really old 34 years old. But I’m not done.”
A full recap of WEC 38's action can be read here:
http://www.wec.tv/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=17376
By Frank Curreri
Different fight, different strategies, same result. Pulver, content to engage in a boxing match during his first meeting with Faber, tried to do more roughhousing in the clinch this time around. While that brutish blueprint worked for Mike Thomas Brown months ago against Faber, it did not work for Pulver. Lil’ Evil threw Faber to the canvas seconds into the affair, but Faber immediately popped to his feet and came up swinging and throwing high kicks. As the fighters met in the center, Faber landed a wicked left hook to the body that stunned and stopped Pulver dead in his tracks. With Pulver hunched over and then dropping to his knees in pain, Faber let loose a hail of punches. But rather than keep free-swinging away – and perhaps risk reinjuring the right hand that he hurt last time around against Pulver – Faber simply seized the opportunity to slap on a guillotine choke, forcing Pulver to tap at 1:43 of round one.
Faber, who was showered with the loudest cheers of the evening by his fellow Californians, pronounced himself fit to rematch Brown for the WEC featherweight title – assuming Brown can survive his March matchup with Leonard Garcia.
“I think I made a statement,” Faber said, well aware that Brown was sitting cageside. “There’s no secret I ‘m going to try to get that rematch. I want that belt, man. Give me my belt!”
Then, in a very classy move, Faber reiterated his respect and admiration for Pulver, who endured dramatic changes and adversity while training for this fight – including the death of good friend Justin Eilers, the birth of a son and a move out west to train with another camp.
Pulver was emotional afterward and the MMA legend, who has now lost five of his past six fights, addressed his future plans.
“I’m starting to wonder that myself,” Pulver said. “It hurts… Right now I’m just feeling like a really old 34 years old. But I’m not done.”
A full recap of WEC 38's action can be read here:
http://www.wec.tv/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=17376
Total Comments 3
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just re-watched this fight last night! your amazing!! keep on, keeping on!!Posted 02-03-2009 at 10:11 AM by sweetcheeks75 
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i luvved that fight i think that, that kick in the ribs did him wrong and then urijah finished him off when it was supposed to go to 5 rounds it went to i think 2 or 3 and then pulver cried i felt kinda badd
Posted 02-10-2009 at 03:33 PM by tina_20233
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go get them urijah you are off the hook and make me proud to be from no cali
Posted 05-21-2009 at 12:47 PM by lolo
