fabers big weapon

i couldnt disagree more. i think aldo is going to run right through faber and win with an easy ko.

I agree with Drifter to some extent on this one. No way is Aldo going to have an easy time with Faber. He won't run through him the way he did everyone else. The only time I have seen Faber run through was against Brown and Faber made a huge mistake to make that happen. He threw his chin into Brown's fist 

I am not going to sit here and say that I don't have concerns about this fight. I have come to like Faber a lot, mostly since Faber/Brown II. He earned HUGE amounts of respect from me during that fight. It has been said many times by many fighters, but when you hear Faber say "I have no quit in me" you can take that to the bank. If Aldo can put him on dream street then he wins. If not, Faber crowd surfs around the arena with the belt held in the air.

It is one of those fights that I would never bet on. As much as my mind tells me that Aldo is the better fighter I still can't imagine Faber getting handled the way the rest have been handled. I can't bring myself to convincingly say, "Faber won't win this."

That old cliche ya know. My mind is saying no, but my heart is saying yes.  Faber will win this.

fyi - bet with your mind 

Last edited by Zacchaeus (2010-04-22 19:33:49)

you act as if jose aldo has pillow hands and that its not possible for him to ko faber.. you gotta be kidding me... faber made a huge mistake against brown and suffered for it and browns hands are no where near as quick as aldo and i think aldo hits much harder.

grant it faber has probably the biggest heart in the game and is one of my favorite fighters but this is a bad match up for him and aldo is better than faber in everything.

so on sunday you could come and read this and say damn he was right. ko for aldo in 2nd

and in my heart i really want faber to win but i dont think he could stop aldo.

deal.

Aldo is going to win this fight... he's too quick, powerful, and most importantly, mean for Faber.

Faber likes to dance around and throw his flashy strikes while Aldo tries to knock you out with pretty much every blow. Heck, you can tell the difference in their attentions from their stances alone.

I don't know how "easy" it will be but Aldo is coming out of this fight with a dominant (T)KO win.

It`s not like Aldo has been KTFOing scrubs, he's pretty much a beast. However, I do think Faber is a little too smart to go charging in on him like he did with Brown the first time. I would expect Faber to try to ground Aldo and wear him down, grind out a win that way.

And this is a pretty gay topic name but aren't you calling the kettle black? Mr. I love man chowder

Aldo could have finished it at any time? Then why the hell didn't he? He clearly won the fight and took Faber outa his game plan, but Aldo obviously couldn't KO Faber at any time he wanted, other wise he would have. I don't buy for one second that he just went in  there to "beat him up for 5 rounds". Why, you maybe asking yourself, put simply... thats not what he did. I had a small group over and we all loved the fight but after it, we gave Aldo the moniker "A Button" Aldo. He fought a repetitive and some what boring fight to ensure that he kept his title. He had a great game plan that took Faber outa his. My hats off to him he definitively won that fight. But "run through him" I say Nay. Unless of course you think Forrest "ran through" Rampage.

yeah i guess you were right about this one...           

Those leg kicks would have finished anyone else by the 3rd round. Aldo certainly dominated that fight but I wouldn't say he "ran through" Faber; that would imply he ended the fight in no time (see: Aldo`s last 6 fights). He could have (should have?) put more pressure to finish him but for whatever reason just chose to leg kick his way to a win. He probably though Faber`s legs would give out at some point. By the 5th round he pretty much was resigned to fight for the decision though, and for someone who tore through his competition up until then, it`s disapointing.

yes, yuck it up... a 5 round fight is not a run through 

whats next for aldo?

does faber fight gambouryan next?

i heard faber may drop down in weight.