Can professional boxing thrive in direct comparison with mixed martial arts events such as UFC, Strikeforce or World Extreme Cagefighting in general? And not only on the exceptional nights featuring amazing fighters such as Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather?
The announced fight has all the necessary ingredients for a commercial success.
The top two Pound-For-Pound Fighters in the world:
Pacquiao, WBO welterweight champion, has a record of 50-3-2, with 38 knockouts.
Mayweather, currently No. 2 (who previously held the top pound-for-pound spot), holds a clean 40-0 record with 25 KOs.
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Last week some of you might have heard about or even watched the WEC title fight between Featherweight Champion Mike Brown and Jose Aldo.
And yes, the contender won: The new champion is now Jose Aldo.
But there is someone I have been trying to follow ever since he stormed into the limelight of WEC Featherweight division and that is The California Kid, Urijah Faber.
I have seen a couple of his fights leading to Urijah’s championship status. Never a dull moment in the cage.
He was a very successful college wrestler, always taking the cake. Even though that’s probably not part of his diet.
Urijah Faber is known as a very strong advocate of a really healthy diet and working out. And that formula has obviously worked very well for him.
He has never really had to go the full distance in a fight, except for maybe fighting another extremely talented fighter by the name of Jens Pulver of Pat “The Croatian Sensation” Miletich’s team some time ago. The win went to Urijah Faber.
In countless matches Urijah Faber, the very skilled grappler that he is, has been able to apply a rear naked choke and a guillotine choke so convincingly that he has won fights very early on. Many times in the first round.
But then comes along a fighter who rains on his party and who has become the man to beat for Urijah Faber.
And that fighter is Mike Brown who has been able to beat Urijah Faber twice now.
According to the latest rankings Urijah Faber is number 2 in the world and is scheduled to fight Rafael Assuncao on 1/10/2010 at WEC 46.
Assuming that Urijah Faber wins, I am thinking he will probably get a title shot at Jose Aldo.
So far his MMA record that started in November 2003 is pretty impressive with 22 wins and only 3 losses (2 by Mike Brown and 1 by Tyson Griffin).
So where is Mike Brown is this equation? Any thoughts?
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