Urijah Faber Sit Down and Do Your Homework: Keys to Mike Browns Victory

There comes a time in almost every fighters career when they need to look back at what they did wrong and decide do I continue fighting the way I have been or not? This is a question Urijah Faber must decide, having lost to Mike Brown in his last fight  Faber has finally shown weakness at 145lbs.

Mike Brown ,the underrated featherweight, went into his fight with Faber expected to lose, nobody was giving the guy a chance. Brown didn't need any ones help though he proved his toughness, he proved his merit and he showed success by knocking out Urijah Faber.

Faber long considered the top featherweight and one of the pound for pound greatest in the sport of mma has only lost one fight before last night, and now the question is who is next to defeat him. Faber demonstrated two major things last night: weak stand up and over anxiousness. Whoever is his next opponent will be looking to capitalize on these two major flaws.

Faber has shown that his standup is un-refined and undisciplined, not that Brown is a master technician in striking, but Faber showed a lack of understanding in striking and blindly swung punches and elbows trying to get anything to connect.

The pitiful striking is mostly a result of his over anxiousness, Faber is an explosive wrestler but he seems incapable of slowing it down in the ring. He gets too far ahead of himself and can't seem to be calm, always looking to end the fight as quickly as possible.

Brown won this fight not on pure athletic ability but by being calm and relaxed. Brown held his hands high to avoid being hit and shrugged off any sort of offense Faber tried to mount.

Brown showed adaptability when he couldn't take down Faber he showed he is capable of counter punching.

Faber has to rethink his training, a suggestion might be to work striking more, fluidity and calming down.