Best and worst from UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington

#2 Worst: Faber goes down hard

Petr Yan put Urijah Faber down hard

Okay, so firstly I’ll say that Petr Yan fought amazingly well last night, showing calmness under fire when his opponent Urijah Faber did put some offense together, and destroying him with his own brutal strikes when he found the opportunity. He more than deserves a title shot at Bantamweight champ Henry Cejudo at this point. So why is this in the ‘Worst’ section?

Well, because it’s just not fun to have to watch a legend like Faber get beaten up like that. ‘The California Kid’ had taken beatings before – Mike Brown, Jose Aldo and Renan Barao all hurt him badly – but I’m not sure any of them dismantled Faber like this. The former WEC champion went down three times – all in vicious fashion – before being stopped, and the left side of his face looked like it’d been hit by a machete.

Faber came out of retirement this summer and looked great in his win over Ricky Simon, but judging by last night – even though Yan is clearly near the top of the tree right now – the 40-year old should probably consider going back on his return. He’s got nothing more to prove and clearly, another title run is miles beyond him. It just isn’t 2008 anymore, as painful as that is to admit!