Buchholz out of UFC 95, PFC Lightweight champ Brian Cobb in
by Scott Haber on Feb 13, 2009 12:24 AM EST
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PrintSherdog has has a report that lightweight Justin Buchholz is dropping out of his fight with Terry Etim at next week's UFC 95 due to a staph infection, and will be replaced by current Palace Fighting Championship lightweight champion Brian "The Bandit" Cobb.
Cobb (15-4) is on a nine-fight winning streak, and has a victory over UFC veteran and noted grappler Diego Saraiva. Cobb is also notable for having of the few "submission via full nelson" victories on his record. A college wrestler at Cal State Bakersfield, Cobb was introduced to MMA by Urijah Faber, who wrestled with Cobb's brothers at UC Davis. Now having successfully adapted his wrestling background to MMA along with 10 submission wins in his 15 career victories, Cobb will look to main a name for himself on the big stage in London.
Buchholz is a training partner of Faber's, so it's likely that Faber was involved in Cobb's new UFC contract and addition to the London card. Cobb is also scheduled to defend his PFC lightweight title against Carlo Prater in May, but it remains to be seen if he will continue competing for PFC if he's successful in his UFC debut. He will face a tough test in Etim who combines slick grappling with a high-paced kickboxing arsenal.
Brian Cobb (15-4) vs. Terry Etim (11-2, 2-2 UFC)
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Buchholz is a training partner of Faber’s, so it’s likely that Faber was involved in Cobb’s new UFC contract and addition to the London card.
What does this mean?
Faber introduced Cobb to MMA. Buchholz trains with Faber. I assume that when Buchholz dropped out Faber was involved, and possibly suggested Cobb to Joe Silva. Of course I could be totally wrong, but they both have the Faber connection.
by Scott Haber on Feb 13, 2009 12:45 AM EST up reply actions
Why did Buchholz drop out?
"I see him beating Anderson Silva. I see him picking him apart. Him at a 131 years old...(trails off)." - Tito on Belfort at Affliction:DOR
I beg to differ: 9 submissions out of 11 career victories, a sweet flying guillotine on Matt Grice, and he neutralized Gleison Tibau’s submission attempts despite dropping a decision in that fight. He’s no Aoki, but he’s definitely got ground skills.
He neutralizes the ground game entirely in most of his UFC fights by bearhugging fighters inside his guard and then looking at the ref with raised eyebrows until he stands it up. I’m not even joking, watch the Clementi fight if you don’t believe me. As we’ve seen with Joe Stevenson, having a sweet guillotine doesn’t mean you’re a slick grappler necessarily.
I’m not trying to be snotty here, but Etim’s defensive grappling is non-existant. He doesn’t look for submissions at all. Granted, he has a bunch of submission wins early in his career, but so do a lot of fighters who aren’t exactly accomplished in BJJ.
I have to agree with smoogy...
If Etim was a more skilled BJJ guy, I might’ve been inclined to keep my money on him (I had the hometown crowd helping him to a victory over Buchholz), but after seeing Cobb at PFC there is no way I can do that. I really hope Etim remains the favorite here, because Cobb could win some people a lot of money.
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