Urijah Faber was victorious in his bantamweight debut against Takeya Mizugaki at Thursday’s WEC 52 show. Faber choked out Mizugaki with a rear naked choke in the final moments of the first round and describes a scary moment before referee Josh Rosenthal called the fight:
“I didn’t realize [Mizugaki] was out for so long. I knew he was going out because I could tell how deep it was. For the most part, I was choking him with one arm, which is how I beat Dominick Cruz, with one arm. I knew he was going out but I didn’t realize it was that bad, he was stiffed up, it was kind of scary. I mean, you don’t want to do that to somebody but I didn’t realize either, I saw the time limit of 1:10 when I started choking him and I just knew I had to get it in there.”
- Read More: WEC 52 Results: Faber vs. Mizugaki (11/11)
(Credit to WEC.tv for the quote)
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