Yves fighter of the year?

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MMAWeekly.com makes a case for Yves for fighter of the year, along side BJ and Silva.

I def. think Yves has been super hot lately, finishing his last 2 opponents. He went 4-0 this year and fought top guys.

The only problem I have is that out of the 2 best guys he faced, he barely got by one of them. Yves was cool about it and acknowledgd that it was close and offered to fight Franca again.

I think that fight was a case of too close to call. Now, of course, the bjj trolls were screaming "robbery!" afterwards but I dont think anyone could make the case that it wasnt a close fight and with close fights, decisions will be debatable (which means "no robbery!" either way).

I remember Franca throwing a lot of high kicks and Yves simply not countering them. Sure, Franca's kicks werent connecting and were probably meant to bait Yves into a takedown but I just think Yves did not do enough standing to win the fight. His movement is awesome and looks like he's floating like a butterfly in the cage but in that fight, I barely remember him connecting with any substantial strikes.

On the ground, Franca didnt really have his way either but I think he was more offensive than Yves was standing.

So, I would have scored it a draw myself but if I HAD to give it to someone, I think I would have picked Franca. At any rate, because Yves clearly did not convincingly get past Franca, I dont think he is in contention of "Fighter of the Year" (though he def. deserves honourable mentions).

Thoughts?

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He is not fighter of the year.If he beats Gomi and some other great 155 guys I say he is top but he has still yet to beat Uno and was getting beaten by Josh until the kick from nowhere.Also Hermes was way more aggressive than Yves in their fight and should have gotten the victory.

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a great fighter, but not fighter of the year by any means...There's a few people ahead of him..

Coutore, Penn, and of course Vanderlie

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Top 5 fighters of the year:

  1. Wanderlei Silva

  2. BJ Penn

  3. winner of Nog/Fedor

  4. Yves Edwards

  5. loser of nog/Fedor

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goku is correct.

If the UFC had a real 155 lb title, Yves would get more consideration for fighter of the year

TEXA$

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My point is that his decision over Franca was not solid enough to put him up there imo.

I wouldnt say Yves clearly lost either but in a fight that could have gone either way....

Who do most of you think won that fight?

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Yves Edwards is fighter of the year!!! He beat Hermes!!! BTW, go register at Yves Edwards brand new forum on www.thugjitsu.com

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Your exactly right. No way with that draw to Hermes Franca. To me, BJ Penn is clearly the fighter of the year. What he did was just amazing. Silva also had a great year but did not do anything amazing like BJ did.