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Monday, Jun 13, 2016

60 Plus Fight Vet Yves Edwards Weighs-In on Best Striker he Faced

Yves Edwards kicking Tony Ferguson (photo via UFC/ ZUFFA)

By FCF Staff

Yves Edwards was long regarded as one of the best strikers in the lightweight division, but recently he outlined whose striking pedigrees impressed him the most, during his 60 fight plus career.

In a recent edition of UFC.com’s “What a Fighter Knows”, the retired fighter had this to say, when asked about the best striker he fought:

I would say the best technical striker I fought was probably Mark Hominick. He surprised me. I knew he was going to be a good kickboxer, but with him coming forward and his pressure, it threw me for a loop a bit. But when you talk about power, then that’s debatable. I would hand that to either Jeremy Stephens or go old school and say Joachim Hansen. Hansen has some power. I was on top of him and inside his guard, and he threw a punch up and hit me and I had to put my head down. I was like, “Man, that hurt. I gotta be careful with this guy.” With Stephens, fortunately I was able to block a few of his shots, and even through the gloves, I could feel it. I don’t remember if he landed anything to the head. If he did, I either got hit hard enough to not feel it, or he missed. In that fight, he loaded up, but when I saw him coming and I couldn’t get out of the way and I was just able to get my hands up to block, I felt it. He has a lot of power.

Edwards faced Hominick in 2006 and lost via submission. One year earlier he fought Hansen with PRIDE and lost via split decision. In 2012, the 39 year-old took on Stephens and was stopped in the opening round.

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posted by FCF Staff @ 8:01 am
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