Urijah Faber talks about his possible return inside the octagon

Urijah Faber talks about his possible return inside the octagon

Urijah Faber return

UFC Hall of Famer “The California Kid” Urijah Faber is a true pioneer of the sport and he might make a return inside the octagon sooner than most people expected.

Faber announced his retirement back in 2016, but he came for two bouts in 2019. He defeated Ricky Simon in just 46 seconds upon his return but lost the night fight to Petr Yan. On his appearance at “The MMA Hour,” he was asked when he would like to compete, he said, “I don’t know the answer. The one thing for sure is that I was not going to do any type of fighting when there’s no crowd. The whole experience for me is the experience. And sure, the money is great if you go and have a fight, but it’s not just about that for me.”

He added, “It’s about the whole experience, especially at my age and why I’d be doing it. I came out of retirement near my birthday, had a new baby, just the whole shebang. And so, if there’s no whole shebang, I’m not going to fight.”

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“There’s a lot of good fights out there for me,” Urijah Faber already has an opponent in mind

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Faber stated that now that fans are attending the events, he is most certainly interested in fighting soon, but he can’t say anything for sure, “Now that things are opening up, I wouldn’t put it past me. I just have to make sure that I feel really great and get myself in tip-top shape. I would like to be able to make a fist, of course, especially with my right hand. But yeah, I wouldn’t put it past me, but it’s not like a definitive thing.”

“I’ve had about eight or nine people call me out,” Faber said. “Casey Kenney just called me out in the ring after Song Yadong’s fight in a friendly manner, just said, ‘Hey, with all due respect, let’s fight.’ ‘Chito’ Vera, somebody told me that he’d posted something recently. … I think it would be a good fight. There’s a lot of good fights out there for me.”

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