“Chito Vera, he’s one of the guys,” UFC Hall of Famer Urijah Faber eyes a comeback fight against Marlon Vera
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Urijah Faber vs Chito Vera
Urijah Faber is eyeing a return to the octagon. The former bantamweight fighter wouldn’t mind fighting Chito Vera.
Urijah Faber is a UFC veteran and is also a former WEC featherweight champion and also a four-time title contender in UFC. “The California Kid” has not fought for quite some time and is now open to looking at his fighting options. The star recently made an appearance in an interview with The Schmo. In the interview, Faber talks about his urge to get back in the octagon and about the fighters that have called him out so far.
“I was definitely not planning on the whole shutdown of the entire world and, at that time, having a baby on the way and a newborn,” Faber told The Schmo. “I fight because I love it, it’s a good time, the entire experience. Not having a crowd, I was definitely not going to fight. Now that the crowd’s back, I wouldn’t put it past.”
Urijah Faber thinks Chito Vera is an interesting matchup
“I’ve heard maybe seven or eight guys that have called me out, maybe asked for the fight, some respectfully, some disrespectfully,” Faber said. “Chito Vera, he’s one of the guys. That would be an interesting matchup. It’s funny, the whole thing that happened with him and Song Yadong. He was all bent out of shape about that fight. Backstage his whole team was ranting and raving and I said, ‘Guy, you can always do it again,’ and he goes, ‘Why don’t you fight me?’ So I said right in from of Song, ‘You don’t want to fight Song again?’ ‘Oh I do, buh-buh-buh.’ But he hasn’t said a word about Song. That would be a good one though, old Chito Vera.”
Urijah last fought in the octagon against the current title challenger Petr Yan at UFC 245 in 2019. Faber got knocked out in the third round. Faber has a career record of 35-11-0. Meanwhile his favored opponent Chito Vera is coming off a win against Davey Grant in 2021. This sure would make for a stunning matchup.
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