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[Texasboyballin]

Manny Gamburyan is one of the smaller fighters in the UFC’s lightweight division. With the recent popularity of the featherweight ranks and - of course - Urijah Faber, Gamburyan would seem to be a natural to compete at 145. Also, he would have a much quicker path to a title shot.

Gamburyan isn’t opposed to the idea, but he also isn’t in favor of it just yet.

I don’t mind going down to 145 if the UFC brings it in. There isn’t enough money right now in the WEC,” Gamburyan said, “If the UFC brings in 145, I’d definitely go down. I’d definitely be interested in a fight with Urijah Faber.”

That response could be a little short-sighted on Gamburyan’s part. As the WEC continues to expand, Gamburyan would have a tremendous opportunity to make a big name for himself at the smaller weight. The UFC’s lightweight ranks are loaded with top talent, and many people see Gamburyan as just another fighter in the division. He is also viewed as being too small to compete with the bigger guys in the weight class.

One thing Gamburyan does have going for himself though is name recognition. Many fans recognize him from the Ultimate Fighter show. That would give Gamburyan instant credibility in the WEC. With one or two victories at featherweight, he would probably receive a title shot with Faber. Gamburyan has to answer the question if he’s satisfied with being just another fighter in the UFC or would he rather be in the main event on WEC.

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Manny @ 145 lb ?

[Brutus]

lol, Faber would fucking own manvel.

[VimyRidge]

Lost a lot of respect for Manny after he pretended to touch gloves at the beginning of his match with Jeff Cox and instead tries to kick him.

[jlruthven84]

Originally Posted by Brutus

lol, Faber would fucking own manvel.

Definitely. On the article, I don't really see any reason why he'd drop down until he starts getting outworked at 155, which isn't going to happen until he begins facing top ten fighters.

[Frag x 3]

He'd definitely get paid more in the WEC than he would fighting jobbers in the UFC prelims. A main event with Faber would pull him in at least 15 grand.

[neonatural45]

I don't see why he would drop to 145 when he has yet to lose at 155, and is pretty much finishing his TUF contract without ever having to fight someone he can beat him (so far).

[jhell]

Originally Posted by VimyRidge

Lost a lot of respect for Manny after he pretended to touch gloves at the beginning of his match with Jeff Cox and instead tries to kick him.

Yeah, real classy guy, must run in the family.

[hunterkiller]

I'd love to see him fight Faber, have Faber pretend to touch gloves while the ref is going over the rules, and then knock his ass out before the fight starts.

The classless "Manvel" makes his big cousin Karo look like Machida when it comes to respect.

[Frag x 3]

Originally Posted by neonatural45

I don't see why he would drop to 145 when he has yet to lose at 155, and is pretty much finishing his TUF contract without ever having to fight someone he can beat him (so far).

Losing to Nate Diaz on the TUF finale counts towards his record - was that not at 155? His loss to Sherk could have been at 170, but I'm not sure on that one, I actually had to look that one up.

[Badluck33]

Manvel is a tool. Him and his cousin both should fight each other in a knife fight with War Machine as the referee and do it in the Philippines .

Or they can do it in my basement. I'll clean the mess.