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[Sakara=Excitement]

Urijah Faber willing to move back up to featherweight for UFC

Despite not having tasted gold inside the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Octagon, former World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) featherweight champion, Urijah Faber, is still a top draw for the promotion and a fan favorite.

Call it name value, call it skill, call it whatever you want; when Faber is on deck, it usually draws eyeballs to television sets and bodies to arenas.

Currently lined up to take on Ivan Menjivar at UFC 157 on Feb., 23, 2013 at bantamweight, a rematch six years in the making, "The California Kid" says he isn't opposed to going back up to the land of 145-pounders, a division he once ruled with an iron fist, to make some "super fights" happen before he calls it a career.

His word to BJPenn.com:

Faber has already faced off against featherweight champion Jose Aldo during their time spent under the WEC banner. "Scarface" battered and bruised Urijah's legs with vicious leg kicks en route to clean sweep on the judges' scorecards to retain his belt at WEC 48 back in 2010.

Though Faber was once considered the best 145-pound mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter on the planet, his career has been hot and cold since losing his title to Mike Brown in 2008, collecting a 5-4 record during the four-year stretch and coming up short in four title fights, as well.

Sure, he isn't the same dominating champion of yesteryear, but "The California Kid" still poses more than a few problems for his opponents and is confident he has the skill set and is ‘durable' enough to compete in other weight classes while entertaining fans with a few ‘super fights' along the way.

But, given the fact he has yet to claim UFC gold, how ‘super' would the potential match ups against Frankie Edgar, Chan Sung Jung or even a rematch against Aldo, be?

[d-low]

If Frankie were to lose to Aldo, I hope they make Faber vs Frankie

[carbondioxide830]

only fight i'd like to see faber in at 145 is against mendes lol. stay at 135 kid. i hate that miguel torres got released as i always wanted to see that fight and am highly surprised ufc never made it (faber/torres).

[Fe1]

I don't see Faber being in a "superfight" anytime soon. Those normally involve people at the top of their divisions. Faber on the other hand, has been sort of touch and go lately. He's only had one two fight win streak since losing to Mike Brown in 2008. I like Faber, don't get me wrong. I just don't think that he should be mentioned in the same sentence as a "superfight"

[Flynnja]

Faber + Superfight = Doesn't exist.

[Kimbo> Rampage]

I heard faber say he wanted to do a superfight with Aldo before the 2nd Cruz fight?

Faber isnt even a champ, let alone top P4P fighter... And we all saw how easily Aldo embarrassed him...l

Still there are a few matchups id love to see Faber in at 145...

Id actually pick him over Zombie... not sure if they would fight as they train together...

I wouldnt pick him over Edgar, but it would be an interesting fight.... Faber does have good TDD and has quickness to deal with Frankie

[Bork_Lazer]

Superfight? haha if he goes up in weight he is just going back to his weight class and if he fights for a title thats called a title shot... superfight? this kid is on something. Maybe if he fights the winner of JDS/Cain, now that would be a superfight

[zana1126]

Faber isn't "super-fight" caliber anymore. He should go to India with Brookins.

[Luc1an]

didnt Aldo already destroy him? Faber is delusional. and im sorry its not a big deal if you can move up and down in weight when the classes are fucking 10lbs apart. i refuse to acknowledge anything below 145. even then there is no reason that those guys couldnt fight at 155. just my opinion and preference of course. but with the addition of all these new weight classes its starting to feel alot like boxing.

[goodtimes]

People being pretty hard on Faber. It's pretty standard practice for known names who can't win titles to take lots of "super fights", like Franklin, Griffin, and Wanderlei have been doing. Like Le/Franklin was considered a super fight; had little to do with rankings it was just a cool fight to have, or when Belfort/Wanderlei were supposed to fight.