Could we see Urijah Faber vs. Henry Cejudo sometime soon?
The UFC Hall of Famer made a successful return to the octagon at UFC Sacramento over Ricky Simon back in July. Since then, there has been plenty speculation of Faber possibly facing Cejudo for the bantamweight championship somewhere down the line.
With a UFC title escaping his grasp thus far, the 40-year-old would love the opportunity to take down the “King of Cringe” and finally capture a championship belt (transcript courtesy of
MMAFighting):
“Henry Cejudo’s got the world strap, a couple of them, and an Olympic gold medal, which I actually never set my goals on as a young wrestler. I probably should have,” Faber said at a fan Q&A at Rogers Arena on Friday, when asked about potentially fighting Cejudo.
“But that’s enticing, to snatch up a couple of belts and a gold medal and silence the cringe, would be a great step in the right direction for me and I think it’s a great matchup.
“He’s naturally a ‘25-pounder, I’m a big ‘35-pounder. He’s got the wrestling pedigree, I’ve got better jiu-jitsu. He breaks guys and I don’t break, so I think that’s a good matchup.”
Since winning the bantamweight and flyweight titles, Cejudo has noticeably been making a name for himself thanks to his antics outside of the octagon, something that Faber understands and believes draws attention to the 125-pound division:
“I’ve known Henry for a long time. I think it’s kind of smart what he’s doing actually,” Faber said.
“Henry is trying to do something that’s important to me, which is re-establish the 125-pound weight class. I don’t think it was fair for him to put blame on (former UFC flyweight champion) Demetrious (Johnson), one of the best champions of all-time for not holding it down, but he’s getting a bunch of people to talk about him.
“Right after my fight, my comeback fight, I mentioned his name. He’s got Dominick Cruz, one of the best fighters in the history of the division, of all-time, speaking about him. He’s got the girls speaking about him for all the wrong reasons, which we knew that was gonna happen. He’s trying to get some clout, get some recognition, and he’s going to get himself beat up most likely. He called me out, one week later I answered the call, and then he starts calling out girls and looking at birds and everything else, so if he wants it, he can get it.”