After his career-defining win over Jens Pulver, Urijah Faber (21-1) will likely return to the cage to defend his WEC featherweight title against Mike Brown at WEC 36 on September 10, according to MMAWeekly.com.
“The California Kid” outstruck and outwrestled “Lil Evil” for five rounds at WEC 34 last month en route to a unanimous decision victory over the former UFC champion. He was clearly the faster fighter and had Pulver hurt in the second round, demonstrating that his striking prowess has caught up with his superb wrestling pedigree.
He will look to extend his 13 fight win streak against American Top Team fighter, Mike Brown.
Brown may be an unknown to many but is clearly a credible opponent to Faber’s 145-pound crown. He holds notable victories over Yves Edwards and Mark Hominick. Brown also fought at WEC 34, defeating Jeff Curran via unaminous decision.
Brown is a well-versed submission fighter, winning nine of his 17 fights by submission. He will soon look to add Faber to the list … but it will not be easy.
WEC 36 is shaping up to be another top notch fight card.
WEC Middleweight Champion Paulo Filho will defend his title again against Chael Sonnen in the main event of the evening and “Razor” Rob McCullough takes on Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone in a lightweight tilt. There is also a possibilty that Pulver could be added to card as well with speculation swirling that his opponent could be Alexandre “Pequeno” Nogueira.
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That’s awesome, it seems that every WEC card nowadays is stacked.
Since they only have one card every two or three months, they better keep producing solid cards or the fans will lose interest.
Lost interest in what…free fights? Not me! It’s not like we’re paying $50 to see the fights.
That said, I definitely hear what you’re saying. They have talent, but it’s not very deep. That’s why Faber is fighter someone many people have never heard of.
I’m not taking anything away from Brown….he may be the next coming of Anderson Silva for all I know….but the Champ needs to be fighting a household name.
Sorry…Lose Interest, not Lost interest.
Faber needs to fight a few guys that r dropping down from 155lbs UFC like Pulver did. Or someone like Melendez coming from StrikeForce or a big name Japan fighter… most fans may not know who they are, but they can be billed as a dominate Fighter with world class wins under their belt.
Ah’ thanks TonyD that mispelling had me all twisted up over here!! ; )
GIVE US FABER V. BJ PENN
My only problem with the WEC cards is that there are too many good fights on the untelevised portion that i don’t get to see.
yeah i guess they want you to go to vegas and watch
that is shaping up to be a really good card!
Really good card especially for a non-ppv card.
Wonder if the UFC will consider some type of cross promotion or even just putting someone like Faber on one of there fight night cards just to bring more attention to the company and lighter weight classes. This guy has everything that a promotor would dream of. Hope he decides to move up to lightweight one day and test those waters.
That’s a great idea!
another great card by the wec. i wish they were on espn and not vs. i have no problem with vs. but espn would give the wec more exposure. yahoo sports has already said that dana has stated that the wec’s lhw and mw div will be moved over to the ufc, so we’ll get to see some of the wec’s best go against the ufc’s. just not the ones we want to see except fihlo.
anyone from MA bet on betus?? i know u gotta use prepaid credit cards for deposits like on poker sites, how’s the payout system work? if u give a MA address do they care, and most importantly, do they offer Non UFC MMA betting??
i think urijah will just murder this guy too
agreed. Faber is unstoppable.
I’m not that familiar with feathweight division. Is there anybody at his weight in the world who could give him a challenge?
Definitely, there’s a deep talent of fighters at 145lb weight class in Japan, but those guys will probably not come to the UFC. Gilbert Melendez with StrikeForce use to be a 145 lbr before moving up to the more popular 155 lb weight class. There’s also a few small 155 lbr’s in the UFC that could make the cut to 145 lbs. IMO, Frankie Edgar, Manny Gamburyan and possible a few others (tyson Griffin?). Those UFC guys are relatively new and doing well in the UFC, if they rack a few losses and seem to be stagnate they’ll probably make the move to WEC 145 lbs.. Din Thomas said he was… but haven’t heard from him lately.
Mike Brown has also fought notable opponents such as UFC stars Joe Lauzon and Hermes Franca. He lost both of those fights. Granted, he got Hermes in his first ever pro fight. He is mostly a submission guy.
It should also be noted that for his win over Yves Edwards, he was fighting Yves when Yves head wasnt in the game. Its when he lost like 28 out of 30 fights in a row. (yes, I exagerated)
dana White said that they are considering getting rid of the middleweight AND light heavyweight divisions in the WEC
He’s thinking of leaving a welterweight division in the WEC and moving the WEC’s 185-pound and 205-pound fighters to the UFC… quote.
Anyone else find Urijah a little annoying? He’s little Mr. Perfect. I guess he’s just a bit more narcissistic than the average fighter.
I’m not denying that he’s talented, but I’d like to see someone rearrange his face.
Only man that could possibly do that is the “KID”!
what is wrong with you?? you don’t apprecciate perfection? Faber is the best and there is nothing you can do about it, sore loser..the problem with you is that you are such a loser that, you can’t stand to see professionaism at its best, u probably enjoy mediocrity, right+
Has anything been heard of Din Thomas lately? I thought after his “release” from the UFC and his statements about dropping down in weight, we’d have heard something about him in the WEC by now. I can see him putting on a good show with Faber or at least mixing in to a fantastic second tier in that 145 division. He and Pulver could put on a good show, as well.
I need to update my Dish package b/c I don’t get Versus. I’ve been missing out on WEC!!
you an watch the fights on the net, usually the next day on mmascraps.com andmyvideofight.com
yup! those r my go to sites!
thanks b.w you are a life saver!
Faber is going to be in the UFC.
I still think he’s one of the P4P best.
Faber isn’t going anywhere, he’ll stay in the WEC to help build it. Faber wants to stay and White wants him there for the good of the organization and for the good of Faber, he’s a small 155 lbr, he walks around at a ripped 152 lb.
FABER V. PENN