An emotional Urijah Faber makes one last walk to the Octagon (Video)
Urijah Faber made the walk to the Octagon for the last time in his illustrious career
Future UFC Hall of Fame Urijah Faber made one last walk to the Octagon in front of his home town crowd of Sacramento at UFC on FOX 22.
One last time. The California Kid! https://t.co/nmXPqxjsqB
— FOX Sports: UFC (@UFCONFOX) December 18, 2016
This comes just a few weeks after Faber announced his intentions of retiring from competition following his fight against Brad Pickett.
Faber (33-10), a former WEC and King of the Cage champion, is widely regarded as the one who helped establish the lighter weight classes in MMA.
The Sacramento native had previously expressed his excitement to focus his efforts on things other than competition, specifically promoting Team Alpha Male’s fighters Cody Garbrandt and Paige VanZant.
“I haven’t given too much thought about retirement,” said Faber. “I’m more of like a living in the moment kind of guy. But I feel like the time is right. I know that [MMA] is something that I love to do, but it hasn’t been evoking the same type of emotion as it has in the past. The ups and downs and everything involved is just a little bit different.
“I still feel real fortunate to be able to work out every day and make a living doing the things that I love. But in all honesty, if I didn’t set a time and say, okay, this is gonna be it, I would’ve just kept on fighting and kept on fighting. Because it doesn’t scare me, it’s a nice way to make a buck, I enjoy the process. But I feel fortunate to have my wits about me. I feel fortunate to have my body functioning and feel like I’m in good health, and I just feel like it’s time to be able to focus on some other things and end on a good note.”
With 13 years and over 40 professional fights under his belt, Faber holds one of the most impressive résumés in the business. Over the course of his career, he emerged as the face of WEC and pushing the organization into the mainstream when he headlined their lone pay-per-view against featherweight champion Jose Aldo at WEC 48
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