Urijah Faber discusses his loss at UFC 149 and why he keeps getting title shots
Urijah Faber who lost the interim bantamweight title at UFC 149 to Renan Baraowas recently interviewed about the bout. Check out some highlights below:
On losing to Barao and another UFC title opportunity:
“I’m right there with the top guys,” proclaimed Faber. “Renan Barao is on a [30-fight] win streak. I don’t feel like I wasn’t beat up in the fight, I feel like I just lost. I didn’t do enough to win. I landed some good punches, I was elusive in the fight. I just fought Dominick Cruz, I thought won that fight, I knocked him down three times, didn’t really take too much damage there also. It’s not like I’m getting severely outclassed here by any of these guys. I’m just a smidgen off and I’ve got some things to work on.”
On his career:
“The bottom line is, in the last nine years, I’ve been fighting guys at the top-5 of the weight class, at whatever the given time is. I don’t think that needs to change. Would I like get some fight of the night bonuses? … Could I get some bonuses on big fights against [lower ranked guys]? Sure, some entry level guys. But I’m right there at the top, man.”
On wanting to continue to fight the best:
“I’m right there in the running. If you can line up some guys that are going to beat me up and put me out the running, then let’s do that. But until then I’m just going to keep training and stay positive.”
Source: MMAFighting
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