{"id":121948,"date":"2014-12-08T15:35:08","date_gmt":"2014-12-08T23:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=121948"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:05:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:05:22","slug":"faber-rivera-rematch-dont-really-make-decisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/faber-rivera-rematch-dont-really-make-decisions\/","title":{"rendered":"Faber on Rivera rematch: &#8220;I don&#8217;t really make those decisions&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/ufc-181-results-faber-rivera\/faber-wins-181\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-121693\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Faber-wins-181.png\" alt=\"Faber wins - 181\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-121693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Faber-wins-181.png 550w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Faber-wins-181-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Faber-wins-181-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the main event of the preliminary card for UFC 181, Urijah Faber scored a submission win over Francisco Rivera.  The choke came after an unintentional eye poke, that many are unfairly calling intentional.<\/p>\n<p>After the bout Rivera revealed that he is planning to appeal the loss, and had already asked for a rematch.<\/p>\n<p>Faber spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2014\/12\/urijah-faber-on-francisco-rivera-rematch-i-dont-really-make-those-decisions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie Radio<\/a> to discuss a potential rematch against Rivera.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI don\u2019t really make those decisions.  I\u2019ll do whatever the UFC wants, so if they want me to fight that fight again, I\u2019d be OK with that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like I did what I needed to do. I\u2019ve been in a lot of situations where things didn\u2019t go my way, like the (Renan) Barao fight. I feel like I was still defending myself (before the stoppage). So it\u2019s unfortunate when you don\u2019t get to put your full effort out there and things like that happened, but I don\u2019t know what\u2019s in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unfortunate.  I saw the eye-poke afterward, and that sucks for him. But I had to go after him and get the finish and the victory, and I got it done. It\u2019s not always perfect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s just a really respectful guy, and he wasn\u2019t complaining about anything.  I apologized for the unintentional eye-poke because I didn\u2019t really realize it happened. (I said) it was an honor to fight and one of those things that happened. We just gave each other credit for being warriors.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Do you want to see these two fight in a rematch? Sound off in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the main event of the preliminary card for UFC 181, Urijah Faber scored a submission win over Francisco Rivera. The choke came after an unintentional eye poke, that many are unfairly calling intentional. After the bout Rivera revealed that he is planning to appeal the loss, and had already asked for a rematch. 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