{"id":213039,"date":"2016-12-18T05:53:57","date_gmt":"2016-12-18T13:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=213039"},"modified":"2016-12-18T05:53:57","modified_gmt":"2016-12-18T13:53:57","slug":"urijah-faber-weighs-final-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/urijah-faber\/urijah-faber-weighs-final-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Urijah Faber weighs in on his final fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, on the main card of UFC on Fox 22, MMA legend <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/urijah-faber\/mma-community-reacts-urijah-fabers-final-fight\/\">Urijah Faber competed in the final bout of his long and illustrious career<\/a>. He did so in his hometown of Sacramento, California, against English bantamweight Brad Pickett. <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-results\/ufc-on-fox-22-results-urijah-faber-vs-brad-pickett\/\">Faber was able to dominate his English foe to a unanimous decision win for a successful swan song<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At the event&#8217;s post fight press conference, Faber weighed in on his final fight. The legend explained that he&#8217;s happy he was able to keep it together throughout this emotional experience \u2013 especially given the tear-jerking pre-fight promo the UFC aired in the moments before his fight.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI wasn\u2019t expecting that buildup,\u201d Faber said. \u201cI was in the back and they were sharing special moments in my career and everything and I had to turn my back on it. I\u2019m getting ready to go fight this dude who is going to try to take my head off, and I\u2019m getting choked up and everything. I\u2019ll probably go back and watch it on my own but I had to stay focused and I want to be able to speak afterwards. It was a little emotional. I kept it together and I\u2019m proud of that.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Faber also touched on the first round punch with which he dropped Pickett. Though the California native admitted the fight probably could have been stopped after this punch, he also said that it&#8217;s probably for the best that it wasn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI thought obviously it shouldn\u2019t have been stopped, but I thought he was out of it,\u201d Faber said. \u201cSo I caught him with a left hook and I waited just a second. I like Brad a lot and he\u2019s been in a lot of wars himself, if I could get a stop right there I would have, but he showed enough to stick it out. I don\u2019t remember exactly the details of the whole fight, but I know it was close there.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"1Eic1B\"><em>\u201cIt could have maybe been stopped, but if I was Brad Pickett and they had stopped it there, I would have been pissed. So I\u2019m glad they continued the fight, and Brad went all three rounds.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Finally, Faber touched on his decision to retire, and reiterated <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/urijah-faber\/urijah-faber-explains-decision-retire\/\">his reasons for doing so<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cYou know, part of the reason I\u2019m doing this is because I\u2019m able-bodied, able-minded,\u201d Faber said. \u201cI don\u2019t want to be the guy who, oh he\u2019s falling apart, he\u2019s a little punchy, maybe it\u2019s time to stop. I\u2019ve had a great run, I\u2019ve been a world champ, I\u2019ve been a top contender, I\u2019ve been a poster boy for the organization, for sponsorships, been able to do a lot. I do have a lot of my plate and it\u2019s a tough way to make a living.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What did you think of Faber&#8217;s final fight? Sound off, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, on the main card of UFC on Fox 22, MMA legend Urijah Faber competed in the final bout of his long and illustrious career. He did so in his hometown of Sacramento, California, against English bantamweight Brad Pickett. 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