{"id":269920,"date":"2018-02-12T09:38:42","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T17:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=269920"},"modified":"2018-02-12T09:38:42","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T17:38:42","slug":"dont-rule-urijah-faber-comeback-fight-just-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/urijah-faber\/dont-rule-urijah-faber-comeback-fight-just-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t rule out a Urijah Faber comeback fight just yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s now been a little over a year since Urijah Faber&#8217;s retirement fight: a unanimous decision win over fellow veteran Brad Pickett. Yet while Faber is still enjoying his retirement, he&#8217;s never actually exited the USADA testing pool, which means the door to a comeback fight remains decidedly open. All it&#8217;d take is the right opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Faber discussed his decision to remain in the USADA testing pool in a discussion with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oalcBdkTrIk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Submission Radio<\/a> during a visit to Perth, Australia for UFC 221.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cLook, I spent a lot of time getting really great at fighting and I\u2019m able-bodied and healthy,\u201d Faber said (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2018\/2\/12\/17002780\/report-urijah-faber-reveals-hes-still-in-usada-testing-pool-open-to-comeback-for-a-big-opportunity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting.com<\/a>). \u201cI train just as much or more than some of the guys that are active but it\u2019s not my goal [to come back], necessarily. It\u2019s just the habits that I\u2019ve created in my life. I would say I\u2019m always open to entertain any business opportunity or offer, and I love to do things that I love to do, so I\u2019m not gonna cut anything out. I still get tested from USADA just because I\u2019ve never taken drugs in my life so I don\u2019t really care about that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIt\u2019s well worth it. The difference is, if there was a big opportunity and someone wanted you to fight and it sounded like a good idea, I wouldn\u2019t want to wait four months to get cleared when I\u2019m not doing drugs anyway. So I\u2019ll take one for the team on a 6 a.m. wake-up call. I\u2019ve got it down pat anyways. I pretty much sleep through the whole thing aside from when I\u2019m giving the urine sample.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Faber also touched on the circumstances that could coax him back into the UFC&#8217;s Octagon. Apparently, there&#8217;s nothing that interests him on the horizon right now, but he&#8217;s keeping an open mind.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI don\u2019t see any big opportunities but you never know with these guys. Like I said, I\u2019ve gotten some crazy calls throughout the years. . . You never know when that kind of stuff happens.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oalcBdkTrIk\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Urijah Faber retired from mixed martial arts with a solid overall record of 34-10. From the sounds of it, though, that number might not be set in stone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 2\/12\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s now been a little over a year since Urijah Faber&#8217;s retirement fight: a unanimous decision win over fellow veteran Brad Pickett. Yet while Faber is still enjoying his retirement, he&#8217;s never actually exited the USADA testing pool, which means the door to a comeback fight remains decidedly open. 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