{"id":284834,"date":"2018-09-13T06:40:25","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T13:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=284834"},"modified":"2018-09-13T06:40:25","modified_gmt":"2018-09-13T13:40:25","slug":"urijah-faber-says-its-very-possible-he-fights-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/urijah-faber\/urijah-faber-says-its-very-possible-he-fights-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Urijah Faber says it&#8217;s &#8220;very possible&#8221; he fights again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Next month, former UFC bantamweight title challenger Urijah Faber will step onto the mat to compete in Quintet 3, an epic grappling event also featuring Kazushi Sakuraba, Josh Barnett and a number of other stars. While events like this help Faber satisfy his competitive streak after his retirement from MMA, however, he says it&#8217;s possible that he&#8217;ll strap the four ounce gloves on again in the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCould I do some more fights? Absolutely,\u201d the 39-year-old Urijah Faber told reporters at a recent media event promoting the Quintet 3 card (via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2018\/09\/ufc-urijah-faber-considering-return-to-fighting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAjunkie<\/a>). \u201cCould I do years of more fights? Absolutely. Would I maybe do some fights? Very possible. But right now, I\u2019m enjoying having my brain and having a good time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Faber added that he&#8217;s still under contract with the UFC, and that he&#8217;s still in the USADA testing pool, so the prerequisites for a comeback are most certainly there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m still contracted to the UFC, I\u2019m still in the USADA pooling just in case something comes up,\u201d he said. \u201cI train more than some of the guys who are pros, to be honest. I\u2019m in the gym all the time when I\u2019m in town, especially. I wouldn\u2019t put it past jumping back in. I know that I\u2019ve watched throughout. I\u2019ve been a student of careers \u2013 guys like Randy Couture and Tito Ortiz and [Dan] Henderson and these guys who have fought well into their 40s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know it\u2019s very possible and I would be a candidate since I live such a healthy lifestyle and I didn\u2019t take a ton of damage. But for right now, I\u2019m just really enjoying doing what I\u2019m doing. Being a guy who is mentoring and doing business and entertainment and having a lot of fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would never rule out a comeback,\u201d he concluded. \u201cThis is the real world. It would have to be a fight that makes a lot of sense and have some good money behind it. It\u2019d have to get me excited. That\u2019s all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If Urijah Faber were to make a comeback, who would you like to see him fight?<\/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 9\/13\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next month, former UFC bantamweight title challenger Urijah Faber will step onto the mat to compete in Quintet 3, an epic grappling event also featuring Kazushi Sakuraba, Josh Barnett and a number of other stars. 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