{"id":322971,"date":"2019-08-19T08:44:09","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T15:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=322971"},"modified":"2019-08-19T08:44:09","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T15:44:09","slug":"urijah-faber-floats-backup-plans-if-henry-cejudo-fight-falls-through","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/urijah-faber-floats-backup-plans-if-henry-cejudo-fight-falls-through\/","title":{"rendered":"Urijah Faber floats backup plans if Henry Cejudo fight falls through"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Urijah Faber, who recently emerged from retirement with a blitzkrieg win over Ricky Simon, is now eyeing a fight with the bantamweight division&#8217;s reigning champ Henry Cejudo.<\/p>\n<p>Cejudo actually called Faber out after winning the title earlier this year. Yet Faber now worries Cejudo is <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/urijah-faber-questions-if-henry-cejudo-is-backing-down\/\">backing down<\/a> from this callout.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2019\/8\/19\/20811391\/urijah-faber-henry-cejudo-frankie-edgar-aljamain-sterling-t-j-dillashaw-ufc-241-kinektic-mma-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Mania<\/a> at UFC 241, Faber updated on the status of this potential matchup. He says he still wants it, but isn&#8217;t sure it&#8217;ll happen.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UFC 241 | Urijah Faber Teases Henry Cejudo Fight | Kinektic Grappling\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vbn_vrV0q1w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p id=\"O2OGi5\">\u201cI\u2019m fighting Henry Cejudo,\u201d Faber said. \u201cIf they let me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If a fight with Cejudo fails to come to fruition, Urijah Faber says he&#8217;d be interested in battles with former lightweight champ Frankie Edgar, who recently shared his intention to drop to bantamweight, and streaking contender Aljamain Sterling.<\/p>\n<p id=\"WTuTBT\">\u201cFrankie [Edgar] has dropped down to my weight class,&#8221; he said. &#8220;You know I went up to 145 because I was bored and fought him in the Philippines because it sounded like fun. A rematch with him is always a possibility. Aljamain [Sterling] is in the mix. He\u2019s getting some clout.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[UFC matchmaker] Sean Shelby keeps stumbling around here and saying, &#8216;I\u2019ve got this amazing fight for you\u2019 and I\u2019m like, \u2018really?\u2019 He told me and I\u2019m like, \u2018that\u2019s not an amazing fight.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Urijah Faber is currently on a two-fight streak, having recently bested Simon and Brad Pickett in the bout that led into his retirement. While he and Henry Cejudo have been going back and forth, it&#8217;s difficult to argue that Aljamain Sterling and Petr Yan have both done more to warrant a title shot \u2014 which is perhaps why the UFC hasn&#8217;t booked a Cejudo vs. Faber fight yet.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you want to see Urijah Faber fight next?<\/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 8\/19\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Urijah Faber, who recently emerged from retirement with a blitzkrieg win over Ricky Simon, is now eyeing a fight with the bantamweight division&#8217;s reigning champ Henry Cejudo. Cejudo actually called Faber out after winning the title earlier this year. Yet Faber now worries Cejudo is backing down from this callout. 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