{"id":338930,"date":"2020-01-22T11:57:11","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T19:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=338930"},"modified":"2020-01-22T11:57:11","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T19:57:11","slug":"urijah-faber-updates-on-fighting-future-after-loss-to-petr-yan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/urijah-faber-updates-on-fighting-future-after-loss-to-petr-yan\/","title":{"rendered":"Urijah Faber updates on fighting future after loss to Petr Yan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Urijah Faber began his 2019 comeback with a dominant, first-round victory over Ricky Simon. Unfortunately for the Team Alpha Male head, however, his comeback plans then hit a snag at the hands of Petr Yan.<\/p>\n<p>Faber and Yan collided on the main card of UFC 245 in December, and the fight ended up being a lopsided third-round TKO victory for the Russian.<\/p>\n<p>With this loss, it became unclear what the future holds for the 40-year-old UFC Hall of Famer.<\/p>\n<p>Faber updated on his fighting future in an interview with Damon Martin of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/urijah-faber-still-unsure-if-hell-fight-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Fighting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy whole thing is this \u2014 I will stay in phenomenal shape because that\u2019s what I do,\u201d Faber explained. \u201cI\u2019m going to stay in the gym and in the environment, because that\u2019s what I love to do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I feel like I want to do something and I feel froggy, I\u2019ll jump. It may be the right opportunity, it might be a birthday present to myself, or it may not happen at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From the sounds of it, Faber is not in a big rush to get back into the cage, but is definitely not forbidding himself from doing so in the future if the right opportunity arises.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m enjoying just living life, the new baby, all the business ventures,\u201d Faber said. \u201cIt\u2019s not a yay or nay. It\u2019s a maybe. I\u2019ll stay poised and ready.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Urijah Faber, who is the former WEC featherweight champion, long stood out as one of the UFC&#8217;s best bantamweights. Despite multiple cracks at the title, however, he never won gold in the promotion.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think the future holds for Urijah Faber after his tough setback at UFC 245?<\/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 1\/22\/2020.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Urijah Faber began his 2019 comeback with a dominant, first-round victory over Ricky Simon. Unfortunately for the Team Alpha Male head, however, his comeback plans then hit a snag at the hands of Petr Yan. 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