For four years – the entire time Zuffa has owned the WEC – Urijah Faber has been the face of a promotion. A long-reigning featherweight champion, Faber became the only WEC star whose popularity could rival that of any UFC counterpart.
With the recent announcement that the WEC would merge into the UFC, it seems Faber will finally have his place among the sport’s biggest superstars, but fittingly, that time won’t come until he headlines one more WEC event, the penultimate show in company history. If all goes according to his plans, Faber will take on and defeat Takeya Mizugaki at WEC 52 on Thursday before declaring his presence in the UFC.
With time running out on his days as a WEC star, Faber took some time to speak with MMA Fighting about his last time in a WEC cage, holding a UFC belt, and the possible rematch against the only guy he doesn’t like in MMA, Dominick Cruz.