World Extreme Cagefighting officials recently announced that former
featherweight champion Urijah Faber would be
making his 135-pound debut for the promotion in August in a featured WEC
50 matchup with Takeya Mizugaki.
Some MMA observers speculated that Faber’s April loss to Jose Aldo
prompted WEC officials to recommend a drop in weight to the 5-foot-6
“California Kid.”
This past weekend, at a media function promoting this Sunday’s “WEC 49:
Varner vs. Shalorus” event, Harris said Faber’s decision to drop to
bantamweight was his to make, and the switch isn’t necessarily
permanent.