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Urijah Faber answers a bunch of fans’ question from the UFC 109 Fight Club Q&A. Interestingly, Faber likes Kimbo Slice, but Brock Lesnar…not so much.

Fox Fight Game’s Mike Straka was on location at UFC 109 to get thoughts and reactions from Dana White and the fighters in attendance. Most interesting takeaway, Dana White says Frank Trigg is definitely in danger of losing his job.

“It’s going to be a close fight, but the advantage point for me is first off the speed neutralizing him, and second having an advantage in the grappling, and understanding what his weapons are. His knees and kicks are going to be one thing, and his hands, but being aware of it is going to make it easier for me…Aldo’s got the champion’s mentality. I really think he believes no one’s going to take his belt…I believe that is my belt, and that I am going to take it, and that’s what great fights are. It’s just basically two guys that are top dogs, two guys who are alpha males, and dedicated to their art, and looking forward to a fight…I would say mid-May would probably be ideal for me. Mid-May, maybe late April, that’s kind of close, but I feel great. I don’t really take time off. I’m ready to fight, I’m ready to get this belt, to continue to build my name, and blow up MMA and the light weight classes and the WEC.”

—Urijah Faber telling MMA Weekly he hopes to reclaim his WEC featherweight title from Jose Aldo in May

All the recent chatter points to Aldo vs. Faber headlining the WEC’s first pay-per-view card. Of course, there’s a lot of ongoing chatter about a lot of other stuff in the WEC like a reality show and flyweight division that hasn’t happened yet, so we’ll see.

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If you’ve never heard the story of how an Indonesian mob tried to brutally beat Urijah Faber possibly to the point of death, you must watch this video. After getting hit with brass knuckles, bottles and rocks, it’s no wonder Faber was able to fight with two broken hands like it was no big deal.

The CSAC has released the fighter payouts for WEC 46 “Varner vs Henderson.” Keep in mind, these figures represent the base contracted pay the fighter receives from the promotion. These figures do not include any additional undisclosed bonuses or sponsorship money, which in many cases exceeds a fighter’s base pay. These numbers also do not account for taxes, insurance, and license fees.

It didn’t take long for the WEC to announce the next featherweight title fight. At the WEC 46 post-fight press conference, WEC’s Reed Harris informed the media that Urijah Faber will get the next featherweight title shot against Jose Aldo.

WEC 46 took place earlier this evening at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California.

“I can’t say for sure. But I know that I’m ranked third in the world and Rafael is ranked fifth so this would obviously see who will be ranked next. I would hope that I would be able to get the next shot but that’s up to the WEC. I can only hope for the best…From the get-go, I’ve been really impressed with Aldo…He’s extremely athletic. He’s got really good stand-up and is very creative. He would be a tough fight. As far as matchups go, I think I’ve got the style to beat him. I’m the superior wrestler out of the two of us and I think my submission game is very good…I can’t get too excited about possibly fighting him yet though because I’ve got another hard-headed Brazilian [Assuncao] to throw around first.”

—Urijah Faber on a WEC 46 conference call talking about a potential title shot against Jose Aldo

With two losses to Mike Brown, Urijah Faber’s road back to the WEC featherweight title seemed like a long one. That was until Jose Aldo destroyed the seemingly unbeatable Brown reopening the door for Urijah to get back into title contention. But first he’ll have to beat Rafael Assuncao this Sunday, and if he does, WEC’s Reed Harris says giving Faber a title shot is definitely a possibility they’re already considering.

“We’ve definitely had that discussion. Ultimately, it will be up to Sean Shelby [WEC matchmaker] but we’ve had that discussion over the past week. I can’t see why Urijah hasn’t earned that spot. It’s not us trying to give Urijah these kind of fights. He fought Brown for 25 minutes with two broken hands, so how do you not put him in your featured fights?”

It’s a no-brainer to match Faber up with Aldo if he wins. It would be a Fight of the Year prospect, which kind of makes me wonder if they would save it for that pay-per-view event they keep talking about. Aldo vs. Faber would be a fight worth paying for.

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