För några dagar sedan berättade forne bantamviktsmästaren i WEC, Uriah Faber, att han kan tänka sig att gå match på UFC Fresno i juni.
Faber gick senast match mot Brad Pickett under 2016 där han segrade via ett enhälligt domslut, men efter detta gick han i pension.
De senaste åren ska han ha blivit erbjuden flera matcher och hållt sig redo med träning. Faber menar att han är seriös med en comeback.
Via ’The MMA Hour’:
It’s very serious. No one really gets to see the behind-the-scenes of what goes on when events are being put together or anything like that and throughout my time being retired I’ve been offered fights on a couple of different occasions and learned my lesson if I’m starting to get tempted or thinking about it just to get myself in good shape. I’ve always stayed in the gym obviously being with the team and helping to mentor the guys. Training all year round, so probably over the last six months given it a little more consideration after being offered a couple of short-notice fights and I’m like, ‘Man, that’s kind of tempting.’
40-årige Faber menar att han från början gick i pension bara för att han kunde det.
The reason I retired in the first place is just because I wanted to. I felt like it, feeling like, ‘If I’m thinking about it, it may be the time.’ The same reason why I’m thinking about coming back out and taking a fight. it sounds like fun, a little F.O.M.O., I know at my age I do really well against the guys still and if I’m gonna do it, you don’t want to wait longer. I just turned 40, which is crazy, I kind of teased that once I did turn 40 I’d like to challenge myself, kind of lifehack and do some fights, I got the new baby. Some names have been thrown out there for opponents and it’s real possible.
Faber har 2-3 i de senaste 5 matcherna och ett record på 34-10.
Hur tror ni han klarar sig om han går match igen efter den långa frånvaron?
