Bantamviktaren Urijah Faber hade tidigare en match bokad mot Bryan Caraway under TUF 22 Finale i Las Vegas i december, men enligt Faber var det Caraway som drog sig ur matchen.
Det här berättade Faber, via ”MMAFighting”:
We did have someone that backed out of the fight, for whatever reason. We were supposed to actually headline, it was supposed to be Caraway and I headlining the TUF Finale and he didn’t take the fight.
He brought Eddie Wineland out of retirement who had broken his jaw and decided he was done fighting, and Caraway calls him out. Now he’s calling out Michael McDonald, who we haven’t seen since he vanished like a fart in the wind after our fight. So, you know, if you want to step up, let’s do it. So yeah, he didn’t take the fight.
Faber kommer nu att möta Frankie Saenz under UFC 194, som står med tre raka vinster i divisionen och nu kommer att gå den största matchen i sin karriär. Faber hävdar dock att han inte bryr sig om att han möter en fighter som inte är lika känd.
This guy stepped up and I appreciate that. For me, I treat everyone like an equal. Whether they’re a fighter or someone on the street, whatever it is. I’m going to take it seriously.
De två möts under UFC 194 som äger rum den 12 december i Las Vegas, med bland andra Conor McGregor vs. Jose Aldo, Chris Weidman vs. Luke Rockhold och Yoel Romero vs. Ronaldo Souza på huvudkortet.
