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Faber Happy in WEC
The UFC doesn’t offer a 145-pound weight class
Patrick Ibarra, Sac Union Sports Editor
Published: May 15, 2008 11:37
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Excerpt: {magazine_leadin}Fans wonder why an athlete as dominate as Urijah Faber – whose only loss came in September of 2005 – would stay in the WEC instead of jumping to the better known UFC. The answer is simple: He has to. The UFC doesn’t offer a 145-pound weight class. And he’s the main reason it doesn’t. “I’m a small 145-pounder,” Faber said. “The next weight class up is 155 and that’s what they have in the UFC. “The way this sport has been, it’s a business. I had an offer to fight in the UFC and another offer in one of these…
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