Quote of the Day: Urijah Faber Talks Dominic Cruz

by Kid Nate on Oct 21, 2009 11:02 AM EDT in MMA News

"I'm not one to dwell on the past too much, but I really don't care for the guy (Cruz) too much and I'd love to go down there (to bantamweight) and fight him at some point. The whole thing was, basically, we signed these posters for charity, and give them to a lot of people as gifts. The fighters take some and all the fighters sign them. The day of the fight, he was just being basically an immature punk and signing all over my face with his signature. So you know, for me, who's a good sport and not a little punk, it would kind of piss me off. I don't really like the guy very much. I don't know him too well. We've spoken here and there and I'm not like trying to fight him when I see him or anything, but it kind of says a little something about his character."

Former WEC featherweight champ Urijah Faber talks to Pro MMA Radio (HT MMA Mania).

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uh..isnt he overreacting a bit?

for all intents and purposes, just consider all my posts as works of satire.

by Bandaka on Oct 21, 2009 11:04 AM EDT reply actions

oh you want a taste of Urijah too?

better watch out the California Kid ain’t taking no guff.
; )

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by Kid Nate on Oct 21, 2009 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Yeah but they are just posters.

for all intents and purposes, just consider all my posts as works of satire.

by Bandaka on Oct 21, 2009 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions

too “kind of” tick off Urijah must take a lot. he seems like a chill guy.

by pop_gun_war on Oct 21, 2009 11:11 AM EDT reply actions

Really? He kind of strikes me as the kind of guy who wishes he was relaxed and tries to act relaxed, but really isn’t.

I mean he’s holding a major grudge over magic marker placement.

by toxic on Oct 21, 2009 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions

I was thinking the same thing, after his losses to Brown he has seemed like a real nice, humble guy and always comes off very respectful in interviews so I’m guessing there’s a little more to this than just the poster thing that everyone is dwelling on.

Walla walla walla I'm an idiot.

by ufc4 on Oct 21, 2009 11:47 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

we also got to remember Cruz beat Benevidez. maybe that added fuel to the fire.

by pop_gun_war on Oct 21, 2009 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions

anyone seems to think what he did to Faber was a bit of a let down after all thta build up?

by bearcox13 on Oct 21, 2009 11:14 AM EDT reply actions

by cauliflower_ears on Oct 21, 2009 11:16 AM EDT reply actions

Thats not on the face, thats actually on the neck.

for all intents and purposes, just consider all my posts as works of satire.

by Bandaka on Oct 21, 2009 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, well, I’m just impressed he has that good of control over his urine stream.

...Behold, a pale horse. The man that sat upon it was Wieters, and hell followed with him.

"BJ on the BE" - Kierkegaard

by Brett Jones on Oct 21, 2009 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions

I think it’s because of where he drew the “m”.

by grein on Oct 21, 2009 1:15 PM EDT up reply actions

Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber

There’s probably something to the idea that Faber wants to beat Cruz because Cruz beat his boy Joe Benevidez. However, this is kind of strange to me because if you’re looking for a way to hype of a fight, I would think the revenge angle is better than the “he signed his name on my face, then gave the posters to fans” angle.

Of course, all of this ignores the fact that Faber already clobbered Dominick Cruz. Faber is the only blemish on Cruz’s record. So, vengeance for a defeated teammate is a good reason to want to scrap, but why would you give a guy you don’t like the chance to avenge his only loss? Even if you wanted to for the sake of a pay day – and Dominick Cruz doesn’t exactly add anything to Urijah’s typical payday – you tell the guy that he has to come up and challenge you; you don’t go out of your way to follow him, because that just makes it look like he’s in control, which is silly in the context of these two.

...Behold, a pale horse. The man that sat upon it was Wieters, and hell followed with him.

"BJ on the BE" - Kierkegaard

by Brett Jones on Oct 21, 2009 11:40 AM EDT reply actions

Additionally, it seems like Faber is more annoyed about this than the time a Thai gang tried to kill him, which is odd to me not only because, hello, we’re talking about signing posters but also that he didn’t really seem all that concerned about having a bunch of guys trying to kill him.

...Behold, a pale horse. The man that sat upon it was Wieters, and hell followed with him.

"BJ on the BE" - Kierkegaard

by Brett Jones on Oct 21, 2009 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions

love that vid where he explained the whole story.

sounded like a movie scene. haha.

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by Anton Tabuena on Oct 21, 2009 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions

He’s good at telling fish stories, I’ll say that..

by oasis77 on Oct 21, 2009 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions

Does he want to fight his hairdresser too...

for this classic fail:

"Let's kick some names and take some a$$"

by StayGoldLikeFlair on Oct 21, 2009 1:00 PM EDT reply actions

Somebody call the waaaaambulance!

SHOGUN WILL SLAY THE DRAGON!!!
SHOGUN TO BE THE NEW LHW CHAMP!!!
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."

by xFenixKnightx on Oct 21, 2009 1:24 PM EDT reply actions

LOL

man i just bust up everytime i see that Goldie quote in your sig LOL!!

by DRExLOC on Oct 21, 2009 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions

SHOGUN WILL SLAY THE DRAGON!!!
SHOGUN TO BE THE NEW LHW CHAMP!!!
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."

by xFenixKnightx on Oct 21, 2009 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions