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MMA Top 10 Featherweights

MichaelDavidSmith MMA Fighting Apr 7 2009, 1:52p

Now is a great time to be a fan of small fighters. We just witnessed the best bantamweight card ever at WEC 40, and my list of the Top 10 featherweights in MMA features a whole lot of guys who...

MMA Top 10 Featherweights: Mike Brown, Urijah Faber and Who?

MichaelDavidSmith MMA Fighting May 28 2009, 5:40p

On today's conference call to promote WEC 41, World Extreme Cagefighting featherweight champion Mike Brown and former champ Urijah Faber both insisted that they don't care about rankings. And for...

MMA Top 10 Featherweights: WEC on Top, but Where's Wagnney?

MichaelDavidSmith MMA Fighting Aug 11 2009, 12:00p

World Extreme Cagefighting is home to the best featherweights in MMA. Mike Brown is the undisputed champion of the world, he should have a great fight with Jose Aldo late this year, and Urijah...

MMA Top 10 Featherweights: Jose Aldo Moves to the Top

MichaelDavidSmith MMA Fighting Nov 19 2009, 11:52a

Wednesday night's Jose Aldo vs. Mike Brown fight shook up the featherweight division in mixed martial arts. When I interviewed Brown last week it looked like he was close to clearing out the...

MMA Top 10 Featherweights: Omigawa, Kanehara Belong

MichaelDavidSmith MMA Fighting Jan 1 2010, 11:00a

We're 10 days away from a very important featherweight card at WEC 46, where three of the best five featherweights in the world will fight: Urijah Faber vs. Rafael Assuncao in a bout that should...

WEC 46 Could Be Biggest Fight of Urijah Faber's Career

MichaelDavidSmith MMA Fighting Jan 7 2010, 2:09p

Urijah Faber's fight on Sunday night is, in some ways, the biggest of his career.At first that might sound crazy: Most of the fights in Faber's mixed martial arts career have been for one...

WEC 46 Live Blog: Raphael Assuncao vs. Urijah Faber Round-by-Round Updates

Mike Chiappetta MMA Fighting Jan 10 2010, 10:43p

This is the WEC 46 live blog for Raphael Assuncao vs. Urijah Faber, a featherweight bout on tonight's Versus card. Former titleholder Faber returns from hand injury to take on Assuncao for a...