Urijah Faber's legacy

[Vil7]

The taco is also illegal.

 

[jsbx45]

I remember getting in to this sport. It was all Pride and UFC. Then I discovered the WEC, which was getting some network coverage, and started watching a lot of it. Smaller guys. UFC had no weight divisions below 155...Faber was dominant and their biggest star. He deserves so much respect. He owned the WEC FW division for a while. Haters can suck it because there was no place to compete at a higher level - in the lower weightclasses - until 2010. Faber was Teh Man. If you didn't experience it back then, you wouldn't know. Shout out to Mike Thomas Brown too. Bad MoFo's right there.

 

[Bork Neslar]

His fashion style

 

[WildShrimper]

Solid and exciting fighter with tons of heart is how I'll remember him

 

[San Griente]

If didn't happen in the UFC, then it will most probably be forgotten. Are some of you even sports fans? Your lack of understanding of how sports progress is hilarious.

As long as the UFC continues to grow in strength and move to be the premier MMA promotion monopoly, all the achievements made outside the UFC banner will become less and less relevant. LOL

This is how all sports have progressed. MMA will not be any different. Fighters who were never great in the UFC will be less relevant to future fans (as long as the UFC continues to rule MMA with an iron fist).

Feardor fans. These are your last days of relevance. LOL

I’m a new fan, but I look back and see there were 2 top-level promotions, at the same time, besides UFC. There was WEC and Strikeforce. I can’t believe how many of UFC’s top guys came from those 2 org’s.

I wish it were still like that. If you folded Bellator into UFC, I don’t think you’d spend the next 10 years seeing ex-Bellator names at the top of the rankings.

What happened?

 

[Nihongi]

If didn't happen in the UFC, then it will most probably be forgotten. Are some of you even sports fans? Your lack of understanding of how sports progress is hilarious.

As long as the UFC continues to grow in strength and move to be the premier MMA promotion monopoly, all the achievements made outside the UFC banner will become less and less relevant. LOL

This is how all sports have progressed. MMA will not be any different. Fighters who were never great in the UFC will be less relevant to future fans (as long as the UFC continues to rule MMA with an iron fist).

Feardor fans. These are your last days of relevance. LOL

But at the time of his dominance the ufc didn’t have the featherweight division, but wec was still owned by the same parent organization. It begs to reason that if the ufc would’ve had those weight classes earlier Faber would’ve definitely been a dominant ufc champion.

 

[Tylerlikesmma]

I agree, that’s a really stupid and disrespectful comparison to make. Uriah Faber was the legitimate number 1 Featherweight in the world for a solid period of time

 

[KID Yamamoto]

WEC belt means just as much as a UFC one 155 and below

 

[ArmenianAssasin]

 

[Doctor Lenovo]

But at the time of his dominance the ufc didn’t have the featherweight division, but wec was still owned by the same parent organization. It begs to reason that if the ufc would’ve had those weight classes earlier Faber would’ve definitely been a dominant ufc champion.

It doesn't matter. At some point the UFC had divisions that Faber could fight in, and Faber was still a young man. He failed to dominate the UFC FW or BW divisions.

His fans can't use the "UFC didn't have a FW or BW divisions" excuse. It only makes it seem like Faber beat a whole bunch of bums in WEC.

 

[Doctor Lenovo]

I’m a new fan, but I look back and see there were 2 top-level promotions, at the same time, besides UFC. There was WEC and Strikeforce. I can’t believe how many of UFC’s top guys came from those 2 org’s.

I wish it were still like that. If you folded Bellator into UFC, I don’t think you’d spend the next 10 years seeing ex-Bellator names at the top of the rankings.

What happened?

What do you mean "What happened?" I don't understand what you are trying to know.

 

[ThePatriot]

Best 2nd Best BW Ever!

 

[San Griente]

What do you mean "What happened?" I don't understand what you are trying to know.

I mean how it seems like a distant dream that one or two alternative promotions could arise that do 1,000,000+ viewers and have a dozen or more UFC-top-5 level fighters.

We are in this weird state where MMA is “bigger” than ever, apparently, even though it seems to me that the fan base has evaporated.

 

[Doctor Lenovo]

I mean how it seems like a distant dream that one or two alternative promotions could arise that do 1,000,000+ viewers and have a dozen or more UFC-top-5 level fighters.

We are in this weird state where MMA is “bigger” than ever, apparently, even though it seems to me that the fan base has evaporated.

Based on the models of other successful sports leagues and the failure of boxing, I believe that we don't need "alternative promotions." The best fighters should all be under one roof.

We need a major promotion, a minor farm promotion to feed the major promotion, and amateur promotions developing young athletes.

The biggest problem with combat sports is that they are driven by athlete popularity. So, cross-promotional fights will always be a nightmare to get done. The best way to have the best fights is to have the vast majority of the best athletes under one roof.

For example, look at boxing, the natural fight to make is Tyson Fury versus Anthony Joshua. I suspect that Mayweather vs McGregor was easier to make than Fury vs Joshua (if it is ever made). LOL

 

[San Griente]

Based on the models of other successful sports leagues and the failure of boxing, I believe that we don't need "alternative promotions." The best fighters should all be under one roof.

We need a major promotion, a minor farm promotion to feed the major promotion, and amateur promotions developing young athletes.

The biggest problem with combat sports is that they are driven by athlete popularity. So, cross-promotional fights will always be a nightmare to get done. The best way to have the best fights is to have the vast majority of the best athletes under one roof.

For example, look at boxing, the natural fight to make is Tyson Fury versus Anthony Joshua. I suspect that Mayweather vs McGregor was easier to make than Fury vs Joshua (if it is ever made). LOL

I know there’s a contradiction between wanting multiple promotions and wanting all the world’s limited pool of top fighters to be able to fight each other.

This sport is full of such contradictions. They’re insoluble.

 

[CanCrusher77]

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[Tylerlikesmma]

His fans can't use the "UFC didn't have a FW or BW divisions" excuse. It only makes it seem like Faber beat a whole bunch of bums in WEC.

???

He beat a whole bunch of top featherweights in the world until he ran into Brown.

Uriah was the # 1 featherweight in the world for what, like 3 or 4 years?