Urijah Faber
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Yeah.
The list goes on of all the fighters that were the WC kind of royalty that eventually came over.
And I had four attempts at the UFC title, but I didn't get into the UFC.
They didn't merge until I was in my early 30s.
So in my early 30s is finally when I was able to get into the UFC title.
name and they just first took the the wc name off of jose aldo versus uriah faber as a pay-per-view it was the first wc pay-per-view and then the next fight was um eddie uh was it uh
Eddie guy I fought for the first fight in 135 pounds was in the UFC in New Jersey.
And then Dominic and I fought for the first 135 pound title, which was a rematch.
So I beat him at 145 pounds.
He went down and won the 35 pound belt.
And then we had the first title fight for the 135 pound division in the UFC in
even though we'd already fought in the WEC.
Yeah.
Yeah, it's a technicality, but it doesn't matter because people don't know what the f*** they're talking about.
And for me, I just can hang my hat on, you know, I'm a professional fighter that was the best in the world, period.
And I'm proud of all the attempts that I took for years and years and years at being the very best.
I was in the top...
top two for 11 years of my division, which is awesome.
Yeah, 40.
You're crazy.