Whether or not Urijah Faber ever chooses to fight again matters little in terms of the impact he has already had on the sport of mixed martial arts.
Faber enjoyed a successful collegiate wrestling career—he was a two-time NCAA qualifier—at the University of California-Davis before shedding the singlet and headgear in his transition to MMA. The Team Alpha Male founder won 21 of his first 22 fights, became a cornerstone of the World Extreme Cagefighting organization and then graduated to the Ultimate Fighting Championship as part of the WEC merger.