Urijah Faber will reportedly make his UFC return July 13 against Ricky Simon in a bantamweight fight.
Ariel Helwani and Marc Raimondi of ESPN.com reported the news. Faber has not fought since defeating Brad Pickett in December 2016. He'd previously lost three of his last four bouts, seemingly ending a Hall of Fame career with a whimper.
"Looking at today's landscape, I just know that I can compete easily," Faber told Dan Hardy (h/t Yahoo Sports). "I've stayed in great shape. It sounds like fun, and the reason I stopped is because I wanted to.