Urijah Faber vs Brad Pickett set for UFC on FOX 22

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has assembled an veteran bantamweight showdown for its upcoming UFC on FOX 22 mixed martial arts (MMA) event, which takes place on Sat., Dec. 17, 2016 inside Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California.

Urijah Faber vs. Brad Pickett.

Faber (33-10) has fallen on hard times, having dropped three of his last four. “The California Kid” — once considered the second best bantamweight on the planet, is fresh off his unanimous decision loss to Jimmie Rivera at UFC 203.

Which dropped him all the way down to No. 7 in the official UFC rankings.

He’s still ahead of the free-falling Pickett (25-12). The unranked “One Punch” was recently creamed by Iuri Alcantara at UFC…