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Urijah Faber’s Business and Fighter Instincts Compelled Him to Return to MMA, Along With a Nudge From Conor McGregor

At 40-years-old, Urijah Faber is already in the Ultimate Fighting Championship Hall of Fame. A former World Extreme Cagefighting featherweight champion, Faber fell short in all four of his UFC title shots. Despite those losses, "The California Kid" left the sport of mixed martial arts ranked in the top 10 of the bantamweight division.

After two-and-a-half years away from the sport, Faber is set to return to the Octagon to face rising prospect Ricky Simon in a bantamweight bout on July 13 in his hometown of Sacramento, California. UFC Sacramento will be headlined by a women's bantamweight match between former featherweight champion Germaine de Randamie and surging star Aspen Ladd.