Urijah Faber To Fight Takeya Mizugaki on August 18
Urijah Faber recently announced that he will move down to the bantamweight division and reports are in that he will be facing Takeya Mizugaki on his debut in the division. MMA Weekly confirmed this matchup earlier through one of their trusted sources. WEC has not made an official announcement about this fight yet. Will Urijah Faber rekindle his career in the bantamweight division?
Urijah Faber easily dominated the featherweight division for two years until he met Jose Aldo and made easy work of him. He came out of the fight with a badly injured leg that needed to be rehabilitated and worked out again just to regain the lost muscle volume. Right now his record stands 2-1. He hesitated to move down because his close friend Joseph Benavidez competes there, but his decision is final and he’s now competing in the Bantamweight division.
Takeya Mizugaki is one of the most exciting fighters in the Bantamweight division. He recently put up an interesting battle against Miguel Torres. Although he was a last minute replacement, he was able to put up a good fight against one of the top guys in the division and was given a lot of props for being able to stand with Miguel Torres. He later won 2 consecutive fights against Jeff Curan and Rani Yahya.
Will Mizugaki be able to shock the world and beat the California Kid? Or will he serve as a stepping stone for Faber to dominate the division?
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