“I think we just kind of turn the corner I guess, or we walk through the fire, whatever you want to call it. I mean, we took our lumps man, it was hard
There has always been debate about who truly shaped the lighter divisions in the UFC, but Dominick Cruz has now made a bold claim that puts him at the center of that history.
Dominick Cruz has something to say about Urijah Faber fighting Renan Barao all these years later. Cruz, the former UFC bantamweight champion and a longtime rival of Faber’s, decided he wouldn’t be fighting into his forties, retiring from MMA after a shoulder injury took him out of a fight against Rob Font last month.
Last week we learned about the first batch of GFL matches that will be taking place when the promotion kicks things off in April. Included in that first round of matchup announcements was a rematch between former UFC champions Chris Weidman and Luke Rockhold.
UFC Hall of Famer Urijah Faber’s reported MMA return didn’t get a universally positive reception. It’s been almost five full years since Urijah Faber lost to former titleholder Petr Yan at UFC 245.
Urijah Faber is once again making headlines, this time not in the MMA arena but in combat Jiu-Jitsu. Despite being away from the octagon for five years,
From time to time in life and sports, a bit of a changeup is needed. That’s just what’ll happen on Saturday night in Visalia, CA. While Urijah Faber‘s A1 Combat is known for putting on wall-to-wall MMA cards every time it has a fight night, MMA will not be the focus of the main event of the evening this weekend at Visalia Convention Center.
Memorial Day weekend and A1 Combat events have become an annual holiday tradition since the promotion rebranded from Firepower MMA in the spring of 2022.
In an electrifying turn of events, UFC Hall of Famer Urijah Faber, famously known as “The California Kid,” is set to make a triumphant return to the cage later this year, reported by MMA Knockout.
A true MMA legend and member of the UFC Hall of Fame will be returning to the cage later this year. Lighter weight classes like bantamweight and featherweight are now regarded as marquee divisions in the UFC, but there was a time when the premier fighters in those weight classes plied their trade in World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC).
Valesca Machado scored a highlight-reel finish and claimed strawweight gold in her headlining fight at Urijah Faber’s A-1 Combat 18. “Tina Black” first established herself as a violent knockout artist in her native Brazil before she came up short against Piera Rodriguez in a Dana White’s Contender Series fight in 2021.
Get ready for a night of intense action as Urijah Faber’s A1 Combat returns in style for 2024. The promotion will not only kick off its season but also welcomes a brand-new 3-year deal with UFC Fight Pass.
It was a little less than two years ago when UFC Hall of Fame inductee Urijah Faber switched hats from competitor to promoter. In 2022, what was then known as Firepower MMA became known as A1 Combat.
‘Twas two nights before Christmas, and all through America, MMA promotions were mostly silent, but not A1 Combat.”With no other MMA cards happening this holiday weekend, Santa‘s got an early present for fans of competitive violence with an assist from UFC Hall of Fame inductee Urijah Faber.
With a wrestling background from the University of California, Davis, Urijah Faber typically sides with fellow grapplers in a matchup pitting a high-level wrestler against a high-level striker.