Urijah Faber’s Net Worth in 2024: The Legacy of a UFC Legend

Early Years

On May 14, 1979, Urijah Christopher Faber was born in Isla Vista, California. Dutch, Italian, English, and Irish ancestry make up his family. Raised with two siblings, Urijah went to the University of California following high school graduation. He was eligible to compete in the NCAA tournament twice while in college. He finally earned a human development bachelor’s degree.

What are the career earnings and net worth of Urijah Faber?

American mixed martial artist Urijah Faber is worth nine million dollars. Faber wrestled for the University of Notre Dame and participated in World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC), but his career in the UFC is what has made him most famous. Highlights of his career include his 2006 WEC Featherweight Championship win and his four Bantamweight Championship challenges.

Urijah Faber is revered by MMA enthusiasts as a significant player in the sport, mostly for having brought attention to smaller weight divisions. Faber rejoined the UFC in 2017 after initially retiring, and he competed there one more in 2019. Urijah was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame in 2017 following his retirement.

Career

Following the development of a strong wrestling base, Faber trained under Fábio “Pateta” Prado, becoming a brown belt holder in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. In 2003, he won his first fight via guillotine choke in the Gladiator Challenge organisation, where he started his mixed martial arts career. He soon had more wins, but his first loss against Tyson Griffin came in 2005. After a few more victories to cap off his stay at Gladiator Challenge, he transferred to World Extreme Cagefighting.

In 2006, he emerged victorious in his WEC Featherweight Championship bout against Cole Escovedo. After that, in 2006, he made a comeback to Gladiator Challenge and defeated Naoya Uematsu to win the Bantamweight Championship back. At this moment, Faber was simultaneously holding three titles (the final one being King of the Cage). When Urijah faced Joe Pearson in 2007, he successfully defended his WEC Championship. He subsequently delivered a rare loss over Dominick Cruz to regain the belt.Although Faber found it difficult to defeat Pulver prior to the bout going to the scorecards, a number of more title defences followed. Cracks were starting to show, but he triumphed by a unanimous vote. Ultimately, in 2008, Faber was defeated by Mike Brown for the title. In 2009, he defeated Jens Pulver one more and requested a rematch with Mike Brown. However, in 2009, Brown triumphed over him once more. During the battle, Urijah fractured his hand and dislocated his left thumb, leaving him nearly totally dependent on kicks and elbows. Following the defeat, Faber declared his desire for another rematch with Brown.

After bouncing back from a defeat to Raphael Assunção in 2009, Urijah was granted the opportunity to challenge José Aldo for the WEC Featherweight Championship in 2010. Regretfully, Aldo overpowered Urijah with a flurry of blows and prevailed convincingly. He was sent to the canvas multiple times during the bout, yet he managed to stay conscious the entire time. He was ultimately declared the winner by a unanimous vote.After losing to Aldo, Faber made the decision to switch to bantamweight. In their 2010 matchup, he submitted Takeya Mizugaki via rear-naked choke. This would turn out to be Faber’s final match in the WEC before the organisation combined with the UFC. Faber began competing for the UFC in 2010.Urijah made his UFC debut against former WEC Bantamweight champion Eddie Wineland. After a fiercely contested bout that resulted in a unanimous decision favouring Faber, Wineland was defeated. The rematch took place in 2011 because Dominick Cruz had been itching to exact revenge on Urijah for years. Cruz prevailed, taking the unanimous decision to win the bout. But Faber recovered, defeating Brian Bowles to position himself for a possible title fight.

Following this triumph, Urijah was hired as a coach for “The Ultimate Fighter: Live.” Dominick Cruz was chosen as a coach as well, reigniting their feud. The third match between the two boxers was originally slated to take place in 2012, but Cruz’s ACL injury forced its cancellation. Instead, Faber faced Renan Barão, and after sustaining a broken rib in the opening round, lost the bout by unanimous decision.

Over the course of the following few years, Faber triumphed over opponents such Michael McDonald, Scott Jorgensen, Iuri Alcântara, and Ivan Menjivar. He was offered the chance to face Renan Barão instead in 2014, but the bout ended in defeat once more, this time via first-round TKO. The result was rather debatable, though, because after Renan knocked him down, Faber gave the referee the “thumbs up,” indicating that he was good to go on. This move went unnoticed by the referee, who intervened to break up the fight.

Once more, Urijah recovered and went on to win a streak of fights during the next time, including triumphs over opponents like Francisco Rivera and Alex Caceres—the latter of whom was the target of a contentious jab from Faber. In 2015, he fought Frankie Edgar at featherweight, however it was his first-ever non-title bout loss. Before declaring his probable retirement, Urijah lost to Jimmie Rivera and Dominick Cruz while winning later against Frankie Saenz. In 2017, he recorded his final triumph over Brak Pickett and decided to hang up his gloves.

After winning his first fight back in the sport two and a half years later against Ricky Simón, Faber inked a new deal with the UFC. Then in 2019, Petr Yan knocked him out.

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