Urijah Faber reveals his MCL virtually peeled away from his bone, looking to face the big names
Former WEC featherweight champion, Urijah Faber has been speaking about the injury woes he’s suffered in the back end of 2010, revealing his MCL virtually peeled itself away from the bone.
Speaking via Sherdog.com, Faber said:
“I was doing some kickboxing and takedowns and my leg got yanked from the outside in. They said it was an atypical injury to my MCL. My MCL kind of peeled away from the bone. They told me I wouldn’t need surgery, but I’d be out four to six weeks. I was able to do some stuff without twisting it, so I was able to work out, do physical therapy and stay in shape.”
“It’s been six weeks since I hurt my leg, this was supposed to be a six-week injury and I had my first full week of practice last week. I’m back to full-on training now. Hopefully I’ll get a chance to fight in November. I told (WEC) I could go in September when I found out I’d be out four to six weeks. I wanted to be on the September 30th card, but I got pushed back to November.”
On where his career goes from here and who he’d like to face in the future, Faber explained:
“Where I’m at right now, I’m just having a great time and fighting my heart out. I just want fights that make sense. (Miguel) Torres would be bigger for me right now than (Dominick) Cruz. There are all kinds of fights I can do right now and can go back up to 145. I feel like I can do well against most anybody at 145 and I’d be willing to go to 155 at some point.”
Faber was last seen in action at WEC 48 in April, losing a five round decision to current 145 pound champion, Jose Aldo. He looks set to return to action at WEC 53 in November where he’ll face Japanese stand-out, Takeya Mizugaki.
By Michael Pepper. (Follow me on Twitter)
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