Back in the days before the lighter weight classes were well established, back when the UFC cut their lightweight division, Urijah Faber became the face of little guys. He defeated Cole Escovedo at WEC 19 in March 2006 to capture the featherweight title in such dominating fashion that Escovedo’s corner threw in the towel following the second round. While Faber was leaving his mark on the sport, Frankie Edgar was preparing to make his professional mixed martial arts debut. He’d eventually become the UFC lightweight champion, but in 2005 Edgar drew inspiration from what Faber was accomplishing. “Urijah is the guy everyone wanted to be when I first got into this sport
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