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 |  Subject: Winner Of Faber V. Bowles To Earn Bantamweight Title Shot Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:32 am | |
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- Though longtime WEC posterboy Urijah Faber recently gave UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz
the most difficult title defense of his career in a rematch of a 2007
bout that saw Faber emerge the quick victor, "The California Kid" was
passed over for an immediate rubber match with the champ in favor of
Demetrius Johnson. Johnson earned the shot after compiling a four-fighting winning streak capped by a win over Miguel Torres, beating out Faber and the other man with a strong claim to the title, Brian Bowles.
As such, it was recently announced by the UFC that Faber and Bowles
would square off next, with the winner to face the winner of Cruz vs.
Johnson. UFC president Dana White recently spoke with ESPN.com about the match up.
"Both Urijah and Bowles lost to Cruz," White said. "The winner of their
fight will earn a rematch. Johnson is 9-1, on a four-fight win streak
and beat former [bantamweight] champ [Miguel] Torres in his last fight."
Faber also spoke with ESPN.com about the prospect of facing a fellow former champ in Bowles.
"I definitely want the rematch with Cruz," Faber said. "It's a fight that needs to happen." fightline Once Urijah gets past Bowles, Cruz's Road Runner reenactment will finally come to an end... just so long as they have some different judges this time around. Who gets put on their ass multiple times and still pulls out ahead in every round?! | |
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