Faber vs. Kanehara in Japan on Sept 20
Damon Martin is reporting that Urijah Faber will be traveling to Japan to face Masenori Kanehara at September 20 in Japan, as Norifumi ‘Kid’ Yamamoto.
Damon Martin is reporting that Urijah Faber will be traveling to Japan to face Masenori Kanehara at September 20 in Japan, as Norifumi ‘Kid’ Yamamoto.
Faber is fresh off a dominant win over Alex Caceres in his last fight at UFC 175 and later that night when asked about what he’d like to do next, ‘The California Kid’ mentioned a possible matchup with Kid Yamamoto. For several years, Faber and Yamamoto were the two top dogs in the lighter weight divisions, but they never met in an actual bout.
Now Faber faces Masenori Kanehara, who makes his UFC debut with a respectable 23-11-5 record while also actually holding a win over Yamamoto from 2009.