Urijah Faber

Urijah Faber is an MMA fighter who as of October 2019, is rated as the 12th best in the bantamweight division of the UFC.

Early Accomplishments

While earning his BSc in human development at UC in Davis, California, he participated in NCAA wrestling and even qualified for the national tournament twice.

His MMA debut came in 2003 in a Gladiator Challenge match, defeating his opponent in Round 1 with a guillotine choke.

Best Known For

The brown belt fighter of Brazilian jiu-jitsu is the founder of Team Alpha Male in the UFC. After his retirement in 2017, he became a UFC Hall of Famer only for him to return to the octagon in 2019 to a rousing round 1 victory against a younger fighter.

He was held the featherweight title at WEC for 2 years straight from 2006.

Sexual Orientation

Urijah is straight and has been known to be a real ‘lady-killer’who finally showed some commitment in 2015 when he began to date Kristi Randel. He is however now engaged to a woman known simply as Juslyn in 2019.

He was rumored to have dated Paige Vazant but he denied it saying it’s a bro code violation.

Family

He is the middle child of Theo and Suzanne Faber with Michaella as his baby sister and Ryan as his brother. He became a father in 2019 to a beautiful baby girl named Cali with his fiancée.

Religion

It appears that Urijah is a Christian who believes in Jesus but his level of devotion is not known to us.

Worth To Know

He appeared in the 2015 film, Rampage as one of the mercenary soldiers hunting a monster wolf.

He is nicknamed “The California Kid”.