Urijah Faber (35-11, 25) was born in Isla Vista, California, U.S. on May 14, 1979. At the age of 24 years on November 12, 2003, he made his professional MMA debut against Jay Valencia, winning the fight via 1st-round submission.
On March 19, 2011, 31-year old Urijah Faber made his UFC debut on his 29th professional MMA fight at UFC 128 against a 26-year old Eddie Wineland, winning the fight via 3-round unanimous decision.
Faber's last fight was a 3rd-round KO loss to Petr Yan at UFC 245 at age 40 on December 14, 2019. He retired from the sport of MMA following this loss.
He has fought 17 times in the UFC, and has a record of 10 wins and 7 losses in the promotion.
Some of Urijah Faber's best fights have been against Dominick Cruz, Cole Escovedo, Jeff Curran, Bibiano Fernandes, Charlie Valencia, Ricky Simón and Ivan Menjivar. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Urijah Faber".
Faber has 11 losses on his MMA record. For details about these losses refer to "Urijah Faber Losses".
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
46  | Dec 14, 2019 40 years, 7 months 35-11 (25) | 26 years, 10 months 13-1 (6) | UFC | BT | 3 | KO | LOSS Head kick |
45  | Jul 13, 2019 40 years, 1 months 35-10 (25) | 26 years, 10 months 15-1 (6) | UFC | BT | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches |
44  | Dec 17, 2016 37 years, 7 months 34-10 (24) | 38 years, 2 months 25-12 (17) | UFC | BT | 3 | UD | WIN |
43  | Sep 10, 2016 37 years, 3 months 33-10 (24) | 27 years, 2 months 19-1 (5) | UFC | BT | 3 | UD | LOSS |
42  | Jun 4, 2016 37 years 33-9 (24) | 31 years, 2 months 21-1 (8) | UFC | BT | 5 | UD | LOSS For UFC bantamweight title |
41  | Dec 12, 2015 36 years, 6 months 33-8 (24) | 35 years, 4 months 10-2 (5) | UFC | FT | 3 | UD | WIN |
40  | May 16, 2015 36 years 32-8 (24) | 33 years, 7 months 18-4-1 (8) | UFC | FT | 5 | UD | LOSS |
39  | Dec 6, 2014 35 years, 6 months 32-7 (24) | 33 years, 1 months 10-3 (7) | UFC | BT | 2 | SUB | WIN Bulldog choke |
38  | Jul 5, 2014 35 years, 1 months 31-7 (23) | 26 years 10-5 (7) | UFC | BT | 3 | SUB | WIN Rear naked choke |
37  | Feb 1, 2014 34 years, 8 months 30-7 (22) | 27 years 31-1 (21) | UFC | BT | 1 | TKO | LOSS Punches For UFC bantamweight title |
36  | Dec 14, 2013 34 years, 7 months 30-6 (22) | 22 years, 10 months 16-2 (14) | UFC | BT | 2 | SUB | WIN Guillotine choke |
35  | Aug 17, 2013 34 years, 3 months 29-6 (21) | 33 years 29-4 (25) | UFC | BT | 3 | UD | WIN |
34  | Apr 13, 2013 33 years, 10 months 28-6 (21) | 30 years, 6 months 14-6 (7) | TUF | BT | 4 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke |
33  | Feb 23, 2013 33 years, 9 months 27-6 (20) | 30 years, 8 months 25-9 (19) | UFC | BT | 1 | SUB | WIN Standing rear-naked choke |
32 | Jul 21, 2012 33 years, 2 months 26-6 (19) | 25 years, 5 months 28-1 (19) | UFC | BT | 5 | UD | LOSS For UFC bantamweight title Interim |
31  | Nov 19, 2011 32 years, 6 months 26-5 (19) | 31 years, 4 months 10-1 (8) | UFC | BT | 2 | SUB | WIN Guillotine choke |
30 | Jul 2, 2011 32 years, 1 months 25-5 (18) | 26 years, 3 months 17-1 (7) | UFC | BT | 5 | UD | LOSS For UFC bantamweight title |
29  | Mar 19, 2011 31 years, 10 months 25-4 (18) | 26 years, 8 months 18-6-1 (14) | UFC | BT | 3 | UD | WIN |
28  | Nov 11, 2010 31 years, 5 months 24-4 (18) | 26 years, 10 months 13-4-2 (5) | WEC | BT | 1 | CKO | WIN Rear-naked choke |
27  | Apr 24, 2010 30 years, 11 months 23-4 (18) | 23 years, 7 months 16-1 (13) | WEC | FT | 5 | UD | LOSS For WEC featherweight title |
26  | Jan 10, 2010 30 years, 7 months 23-3 (18) | 27 years, 5 months 15-1 (11) | WEC | FT | 3 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke |
25  | Jun 7, 2009 30 years 22-3 (17) | 33 years, 8 months 21-4 (16) | WEC | FT | 5 | UD | LOSS For WEC featherweight title |
24  | Jan 25, 2009 29 years, 8 months 22-2 (17) | 34 years, 1 months 22-10-1 (16) | WEC | FT | 1 | SUB | WIN Guillotine choke |
23 | Nov 5, 2008 29 years, 5 months 21-2 (16) | 33 years, 1 months 19-4 (14) | WEC | FT | 1 | TKO | LOSS Punches Lost WEC featherweight title |
22 | Jun 1, 2008 29 years 21-1 (16) | 33 years, 5 months 22-8-1 (16) | WEC | FT | 5 | UD | WIN Defended WEC featherweight title |
21  | Dec 12, 2007 28 years, 6 months 20-1 (16) | 30 years, 3 months 31-8-1 (20) | WEC | FT | 2 | SUB | WIN Guillotine choke Defended WEC featherweight title |
20 | Jun 3, 2007 28 years 19-1 (15) | Chance Farrar | WEC | FT | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke Defended WEC featherweight title |
19 | Mar 24, 2007 27 years, 10 months 18-1 (14) | 22 years 9-0 (5) | WEC | FT | 1 | SUB | WIN Guillotine choke Defended WEC featherweight title |
18 | Jan 20, 2007 27 years, 8 months 17-1 (13) | Joe Pearson | WEC | FT | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches and elbows Defended WEC featherweight title |
17  | Oct 28, 2006 27 years, 5 months 16-1 (12) | 26 years, 6 months 1-0 (1) | KOTC | BT | 1 | TKO | WIN Doctor stoppage Defended KOTC bantamweight title |
16 | Sep 9, 2006 27 years, 3 months 15-1 (11) | Enoch Wilson | BT | 2 | TKO | WIN Doctor stoppage | |
15  | Jul 1, 2006 27 years, 1 months 14-1 (10) | 27 years, 9 months 14-5-2 (9) | BT | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
14  | May 13, 2006 26 years, 11 months 13-1 (9) | 31 years, 6 months 7-0 (4) | KOTC | BT | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke Defended KOTC bantamweight title |
13  | Mar 17, 2006 26 years, 10 months 12-1 (8) | 24 years, 6 months 11-1 (11) | WEC | FT | 2 | TKO | WIN Corner stoppage Won WEC featherweight title |
12 | Jan 28, 2006 26 years, 8 months 11-1 (7) | 23 years, 7 months 17-4 (14) | FT | 2 | DQ | WIN Illegal kick to downed opponent | |
11  | Dec 11, 2005 26 years, 6 months 10-1 (7) | 26 years 16-10-2 (13) | BT | 1 | CKO | WIN Rear-naked choke Defended KOTC bantamweight title | |
10 | Oct 29, 2005 26 years, 5 months 9-1 (7) | Shawn Bias | KOTC | BT | 1 | SUB | WIN Standing guillotine choke Defended KOTC bantamweight title |
9  | Sep 10, 2005 26 years, 3 months 8-1 (6) | 21 years, 4 months 2-0 (2) | BT | 3 | TKO | LOSS Punches | |
8  | May 7, 2005 25 years, 11 months 8-0 (6) | 35 years, 2 months 5-6-2 (3) | KOTC | BT | 3 | TKO | WIN Doctor stoppage Defended KOTC bantamweight title |
7 | Mar 13, 2005 25 years, 9 months 7-0 (5) | David Granados | BT | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
6 | Nov 14, 2004 25 years, 6 months 6-0 (4) | Eben Kaneshiro | KOTC | BT | 3 | TKO | WIN Punches Won KOTC bantamweight title |
5 | Sep 29, 2004 25 years, 4 months 5-0 (3) | Rami Boukai | KOTC | BT | 2 | MD | WIN |
4 | Aug 19, 2004 25 years, 3 months 4-0 (3) | Del Hawkins | BT | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
3 | Jun 3, 2004 25 years 3-0 (2) | David Velasquez | BT | 3 | UD | WIN | |
2 | Feb 12, 2004 24 years, 8 months 2-0 (2) | George Adkins | 2 | TKO | WIN Corner stoppage | ||
1 | Nov 12, 2003 24 years, 5 months 1-0 (1) | Jay Valencia | 1 | SUB | WIN Guillotine choke |
