The biggest grudge-match of the lighter weight classes had the UFC’s marketing machine behind it in full-force this year, as Dominick Cruz and Urijah...
UFC bantamweight fighter and TUF 15 coach Urijah Faber shaved off his trademark locks in support of his ailing sister. Faber's sister, Michaella Tastad was in a horrific car accident in November and had to have emergency brain surgery . The twitter community came together and pulled for his sister through a very low time. She is on the upward swing of things at this point.
The aura of UFC 139 felt like no other event that I could remember. I wasn’t even watching it live and I could feel that something special was happening in that octagon. Shogun Rua and Dan Henderson put themselves on the line to give us what possibly could be the greatest fight in history. The fights leading up to the main event played a pivotal roll in making this fight as impactful as it was. It felt like each fight of the main card starting with the Bonnar Kingsbury fight, perfectly ramped up the hunger for the next fight. Each fight had been more exciting than the previous one. By the time Wanderlei and Cung had finished their fight of the night performance, everyone was primed for Rua and Henderson to explode. Not bad for a fight card that was in fear of being overshadowed by the UFC on FOX debut.
