Urijah Faber Cut 21 Pounds Prior To UFC 203

In an interview with UFC.com after his loss at UFC 203 to Jimmy Rivera, Urijah Faber revealed he cut 21 pounds prior to the fight. Here are highlights:

On his future after the loss: “I don’t know (what’s next). I’m going to go back and relax. This week I came and I was doing my water load and I cut 21 pounds since Tuesday, so that was kind of rough. I’m going to take some time and think about things and watch the fight and see what happens after that. I’ve got no plans.”

On fighting Rivera: “He caught me with a low ankle kick that kind of made my leg go numb for a second for whatever reason. He’s tough. He’s a solid guy. I got my arms on him a couple times and he’s like a slippery barrel. Just round. I was going to definitely look for some openings on scrambles and stuff like that, but you get yourself in danger when you’re just hunting for a takedown,” he continued. “I was definitely looking for opportunities to take it to the ground if I could, but he was so compact and small to find any openings for a lot of stuff. There wasn’t as many opportunities.”

On his reaction to the loss: “I would have like to get the W but I just couldn’t find some openings today. So it is what it is.”