The news Urijah Faber has decided to make his UFC on FOX 22 fight with Brad Pickett his retirement fight sent shockwaves through the mixed martial arts world Monday.
But when the former WEC featherweight champion and future Hall of Famer announced on The MMA Hour he's decided hang up the gloves, it also came with a sense of excitement. Faber will finish his career in his hometown of Sacramento, where he had so many memorable battles, and do so at the first UFC card at the city's new downtown arena.
Sharing in the excitement is Pickett himself.