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Urijah Faber vs. Frankie Edgar Is Still a Solid, If Not Quite Super, UFC Fight

It’s tough to imagine a main event fight that more completely embodies the current state of the UFC than Frankie Edgar vs. Urijah Faber.

When those two legends of the lighter weight classes collide on Saturday at UFC Fight Night 66, it’ll be from a place called Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Philippines. The 12-fight menu of events features mostly people you’ve never heard of before, and the main-card broadcast on Fox Sports 1 will kick off at 10 a.m. ET.

A few years ago—in 2011, maybe even 2013—Faber vs.