Urijah Faber Suffered Injury Prior to his Bout at UFC 169, Tore Hamstring During Training Camp

Urijah Faber lost a controversial championship bout against UFC Bantamweight Renan Barao last Saturday at UFC 169. Faber later on admitted he suffered an injury only eight-days into his training camp.

MMAWeekly’s Erik Fontanez transcribed the following from the UFC 169 Post Fight Press Conference: “Eight days into this camp I tore my hamstring [and] bruised my patella tendon,” Faber stated.

Despite losing in controversial fashion, Urijah Faber remained a class-act and tried his hardest to not pass the blame on Herb Dean. Faber’s classiness continued in the post fight press conference when he admitted the hamstring was not a problem when fight-night rolled around, stating the injury was not the reason he lost.

“It was just a minor tear of my hamstring and a deep bruise of my patella tendon,” Faber said. “I was doing mitt work like twice a day. I wasn’t able to spar. I only sparred once for this camp, but honestly today I felt great coming into the fight. I was worried about that coming in, but things just healed in time.”

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By Jon Kirschner | Twitter: MMAKirschner