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With a submission win over Raphael Assuncao, Faber will get a shot at Jose Aldo. This was confirmed by WEC General Manager Reed Harris. Faber only had good things to say about Jose Aldo.
“I’m hoping it will be fairly quick,” said Faber. “I didn’t take any injuries against Assuncao and I had a long layoff with my hands last time.”
“He’s an exciting fighter. It kind of reminds me of the Randy (Couture) and Vitor Belfort where the phenom with the hands and the crafty veteran,” commented “The California Kid.” “It’s funny that I’m the veteran at this point. I’m looking forward to a knockdown, drag-out with two exciting guys and hopefully it will happen soon.”
Reed Harris also added that Faber vs Aldo could headline the WEC‘s first pay-per-view. No date or venue has been set.

Faber knows that there is a title shot around the corner for him, but he doesn’t want to think about that right now. He has his eyes set on taking out Raphael Assuncao at WEC 46 on Sunday night.
“I don’t want to get too excited about fighting Aldo yet because I’ve got another hard-headed Brazilian to try and throw around. We’ll see how that goes. I’m expecting a great performance and hopefully have the belt by midway through 2010,” Faber told the media on a conference call on Tuesday.
In his last fight, Faber lost to Mike Brown, suffering a dislocated thumb and broken right hand.
“I’m excited to get back in there,” said Faber. “It’s been a while for me. It’s been six months and a lot of recovery and stuff for me with my hands.”

Dana White is still not a fan of Chuck Liddell fighting again, although he will be coaching against Tito Ortiz on the eleventh season of The Ultimate Fighter.
“The thing that everyone loves about Chuck Liddell was he’s a fighter. That guy loves to fight. And when you’re walking out in that arena and 16,000 people are going crazy and yelling your name and (expletive), it’s hard to walk away from. I get it, but you know, he doesn’t have to do it anymore. He doesn’t,” said White to the media following UFC 108 on Jan. 2.
Dana White also said that although he wanted Liddell to stop fighting, he would like him to stay with the UFC.
“He’s made a lot of money and I’ll pay him more money to (expletive) not fight. He can come in and be the Director of Fun or something. I don’t know, a (expletive) job that he doesn’t have to fight,” commented the UFC president.
Although I am a fan of Chuck Liddell, and I still love to see him fight, I am not a fan of professional athletes that try and stay in the sport as long as they can. I feel that this can hurt their career image as a winner, because people will remember the fights that he lost in the end of his career more than the fights that he won.
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