När det stod klart att UFCs bantamviktmästare Dominick Cruz hade skadat sitt knä och att det skulle införas ett interim-bälte återstod frågan vem Urijah Faber skulle möta om denna titel. Under ett avsnitt av The Ultimate Fighter skulle vd Dana White annonsera vem som skulle stå på andra sidan buren på UFC 148 och kämpa mot Faber och valet föll på Renan ”Barao” Pegado.
I efterhand visar det sig att White valt att hålla den informationen nära västen då han enligt Faber ljög för honom om vem motståndaren skulle vara.
”I had first assumed it was going to be Barao, or McDonald or Menjivar and Barao was my first prediction. I started getting tape on him as soon as I found out about Dominick. This was a couple of weeks ago. Then, when Dana came in to do the announcement, I asked him if there were any hints or insights on who it would be and he was saying ’Oh, you wouldn’t believe what all had gone down, how McDonald broke his hand and Barao didn’t want to leave Brazil, to leave Aldo’s side, because Aldo was training’ and all this crazy stuff, so I didn’t know for awhile. Then like two days before the thing, I had text Dana and he was basically lying to me, saying it was gonna be Menjivar. For like two days I thought I might be fighting Menjivar. Then the day of the announcement, I was like ’Are you sure it’s not Barao?’ And he was like, ’Yeah.’ But I had a feeling that it was. Then Dana apologized right before he announced it, for basically lying, which is kinda weird, I thought, because Barao was there. I don’t care who I fight, I told Dana I wouldn’t say anything anyway, if he was thinking I might spoil the surprise, or what the deal was.”, säger Faber till Pro MMA Radio.
Det kan finnas många anledningar till varför informationen skiftade och Faber uppfattade det som att White hade ljugit för honom.
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UFC 148: Silva vs Sonnen II kommer att hållas på MGM Grand Garden Arena i Las Vegas den 7 juli.
