Urijah Faber

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Faber in 2010, photo by Prphotos.com

Place of Birth: Isla Vista, Santa Barbara, California, United States

Date of Birth: May 14, 1979

Ethnicity: Dutch, Irish, Italian, possibly other

Urijah Faber is an American professional mixed martial artist and actor. He held the WEC Featherweight Championship for over two years, and competed as both bantamweight and featherweight with the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He founded martial arts gym Team Alpha Male. He is known as “The California Kid.”

Urijah is the son of Suzanne and Theodore Faber. His first name, Urijah, is a biblical name. His surname is said to originate from Dutch ancestry. He has two children with his fiancée Jaslyn.

Urijah’s maternal grandfather’s surname was Leary.

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  1. andrew says:

    Wikipedia writes he has Italian, English, Irish ancestry on his mom’s side.

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