Urijah Faber will fight Francisco Rivera at UFC 181 on Dec. 6 in Las Vegas
By Brett Okamoto | ESPN.com
Three-time UFC title challenger Urijah Faber will fight Francisco Rivera at UFC 181 on Dec. 6 in Las Vegas.
UFC officials announced the bantamweight contest on Wednesday. The UFC 181 pay-per-view event will take place at Mandalay Bay Events Center.
Faber (31-7) recorded a third-round submission win over Alex Caceres at UFC 175 in July. He was then booked to a fight against Massanori Kanehara at a UFC Fight Night on Sept. 20, but was forced to withdraw when a rib injury did not heal in time.
A former WEC featherweight champion, Faber fought Renan Barao for the UFC bantamweight title in February, losing via TKO in the first round. He is 7-3 overall in the Octagon, with all three losses coming in title fights.
ESPN.com ranks Faber, 35, the No. 4 bantamweight in the world.
Rivera (10-3) will look to rebound from a unanimous decision loss to Takeya Mizugaki at UFC 173 in May. It was the California-based fighter's first loss since June 2011.
A welterweight title fight between Johny Hendricks and Robbie Lawler is scheduled to headline UFC 181.
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