World Extreme Cagefighting made the announcement official today.
The rematch of featherweight champion Mike Brown vs. Urijah Faber will take place on Sunday, June 7 in Sacramento, CA, at the Arco Arena.
In case you forgot, Brown shocked the mixed martial arts world back in November by TKO'ing Faber and taking his featherweight title.
Since then, Brown successfully defended his title once by decimating hometown boy Leonard Garcia in March, while Faber cruised in his rematch with Jens Pulver in January.
For a guy who has been on a roll, the 21-4 Brown sure hasn't been treated like it.
The June fight on Versus will be his second in a row fighting in enemy territory and most will probably expect him to drop the title to the 22-2 California Kid.
But with a nine-fight win streak and a deck full of disrespect cards to play, Brown may be closer to a favorite than you think.
Presale tickets go on sale Tuesday at 10 a.m. (presale password: Rematch) with a public on-sale Thursday.
Josh Nason - josh [at] ropesringandcage [dot com] - has published MMA, wrestling and boxing blog Ropes, Ring and Cage.com since 2007. He joined up with Bleacher Report in 2008 and achieved Columnist status in early-2009.
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