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At WEC 26: Condit vs. Alessio on March 24, 2007, Urijah Faber successfully defended his featherweight title for a second time by defeating Dominick Cruz by guillotine choke submission at 1:38 of round 1, the first of only four losses in Cruz's career.
According to Faber, speaking on the Fox Sports Ultimate Feuds program, the rivalry began when Cruz "was an immature little baby" who got beaten up at World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) 26 all those years ago.
A first-round guillotine choke-a favorite of Faber and his entire Team Alpha Male training collective-did the trick.
It also lit a fire under Cruz. In his next WEC fight, he made his 135-pound debut and hadn't lost since, ripping off eight straight wins there and locking down the WEC bantamweight strap.
Cruz carried that belt with him to the UFC after parent company Zuffa purchased and retired WEC. Cruz's opponent for his Octagon debut, which doubled as the first bantamweight title fight in UFC history? One Urijah Faber.