Cub Swanson has been looking to shake up his career after scoring a big knockout win over Darren Elkins recently. The UFC featherweight wants to move down to bantamweight and face Urijah Faber in a ‘King of California' bout.

The two have a history dating back to their days in WEC before the organization was bought out by the UFC. Now, Cub Swanson wants to create a belt just like the ‘BMF' title with Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal.

“After fighting a stretch of up-and-comers, I was excited to fight Elkins because it was somebody that’s been around for a while, someone there’s tons of tape on, somebody close to my age,” UFC featherweight Swanson told MMA Junkie. “There were a lot of things where I was like, ‘Ah, we’re two veterans, we’re going to go and throw down.’ I think fighting Urijah is the same thing on another level. People love him and people have loved me for years, so I think it always makes for a great fight. We should have fought many, many times and just never did, so why not now?

“We should do it for an honorary WEC belt. They did the ‘BMF’ belt, so why not? Throwback.”

Urijah Faber was quick to respond to Cub Swanson and reveal his interest in the matchup. Urijah Faber's future in the UFC has been up in the air since his loss to Petr Yan.

“Honestly, I know he broke his hand, that might give me enough time to train,” UFC bantamweight Faber said on his YouTube channel. “He might drop down to 135 – we were supposed to fight back in 2004, with King of the Cage on short notice for a thousand bucks, I think they were gonna pay him a couple hundred bucks and me a thousand bucks and that never happened, so Cubby, I’m honored that I’m your dream fight here in this scenario. So we might have to find out who the king of California is, I don’t know.”

Cub Swanson vs Urijah Faber could be a fun throwback to the two's history in the WEC. The two UFC veterans have been around for decades and have stayed at the top for a very long time.