In the days following his smashing of Cain Velasquez to become the undisputed UFC heavyweight champion, Fabricio Werdum expressed interest in a rematch with the former titleholder. Vai Cavalo put on one of the most impressive performances of his career, as he out-struck the American Kickboxing Academy product en route to finishing Velasquez via guillotine […]
In the days following his smashing of Cain Velasquez to become the undisputed UFC heavyweight champion, Fabricio Werdum expressed interest in a rematch with the former titleholder. Vai Cavalo put on one of the most impressive performances of his career, as he out-struck the American Kickboxing Academy product en route to finishing Velasquez via guillotine […]
Fabricio Werdum submitted Cain Velasquez in the third round of their main event tilt at UFC 188 to become the undisputed champion of the UFC’s heavyweight division. It was a performance that saw Vai Cavalo weather the notorious cardio-driven relentless pace that has become Velasquez’s signature attribute in the opening round, only to batter the […]
Fabricio Werdum submitted Cain Velasquez in the third round of their main event tilt at UFC 188 to become the undisputed champion of the UFC’s heavyweight division. It was a performance that saw Vai Cavalo weather the notorious cardio-driven relentless pace that has become Velasquez’s signature attribute in the opening round, only to batter the […]
Things did not go so well for Cain Velasquez at UFC 188. While the UFC constructed a card in Mexico City designed to showcase its heavyweight champion, Fabricio Werdum threw a wrench into its promotional plans by defeating Velasquez with an impressive third-round guillotine choke. It was a huge swerve for MMA fans. While Werdum […]
Things did not go so well for Cain Velasquez at UFC 188. While the UFC constructed a card in Mexico City designed to showcase its heavyweight champion, Fabricio Werdum threw a wrench into its promotional plans by defeating Velasquez with an impressive third-round guillotine choke. It was a huge swerve for MMA fans. While Werdum […]
The Tortoise and the Hare was always one of my favorite Aesop’s Fables growing up. It was a story ingrained with the moral that speed doesn’t always win the race. Sometimes slow and steady is the way to go. The same moral can be taken away from the UFC 188 heavyweight title fight between Fabricio Werdum […]
The Tortoise and the Hare was always one of my favorite Aesop’s Fables growing up. It was a story ingrained with the moral that speed doesn’t always win the race. Sometimes slow and steady is the way to go. The same moral can be taken away from the UFC 188 heavyweight title fight between Fabricio Werdum […]
Most MMA pundits didn’t think it could be done. The notion of Cain Velasquez falling down—and not getting back up—was something our binary brains registered as inconceivable. The chink in Velasquez’s seemingly impenetrable armor was that he’d been out of action for 20 months, due to injury upon injury. And also the fact that Velasquez, despite his infamous […]
Most MMA pundits didn’t think it could be done. The notion of Cain Velasquez falling down—and not getting back up—was something our binary brains registered as inconceivable. The chink in Velasquez’s seemingly impenetrable armor was that he’d been out of action for 20 months, due to injury upon injury. And also the fact that Velasquez, despite his infamous […]
Newly minted UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum wasted no time in calling out his next opponent, and he chose the same man he had just defeated. Speaking with Ariel Helwani after his UFC 188 main event against former heavyweight champ Cain Velasquez, Werdum said he’d like his first title defense to be a rematch of […]
Newly minted UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum wasted no time in calling out his next opponent, and he chose the same man he had just defeated. Speaking with Ariel Helwani after his UFC 188 main event against former heavyweight champ Cain Velasquez, Werdum said he’d like his first title defense to be a rematch of […]