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Fabricio Werdum To Appeal UFC 213 Loss To Alistair Overeem

Heavyweight veterans Fabricio Werdum and Alistair Overeem faced off for a third time at this past weekend’s (July 8, 2017) UFC 213 from Las Vegas, Nevada. They first fought at a Pride event in 2006 where Werdum scored a submission victory over “The Reem”. The rematch, which was won by Overeem, took place at a […]

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Heavyweight veterans Fabricio Werdum and Alistair Overeem faced off for a third time at this past weekend’s (July 8, 2017) UFC 213 from Las Vegas, Nevada.

They first fought at a Pride event in 2006 where Werdum scored a submission victory over “The Reem”. The rematch, which was won by Overeem, took place at a Strikeforce event in 2011, although it was a lackluster fight at best.

And the trilogy? Well, it wasn’t much better than the rematch. Werdum and Overeem battled it out for three rounds, although it was a rather uneventful affair. “Vai Cavalo” had Overeem hurt at one point, but he was unable to finish the fight, and ultimately ended up losing a somewhat controversial decision.

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The former champion clearly wasn’t happy with the decision, and he now plans to appeal the loss:

“The athletic commission gives us a chance to appeal, so I want to see what happens,” Werdum told MMA Fighting. “I have the right to appeal because I don’t want this loss on my record. I’m sure I won because I won the first and the third rounds, and lost the second one.

“When I lose a fight I admit it, but this one… The crowd booed him, I received a lot of messages. Everyone saw I won. You saw my face after the fight, I couldn’t believe I lost. I was surprised.”

Not only will Werdum appeal the loss, but he wouldn’t mind fighting Overeem four a fourth time – as long it gets him closer to a title shot:

“A fourth fight would be good if I appeal and it doesn’t change the result,” Werdum said. “My goal is the belt, and if he’s on my way, I think it would be good to fight him a fourth time. I’d like to fight him a fourth time to show the reality, what really happened. I believe I won. If it’s worth it to fight a fourth time to get to what I want, the belt, that would be interesting, for him.

“I always say that a loss it three steps back and a win is one step forward, but the way it was, I think it was only one step back. I believe I won, but the official result was a loss. I have a loss in my record.”

Both Werdum and Overeem have lost to heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic in recent memory, but the bout was still being labeled as a potential eliminator, although UFC President Dana White wasn’t too impressed with Overeem’s performance either.

Werdum is unlikely to win the appeal, but he still plans on fighting again this year:

“I want to fight again this year,” Werdum said. “I was away from a long time and I don’t like that. I’d like to fight at least three times a year, that would be the ideal. I’d like to fight again in November, so I have enough time to rest after the training camp, enjoy my family for a while, and do a few things scheduled outside the cage in Brazil.”

What do you suggest the UFC do with Werdum, Overeem, and the heavyweight title picture?

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Fabricio Werdum Will ‘Focus’ On Alistair Overeem’s Weak Chin At UFC 213

Heavyweight veterans Fabricio Werdum and Alistair Overeem are set to do battle on the main card of UFC 213 (July 8, 2013) during International Fight Week. The fight will not only mark the third between the two, but it also could earn the winner a rematch with reigning champion Stipe Miocic. Werdum and Overeem have […]

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Werdum and Overeem have split wins and losses to date, with “Vai Cavalo” submitting “The Reem” back at Pride FC: Total Elimination Absolute in 2006 and Overeem scoring a decision victory over Werdum in the rematch at Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum in 2011.

This time around, however, Werdum plans to ‘focus’ on Overeem’s weakened chin in order to earn himself a victory:

“There’s practically just one month to go before the fight. I’m well prepared,” Werdum told Combate. “I feel really good. As usual, I’ve been training with master Rafael Cordeiro at Kings MMA. It’s hard to ask a fighter, so close to a fight, how he feels and hear him say he feels just okay. It’s normal for us to feel good, and true. It’s my third fight against Overeem, it’s going to be close. I surely will have to be focused so I don’t make any mistakes.

“We know Overeem doesn’t have that good of a chin now, so I’ll focus on it. Sometimes you’ll throw a kick or a punch and wherever it lands, that’s it. So I’ll really focus on his chin, now. I know he’ll go down.”

After losing his title via first round knockout to Miocic at UFC 198 in May 2016, the Brazilian bounced back with a decision victory over Travis Browne at UFC 203 late last year. Prior to his loss to Miocic, Werdum had won six consecutive fights.

Overeem, on the other hand, also suffered a loss to Miocic, losing via TKO to the champion at UFC 203. Since then, he has also bounced back, as he scored a knockout victory over Mark Hunt at UFC 209 this past March.

Who do you expect to come out on top when these two heavyweight greats meet for a third time in ‘Sin City’?

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Fabricio Werdum Will ‘Focus’ On Alistair Overeem’s Weak Chin At UFC 213

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This time around, however, Werdum plans to ‘focus’ on Overeem’s weakened chin in order to earn himself a victory:

“There’s practically just one month to go before the fight. I’m well prepared,” Werdum told Combate. “I feel really good. As usual, I’ve been training with master Rafael Cordeiro at Kings MMA. It’s hard to ask a fighter, so close to a fight, how he feels and hear him say he feels just okay. It’s normal for us to feel good, and true. It’s my third fight against Overeem, it’s going to be close. I surely will have to be focused so I don’t make any mistakes.

“We know Overeem doesn’t have that good of a chin now, so I’ll focus on it. Sometimes you’ll throw a kick or a punch and wherever it lands, that’s it. So I’ll really focus on his chin, now. I know he’ll go down.”

Who do you expect to come out on top when these two heavyweight greats meet for a third time in ‘Sin City’?

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Fabricio Werdum vs. Alistair Overeem Set For UFC 213

A pivotal heavyweight match-up has been added to July 8’s growing UFC 213 from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Top-ranked Fabricio Werdum will meet No. 3 Alistair Overeem for a potential shot at the winner of the Stipe Miocic vs. Junior dos Santos heavyweight title rematch in the main event of May 13’s

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A pivotal heavyweight match-up has been added to July 8’s growing UFC 213 from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Top-ranked Fabricio Werdum will meet No. 3 Alistair Overeem for a potential shot at the winner of the Stipe Miocic vs. Junior dos Santos heavyweight title rematch in the main event of May 13’s UFC 211 from Dallas, Texas.

Contracts have already been signed according to ESPN’s Brett Okamoto, who revealed the signing on “SportsCenter”:

As I just mentioned on @SportsCenter, I'm told contracts have been signed for UFC 213's Fabricio Werdum vs. Alistair Overeem as well.

— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) May 4, 2017

Werdum vs. Overeem will join the recently confirmed Robbie Lawler vs. Donald Cerrone bout at welterweight, in addition to the previously announced bantamweight title match between Cody Garbrandt and TJ Dillashaw in the co-main event.

The fight will be the third bout between the two accomplished heavyweight veterans, Werdum submitted Overeem with a kimura at May 2006’s Pride Total Elimination Absolute, while Overeem won an uninspired decision in Strikeforce in June 2011 for the heavyweight belt. Both fighters won their last fight as well following defeats to the champion, with Werdum outclassing Travis Browne for a second time at UFC 203 and Overeem recently picking up an impressive knockout over Mark Hunt at UFC 209 in March.

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Strikeforce announces their second set of quarterfinals for the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Tournament featuring a headlining bout between Alistair Overeem and Fabricio Werdum is targeted for April 9th and one possible location is Japan (possibly because it’s one place Josh Barnett could fight without CSAC troubles following him). More on Scott Coker’s hopes […]

Strikeforce announces their second set of quarterfinals for the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Tournament featuring a headlining bout between Alistair Overeem and Fabricio Werdum is targeted for April 9th and one possible location is Japan (possibly because it’s one place Josh Barnett could fight without CSAC troubles following him). More on Scott Coker’s hopes and dreams for the tournament: here.

UFC found some more tickets for the previously sold out UFC 127 in Sydney, Australia: here.

Hershel Walker talks his upcoming Strikeforce bout this Saturday against ~~whoever~~ Scott Carson is: here.

Bellator confirms Daniel Strauss added to their Featherweight Tournament: here.

Watch Wanderlei Silva beat down some mouthy teenager: here.

Find a reason to visit your only friend who gets Showtime Network so you can view the Strikeforce fights this weekend: here.

Check out weigh-ins video footage from Strikeforce: Nate Diaz vs Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos: here.

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Overeem’s Belt Not On the Line in Strikeforce Heavyweight World Grand Prix Tournament

Strikeforce President, Scott Coker announced today that Alistair Overeem’s Heavyweight Title is not on the line during the eight-man Strikeforce Heavyweight World Grand Prix Tournament. Instead, there will be a separate Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion and Tournament Champion. The winner of the tournament will then go on to fight Overeem for the Strikeforce Heavyweight belt, unless the […]

Strikeforce President, Scott Coker announced today that Alistair Overeem’s Heavyweight Title is not on the line during the eight-man Strikeforce Heavyweight World Grand Prix Tournament. Instead, there will be a separate Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion and Tournament Champion. The winner of the tournament will then go on to fight Overeem for the Strikeforce Heavyweight belt, unless the winner of the tournament is Overeem. In such case, Coker says:

“If Overeem wins, he’s not just the best MMA or K-1 fighter, he can say he’s the greatest martial arts fighter in the world,”

That is, in a world without Georges St. Pierre, Cain Velasquez, Anderson Silva…