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Fabricio Werdum Takes Shot At Fedor Emelianenko, Calls For Rematch

WerdumIt’s fair to say Fabricio Werdum wants his name in the hat to face Fedor Emelianenko next. With the news that Emelianenko was set to return to action for Bellator in an event taking place October 23 in Moscow, Russia, a number of names have been in contact with Scott Coker to fight “The Last […]

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It’s fair to say Fabricio Werdum wants his name in the hat to face Fedor Emelianenko next.

With the news that Emelianenko was set to return to action for Bellator in an event taking place October 23 in Moscow, Russia, a number of names have been in contact with Scott Coker to fight “The Last Emperor” next.

Among them include Josh Barnett, Junior dos Santos and Alistair Overeem to name a few. We can now comfortably add Werdum’s name to that list despite him being the first fighter to stop Emelianenko’s legendary unbeaten run.

The former UFC heavyweight champion also took a dig at the Russian MMA legend in the process with some recent tweets.

“IF fedor The ? do you need revenge from me HEY I’m ready to go to Russia”

“Fedor was never the goat because I killed the ? @ScottCoker let’s go”

This follows Werdum’s tweets prior where he hyped up a rematch.

Werdum notably submitted Emelianenko in the first round when they clashed at a 2010 Strikeforce headliner. As a result, the Brazilian ended Emelianenko’s 28-fight unbeaten run at the time.

Do you want to see a rematch between them?

Anderson Silva & Werdum Possible Opponents For Fedor Emelianenko?

Anderson Silva and Fabricio Werdum appear to be in the Fedor Emelianenko sweepstakes. Emelianenko is set to fight in Moscow on October 23. It’ll be a part of his retirement tour. Fedor has two fights left on his Bellator deal but he hasn’t …

Anderson Silva and Fabricio Werdum appear to be in the Fedor Emelianenko sweepstakes. Emelianenko is set to fight in Moscow on October 23. It’ll be a part of his retirement tour. Fedor has two fights left on his Bellator deal but he hasn’t committed to retiring even when the tour is over. “The Last Emperor” […]

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Fabricio Werdum’s Loss at PFL 3 Has Been Overturned

It looks like Fabricio Werdum’s appeal paid off. His loss to Renan Ferreira at PFL 3 was overturned by The New Jersey State Athletic Control Board. ESPN first reported the decision Monday afternoon that the controversial loss from the PFL 3 main event …

It looks like Fabricio Werdum’s appeal paid off. His loss to Renan Ferreira at PFL 3 was overturned by The New Jersey State Athletic Control Board. ESPN first reported the decision Monday afternoon that the controversial loss from the PFL 3 main event at the Ocean Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey was overturned. When […]

Fabricio Werdum vs. Renan Ferreira Changed To No-Contest

Fabricio Werdum Renan FerreiraThe recent controversial heavyweight main event at PFL 3 between Fabricio Werdum and Renan Ferreira has been overturned from a Ferreira TKO win to a no-contest, following an extensive review by the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board. The decision comes following an uproar from both sides regarding the bout. In his post-fight interview, Werdum […]

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The recent controversial heavyweight main event at PFL 3 between Fabricio Werdum and Renan Ferreira has been overturned from a Ferreira TKO win to a no-contest, following an extensive review by the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board.

The decision comes following an uproar from both sides regarding the bout. In his post-fight interview, Werdum alluded to Ferreira tapping to a submission, but the referee missed the alleged tap and Ferreira went on to win by TKO. The sequence was caught on video and made the rounds both on the broadcast and on Twitter.

After it became an increasingly more popular opinion that Werdum should’ve been given the submission win, Ferreira fired back at the former UFC heavyweight champion for contesting the result of the fight.

“I am very sad with this version that he is telling,” Ferreira said in an interview with Combate.”It is already his attitude to speak of character, of not being a man, of this or that, it is his posture. I have the full conception of what I did. My conscience is clear, I have my head up and let’s go to the next one.”

Both fighters came into the PFL 3 main event making their league debuts. Werdum came into his PFL debut losing two of his last three fights in the UFC; including a split decision loss to Aleksei Oleinik. Ferreira came to PFL following an up-and-down tenure with LFA.

Following the overturned result, it remains unclear as to what is next for both fighters. The league could have them rematch as soon as possible to get a more clear result and point allocation, or they could move forward with the heavyweight regular season and give both fighters new opponents.

It was an unfortunate end to an otherwise eventful night at PFL 3, in the league’s third event since resuming competition following the cancellation of the 2020 season.

What do you think about the PFL 3 fight between Fabricio Werdum and Renan Ferreira being overturned to a no contest? Do you agree with the ruling?

Fabricio Werdum Files Appeal Following TKO Loss At PFL 3

Fabricio WerdumFabricio Werdum will appeal his controversial TKO loss at PFL 3. The former UFC champion made his promotional debut against Renan Ferreira on Thursday evening. Werdum managed to get a takedown in the first round. The BJJ specialist began working on submissions. He appeared to have locked up a triangle choke that forced Ferreira to tap […]

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Fabricio Werdum will appeal his controversial TKO loss at PFL 3.

The former UFC champion made his promotional debut against Renan Ferreira on Thursday evening.

Werdum managed to get a takedown in the first round.

The BJJ specialist began working on submissions. He appeared to have locked up a triangle choke that forced Ferreira to tap out.

The submission went unnoticed by referee, Keith Peterson, who allowed the fight to continue.

Ferreira quickly turned the tide and began dropping bombs on Werdum from the top position.

This time the referee did step in to wave off the fight and declare Ferreira the winner by first round technical knockout.

Werdum took to social media after the fight to suggest that he loosened the grip on his choke after feeling his opponent tap out.

“I’ve been fighting for 23 years and one of the first things we learn when your opponent gives up we have to respect,” Werdum wrote.

According to ESPN journalist, Marc Raimondi, Werdum is set to appeal the loss.

“Fabricio Werdum has filed an appeal of tonight’s #pflmma result with the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board, per his manager Ali Abdelaziz,” Raimondi wrote on social media. “PFL will send the NJSACB the footage where it appeared Renan Ferreira tapped for review.”

Do you think Fabricio Werdum will be successful with his appeal?