Cain Velasquez vs. Fabricio Werdum Rescheduled for UFC 188 in June

Assuming the principles stay healthy this time, a UFC heavyweight title bout is now set for June in Mexico. Cain Velasquez and Fabricio Werdum will be fighting in a title-unification bout. The UFC announced Monday that Velasquez vs. Werdum had been scheduled for UFC 188, set to take place June 13 in Mexico City. It […]

Assuming the principles stay healthy this time, a UFC heavyweight title bout is now set for June in Mexico. Cain Velasquez and Fabricio Werdum will be fighting in a title-unification bout. The UFC announced Monday that Velasquez vs. Werdum had been scheduled for UFC 188, set to take place June 13 in Mexico City. It […]

Jon Jones Warned by Heavyweight Fabricio Werdum About Moving Up in Weight

Jon Jones put on a very strong performance at UFC 182, but one man was willing to throw some fighting words in the light heavyweight champ’s direction. That one man happens to be interim heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum, who gave Jones a stern warning about stepping onto his turf. @JonnyBones good fight tonight against @dc_mma […]

Jon Jones put on a very strong performance at UFC 182, but one man was willing to throw some fighting words in the light heavyweight champ’s direction. That one man happens to be interim heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum, who gave Jones a stern warning about stepping onto his turf. @JonnyBones good fight tonight against @dc_mma […]

Fabricio Werdum: Mark Hunt Asked Title Fight to Be Stopped After Knee

Mark Hunt asked the referee to stop the fight after Fabricio Werdum landed that thunderous flying knee in their UFC 180 interim heavyweight title bout. That’s according to a pretty key witness: Werdum himself. The new champion revealed the nugget in a Portuguese-language video interview with the UFC, which was translated by Bloody Elbow.  “I […]

Mark Hunt asked the referee to stop the fight after Fabricio Werdum landed that thunderous flying knee in their UFC 180 interim heavyweight title bout. That’s according to a pretty key witness: Werdum himself. The new champion revealed the nugget in a Portuguese-language video interview with the UFC, which was translated by Bloody Elbow.  “I […]

Cain Velasquez vs. Fabricio Werdum Unification Bout Being Planned for June

Mexico City was promised a UFC heavyweight championship match between Cain Velasquez and Fabricio Werdum at UFC 180, but an injury prevented that from happening. Signs currently point to the UFC targeting the matchup back in the Mexico capital for the summer of 2015. The UFC 180 main event was changed to an interim title […]

Mexico City was promised a UFC heavyweight championship match between Cain Velasquez and Fabricio Werdum at UFC 180, but an injury prevented that from happening. Signs currently point to the UFC targeting the matchup back in the Mexico capital for the summer of 2015. The UFC 180 main event was changed to an interim title […]

UFC 180 Results: 3 Fights for Fabricio Werdum to Take Next

Heading into UFC 180’s main event between Fabricio Werdum and Mark Hunt, the smart money was certainly on the Brazilian. “Vai Cavalo” wasn’t just physically and mentally more prepared, he also presented significant matchup issues for the Kiwi. How the fight actually unfolded was a little surprising, though. Despite the knockout, Werdum wasn’t as competitive […]

Heading into UFC 180’s main event between Fabricio Werdum and Mark Hunt, the smart money was certainly on the Brazilian. “Vai Cavalo” wasn’t just physically and mentally more prepared, he also presented significant matchup issues for the Kiwi. How the fight actually unfolded was a little surprising, though. Despite the knockout, Werdum wasn’t as competitive […]

Fabricio Werdum Reveals Himself as Hero of the Story, TKOs Mark Hunt at UFC 180

Much of the lead-up to UFC 180 focused on Mark Hunt’s chance to complete his Cinderella run to the interim heavyweight title. After Saturday night’s final plot twist, however, it turned out Fabricio Werdum was the hero of this story all along. Despite some dicey early moments, Werdum was always the more complete MMA fighter […]

Much of the lead-up to UFC 180 focused on Mark Hunt’s chance to complete his Cinderella run to the interim heavyweight title. After Saturday night’s final plot twist, however, it turned out Fabricio Werdum was the hero of this story all along. Despite some dicey early moments, Werdum was always the more complete MMA fighter […]