We have a new champion. Not long after Fabricio Werdum got his arms around Cain Velasquez’s throat, he had his hands around the UFC heavyweight belt. The underdog used a watertight game plan to stun then subdue the champ, who appeared to struggle with the thin air of the Mexico highlands. But UFC 188, which […]
We have a new champion. Not long after Fabricio Werdum got his arms around Cain Velasquez’s throat, he had his hands around the UFC heavyweight belt. The underdog used a watertight game plan to stun then subdue the champ, who appeared to struggle with the thin air of the Mexico highlands. But UFC 188, which […]
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 […]
Fabricio Werdum‘s nickname is Vai Cavalo, but perhaps it should be “The Legend Killer.” On Saturday night at UFC 188, the 37-year-old knocked off another seemingly indestructible opponent and became the UFC’s undisputed heavyweight champion. Werdum submitted Cain Velasquez in the third round in Mexico City in what will go down as one of the […]
Fabricio Werdum‘s nickname is Vai Cavalo, but perhaps it should be “The Legend Killer.” On Saturday night at UFC 188, the 37-year-old knocked off another seemingly indestructible opponent and became the UFC’s undisputed heavyweight champion. Werdum submitted Cain Velasquez in the third round in Mexico City in what will go down as one of the […]
UFC 188 got off to a slow start, with numerous ugly, boring decisions, but it came out strong after the midway point. Topped by the heavyweight title unification bout between Cain Velasquez and Fabricio Werdum, fans were treated to some wild back-and-forth action and numerous impressive submission wins. While there were some quality performances all […]
UFC 188 got off to a slow start, with numerous ugly, boring decisions, but it came out strong after the midway point. Topped by the heavyweight title unification bout between Cain Velasquez and Fabricio Werdum, fans were treated to some wild back-and-forth action and numerous impressive submission wins. While there were some quality performances all […]
Cain Velasquez’s supposed triumphant return to the Octagon hit a major speed bump. Fabricio Werdum dumped the interim tag from his title and became the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world when he submitted Velasquez via guillotine in the third round on Saturday night. It was a virtuoso performance from the 37-year-old Brazilian in a […]
Cain Velasquez’s supposed triumphant return to the Octagon hit a major speed bump. Fabricio Werdum dumped the interim tag from his title and became the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world when he submitted Velasquez via guillotine in the third round on Saturday night. It was a virtuoso performance from the 37-year-old Brazilian in a […]