Fabricio Werdum

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height=6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
weight=247 lb (112 kg)
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fightingfrom= Porto Alegre, Brazil
hometown=Porto Alegre, Brazil
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Fabricio Werdum (born July 30, 1977 in Porto Alegre, Brazil) is a Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter.

He is a two-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champion, 2007 ADCC world heavyweight champion and European Jiu-Jitsu champion. He has a Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and a Brown Belt in judo. He currently competes for the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Biography

Born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Werdum started training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu after a recommendation from his ex-girlfriend. He trained with Marcio Corletta at the Porto Alegre Academy, Winner Behring. After success in competitive BJJ and submission wrestling, he started his career in MMA. He arrived to Spain, to join his family who had moved to the city of Madrid, some years before. At the age of 17, soon after his arrival to Spain. when he was just a purple belt, he started spreading the art of BJJ in Madrid and other cities of Spain, and despite training with white belts, he became BJJ World Championship, being promoted black belt by Silvio Behring 3 years later.

MMA career

Werdum's early fights were with the promotions Jungle Fight, Millennium Brawl, and World Absolute Fight. He boasted a 4-0-1 record, including a win against BJJ standout Gabriel Gonzaga.

PRIDE Fighting Championship and UFC

In 2005, Werdum made his PRIDE debut against Tom Erikson, winning by submission. He accumulated a record of 3-1 before entering the 2006 PRIDE Open-weight Grand Prix. His first match of the tournament was against Dutch kickboxer Alistair Overeem, winning via kimura in the second round. He then faced former Pride FC (and the current UFC) heavyweight champion, Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira in the quarter finals, losing via decision.

Fabricio then had a short stint in 2 Hot 2 Handle, facing Aleksander Emelianenko in a Heavyweight bout, beating the Russian by submission.

Fabricio Werdum debuted in the UFC on 21 April, 2007 at . He faced former UFC Heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski, losing a close decision. He began to train in Brasil at Chute Boxe and he is now more agressive. At UFC 80 on January 19, 2008, Werdum rematched Gabriel Gonzaga. Werdum won the bout by TKO. Werdum's last fight took place at UFC 85 against Brandon Vera. He defeated Vera by TKO in the 1st round. The stoppage in this fight was controversial because Vera was protecting himself. However, Werdum was in control the whole fight.

Until November, 2006, Werdum was the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu coach to Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović and is associated with "Team Werdum BJJ Academy", located in Zagreb, Croatia [http://www.croatia.teamwerdum.com/] . Werdum is currently training with the Chute Boxe MMA team. [http://www.graciemag.com/?c=144&a=7770]

Personal life

Fabricio is married and has one daughter with his wife Karine. [ [http://www.tatame.com/2007/03/01/Fabricio-Werdum My wife Karine is already with 8 months. Her birth is expected to be in the next two weeks. I´m very ansious because it´s my first daughter. We already arranged all her room, I´m kind of silly with all this thing.] ]

Mixed martial arts record

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wins=11
losses=3
draws=1
ko-wins=4
ko-losses=0
sub-wins=6
sub-losses=0
dec-wins=1
dec-losses=3

References

External links

* [http://www.fabriciowerdum.com Official Website]
* [http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=fighter.detail&pid=525 UFC Profile]
* [http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?fighterID=8390 Professional MMA record]
* [http://www.prideofficial.com/free/fighters/details/1107503239.html PRIDE profile]