Fabricio Werdum Turns out Fabricio Werdum had a pretty good idea how his fight with reigning heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez at UFC 188 in Mexico City would go. He was even kind enough to tell us, whether we wanted to believe him or not. Go back and watch it if you want. On the second episode of the “Embedded” series for UFC 188, the then-interim champ calmly laid out all the relevant factors in this title-unification fight. It’s all there. From Velasquez’s injury layoff (“Two years is a lot”) to his lack of prep time in Mexico City (“I think he is going to struggle with the altitude”), to his strategy (“He’s going to try to knock me out from the beginning … then it’s my turn”), Werdum had this one figured.
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How Fabricio Werdum became unlikely ‘baddest man on planet’ by following own plan – MMA Junkie