Vai Cavalo was in the process of negotiating a new contract with the UFC before getting knocked out at UFC 90 by Junior dos Santos. Now he's out. There was talk of awarding Werdum a shot at the title before the return of Randy Couture and the rise of Brock Lesnar. Werdum was (appropriately) ticked-off about not being included in the UFC heavyweight tournament and accepted the fight against dos Santos reluctantly, it being a no-win situation for him. Dos Santos smashed through Werdum in the first round of their fight and sapped all of Werdum's negotiating power with the UFC. Talks between the two sides fell apart following the event and now Werdum is a free agent. Werdum holds wins over Gabriel Gonzaga, Brandon Vera, Aleks Emelianenko, Alistar Overeem, and Roman Zentzov and has gone the distance with Andrei Arlovski and Minotauro Nogueira. No word on where he might end up.
Re: Fabricio Werdum out of the UFC Affliction will probably pick him up. They probably have the deepest heavyweight division out there so he'll get a lot of chances to fight and possibly beat a lot of big names and maybe one day return to the UFC.
Re: Fabricio Werdum out of the UFC The UFC heavyweight division is just crap now. I hope Brock leaves soon. Please? please?
Fabricio Werdum NOT out of UFC “Estou surpreso com essa not?*cia. Minha irmã é quem negocia com o UFC e ela sempre entra em contato comigo antes de tomar qualquer decisão e até onde eu sei não houve esse contato do UFC com ela. No meu contrato ainda tenho mais quatro lutas que vão até 2010. Pelo cronograma que eles me passaram eu devo lutar em fevereiro, julho, novembro e abril de 2010. Inclusive estou me mudando para os Estados Unidos muito em função dos treinos com o Rafael Cordeiro visando o UFC”, disse Werdum, que está no Brasil acertando os últimos detalhes para a sua mudança para os Estados Unidos já em dezembro. "I'm surprised with this news. My sister is my manager and shes the one that deal with the UFC and she always contact me first before every decision is made and from what I know UFC didn't contacted her. I still have 4 more fights left on my contract until 2010. From what they told me I should fight in february, july, november and april of 2010. In fact, I'm moving to the USA because I'll prepare for those fights in the UFC with Rafael Cordeiro." said Werdum that is finishing all the details to move to USA in december... http://www.tatame.com.br/2008/11/10/UFC--Werdum-nega-saida-do-UFC
Re: Fabricio Werdum NOT out of UFC Oh man I so hope this is correct. I like Werdum and I hope he does string together some wins and gets his much deserved title shot.
