Fabrício Werdum

Fabricio Werdum’s fight at UFC 90 wasn’t like the Chute Boxe athlete was expecting. Making plans to fight for the heavyweight belt, Werdum now needs to postpone more this dream, after the knockout suffered by Junior “Cigano” dos Santos at Chicago. Besides the loss, Werdum believes he’ll be back to top and revealed to TATAME he’s moving to United States. Check below the exclusive interview.

What do you think about your fight at UFC 90?

I didn’t go well to this fight, I was ready and focused, but everything happened so fast, the punch came fast and strongly. I punched him and down my head and he punched me in the same time. I twisted my knee when I fell down and opened a cut in my nose, but everything is all right. I couldn’t even feel the fight, but it’s ok, in fighting you only have two options: win or lose. Now it’s time to think in my next fight.

What do you think you did wrong in this fight?

I’ve never been knocked out or submitted in my whole life. We always have a first time, and it was my first KO. Cigano deserved that, I have to congratulate him, because he surprised me. A lot of people said he was a underdog, but I think he deserved that.

Do you think you came over confident to this fight?

He surprised me, it wasn’t to much confidence. I was with a great Muay Thai, ground game, but it all happened so fast. He deserved that, he said he respected me before the fight and I respected him and still do, confidence is a normal thing.

Do you think about a rematch?

It’s gonna be tough to UFC give me a rematch, but it they want so I’ll fight again for sure.

How this loss frustrate your plans in UFC?

When you win you go three steps forward, but when you lose you back there steps too. My goal still is the belt, this loss won’t change anything. Everything I dreamed my whole life and put as a goal I’ve accomplished, the BJJ World championship, ADCC, and now I’ll go after the UOF belt.

What are your plans now?

I’ll stay a week in Los Angeles, at my friend Marcus Vinicius Di Luccia gym, the Beverly Hills Jiu-Jitsu, and then I’ll go to Chute Boxe in Hungtinton Beach, with Rafael Cordeiro, because I wanna stay in US for two or five years with him.

So you’re moving to US?

I’m happy at Curitiba, but I’ll stay in USA to stay closer to my family, that’s the reason. I think it’ll be great for my career too, because I can get a sponsor and train with Rafael, one of the best MMA coaches. Now I live in Porto Alegre, but passed the whole week away from my wife and daughter… We now decided to move to US and I wanna bring them here too. I’ll meet Rafael, see where I’m gonna live here and then I’ll come back to Brazil for my daughters birthday, and then I’ll go to Spain to do some seminars and follow my friend “Mamute” at M-1 in Barcelona at November 8^th.