Fabricio Werdum Wants to Fight Outside of Strikeforce Before Facing Fedor or Overeem

Fabricio Werdum had surgery on his arm shortly after his monumental upset over long time heavyweight kingpin, Fedor Emelianenko. Two months removed from that, and Werdum says he has fully recovered and plans to fight again very soon. That next fight may not be for Strikeforce though, as the #4 ranked heavyweight told Sherdog that he plans to have an overseas fight first:

"I used this trip to make a couple of good contacts in Abu Dhabi and Japan. Strikeforce want me to return in March against Fedor [Emelianenko] or [Alistair] Overeem, but I'm looking forward to having a fight before that one. I don’t have an exclusive contract with Strikeforce, only for the U.S., and I got a nice proposal in Abu Dhabi and another one in Japan... My arm is 100 percent now and I feel that by February, I'll be ready to fight in Abu Dhabi or Japan."

What has the several time jiujitsu world champ been up to during his time off? Well he has been touring the world teaching this new guard system that will make MMA fighters avoid getting punched in the face. More on that after the jump.



"Since I couldn't start training in the month after the surgery, I found that giving seminars was a great way to start my recovery little by little. I couldn’t make a better choice. My main concern during all those seminars was showing a new guard system for MMA that I developed. Today, most jiu-jitsu guys, while on the bottom, just close the guard and receive hard punishment. With the experience I've got in MMA plus the jiu-jitsu knowledge I've got from top guys like Sylvio Behring, Marcio Corleta, Mario Reis, Otavio 'Ratinho' [Couto] and Renato 'Babalu' [Sobral], I developed a new guard system that makes it really hard for someone on top to hit me."

"It's really impressive, I can tell you that I don’t take one single punch to my face using that system,"

Brown Pride wrote:Non exclusive contracts, gotta love em....

rudeboyben84 wrote:Other than Ishii who fight in Dream Hw wise? Cant think of Anyone who could fight Werdum, I wonder who in Abu Dhabi as well?

Honestly I wouldnt care if he took a can to stay busy. Fedor isnt ready to fight and neither is Overeem and I dont see why he should fight anyone else in SF. I cant wait to see his Guard System too.

What about Roger Gracie or Xande Ribeiro in MMA? that would be awsome!

manschesthair_utd wrote:

cool, now maybe we will see Werdum fight on Dynamite!!
i presume that is one of the offers he has on the table.

Werdum/Ishii would be a great grappling contest.

anyway i think Fedor/Barnett has been the fight that looks the most likely to happen for w while now.
+ with Overeem tied up with K1 its a good move for Werdum.

gotta love non-exclusive contacts!
spread the fighting.

Michael_Bisping_Is_A_Cunt wrote:Non-Exclusive contracts are great for the fighters and great for the fans. Good stuff as always from Coker and Strikeforce.

Michael_Bisping_Is_A_Cunt wrote:

If he beats a bum,that's all it will be,no credit comes from that.
If he some how loses to a bum,that would be a huge knock on one of Strikeforce's best and will do nothing to help them promote the strength of Strikeforce's HW division.
If he gets injured,Strikeforce lose out again

The_Axe_Emperor wrote:Ishii, for one. Timmeh would also be a good fight.

The_Axe_Emperor wrote:Who said Werdums opponent had to be ranked? Ishii is no pushover and brings some great grappling the table. Alot of you get caught up on the fact Werdum beat Fedor and automatically think the only people worthy of challenging him are the absolute bests in the world, not true. Anyway, after beating Fedor he deserves to be cut some slack.