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Fabricio Werdum @ PFL 3
Former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum has already filed an appeal following his controversial loss to Renan Ferreira at PFL 3.
Werdum (24-10-1 MMA) was making his PFL debut in tonight’s event headliner against a fellow Brazilian in Ferreira (7-2 MMA).
Fabricio had most previously competed in July of 2020, where he scored a first round submission victory over Alexander Gustafsson under the UFC banner.
Meanwhile, Renan Ferreira was returning to action for the first time since August of 2019 this evening in Atlantic City. ‘Problema’ had most previously competed under the LFA banner, where he picked up a submission win over Jared Vanderaa.
Fabricio Werdum ‘wanted to leave the UFC,’ feels like ‘ambassador’ for PFL
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Former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum is not sad at all about his Octagon departure. After dedicating the last eight years of his career to the biggest promotion in the world, the Brazilian was happy to leave on his own terms with a win over Alexander Gustafsson in July 2020 and signing with the Professional Fighters League shortly afterwards.
In an interview with Super Lutas, Werdum explained how he negotiated his UFC release and what led him to sign with PFL. Now just hours away from making his debut at PFL 3, the Brazilian expressed nothing but satisfaction after closing an important chapter of his MMA career.