Fabrício Werdum
| Fabrício Werdum | |
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| Born |
July 30, 1977 Porto Alegre, Brazil |
| Other names | Vai Cavalo (Go Horse) |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) |
| Weight | 239.5 lb (109 kg; 17 st 2 lb) |
| Division | Heavyweight (265 lb) |
| Reach | 77.0 in (196 cm) |
| Style | BJJ, Muay Thai, Judo, |
| Fighting out of | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Team |
Kings MMA Werdum Combat Team Akhmat Fight Club |
| Rank | 2nd degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Octávio "Ratinho" Couto Black belt in Judo Black belt in Muay Thai under Rafael Cordeiro |
| Years active | 2002–present (MMA) |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 28 |
| Wins | 21 |
| By knockout | 6 |
| By submission | 10 |
| By decision | 5 |
| Losses | 6 |
| By knockout | 2 |
| By decision | 4 |
| Draws | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
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Representing  Brazil
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| Men's submission grappling | ||
| ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championships | ||
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2011 Nottingham | +99 kg |
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2009 Barcelona | +99 kg |
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2007 New Jersey | +99 kg |
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2005 Long Beach | +99 kg |
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2003 São Paulo | Open |
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2003 São Paulo | +99 kg |
| IBJJF World Jiu-Jitsu Championships | ||
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2004 Rio de Janeiro | +100 kg (Black) |
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2004 Rio de Janeiro | Open (Black) |
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2003 Rio de Janeiro | +100 kg (Black) |
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2002 Rio de Janeiro | -100 kg (Brown) |
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2001 Rio de Janeiro | Open (Purple) |
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2000 Rio de Janeiro | Open (Blue) |
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2000 Rio de Janeiro | -100 kg (Blue) |
| Pan American Jiu-Jitsu Championships | ||
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2003 | Open (Black) |
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2003 | +100 kg (Black) |
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2002 | -100 kg (Brown) |
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2001 | Open kg (Purple) |
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2001 | -100 kg (Purple) |
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2000 | -100 kg (Blue) |
Fabrício Werdum (Portuguese pronunciation: [faˈbɾisju veʁˈdũ]; born July 30, 1977) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and the former UFC Heavyweight Champion. He is also a two-time Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion, a two-time Abu Dhabi Combat Club World Heavyweight Champion and European jiu-jitsu champion. He holds black belts in Brazilian jiu-jitsu,Judo, and Muay Thai. Werdum has competed in PRIDE, the UFC, Strikeforce, and Jungle Fight.
As of October 2, 2016, he is ranked as the #1 heavyweight contender in the official UFC rankings and #5 pound-for-pound fighter in the world by Sherdog.
Often regarded as one of the best heavyweight fighters of all time, he was the first fighter to decisively defeat Fedor Emelianenko in mixed martial arts. He also holds notable victories over Cain Velasquez, Alistair Overeem, Minotauro Nogueira, and Mark Hunt.
Born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Werdum started training Brazilian jiu-jitsu after being choked unconscious with a triangle choke by his then-girlfriend's ex-boyfriend. He trained with Marcio Corleta at the Porto Alegre Academy, Winner Behring. After success in competitive Brazilian jiu-jitsu and submission grappling, he started his career in MMA. He arrived in Spain to join his mother, who had moved to the city of Madrid some years before. At the age of 22, soon after his arrival in Spain, when he was just a purple belt, he started teaching the art of Brazilian jiu-jitsu in Madrid and other cities of Spain. Despite only training with white and blue belts, he became a BJJ World Champion, being promoted to the rank of black belt by Master Sylvio Behring three years later.
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