Eyeing Title Shot, Fabricio Werdum Asked to Be on Same Card as UFC Champ Stipe Miocic

Fabricio Werdum’s heavyweight title reign ended before it began, as the Brazilian carelessly rushed directly into a counter right hook from Stipe Miocic in front of some 40,000 of his countrymen at UFC 198.On the heels of a victory over Cain Velasquez that launched Werdum into the “Greatest of All-Time” discussion, the first-round knockout loss to Miocic was something of a shocker. After all, this was also the man with victories over Fedor Emelianenko, Alistair Overeem, Mark Hunt, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Roy Nelson, to name a few. By comparison, Miocic was relatively unheralded. Fortunately for “Vai Cavalo,” the heavyweight division is arguably the most volatile in all of MMA, with the title changing hands on a regular basis. Any heavyweight contender with a short memory and a decent resume …

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