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Werdum all business ahead of UFC 203: ‘The happy face is in the past’
- Updated: September 10, 2016
Fabricio Werdum is all business heading into UFC 203. Gone is the troll-like persona fans had become accustomed to, as the Brazilian wants to prove his divisional worth and stake his claim as the next No. 1 heavyweight contender.
Werdum will meet Travis Browne in tomorrow night’s co-main event, and the former HW champion had some serious words for ‘Hapa’ at Thursday’s pre-fight press conference. “I will break your face, bastard,” Werdum told Browne in Portuguese during the staredown. “… I’ll break your rib, clown. You know I will break you. You know I will break you. You know that.”
While Werdum dropped the insults, there was no change of tone from the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu expert when speaking to MMA Fighting at a media scrum on Friday. Werdum is treating this as the biggest fight of his 14-year career.
“I need this victory. It’s important for my goal to fight for the title again,” Werdum said, per Guilherme Cruz of MMAF. “I …
