Luke Rockhold not surprised ‘joke’ Fabricio Werdum lost title to Stipe Miocic

TORRANCE, Calif. — The war of words between Luke Rockhold and Fabricio Werdum doesn’t seem to be nearing any kind of finish.

Given the opportunity at UFC 199 open workouts to talk Werdum’s title loss to Stipe Miocic last month, Rockhold gladly took it and slammed the former heavyweight champion as usual.

“I thought he was a joke,” Rockhold said. “I thought he was making [off] with something he stole. That’s how I saw Werdum.”

Rockhold is not a particular fan of Werdum’s “happy face” facial expression, one that Werdum replicated on thousands of face masks that were supposed to be distributed to fans at UFC 198 in Curitiba, Brazil. The “happy face” has become part of Werdum’s brand and did it walking into the Octagon against Miocic. “Vai Cavalo” ended up being knocked out in the first round.

“He was parading around with a belt like he stole something with that stupid face he always kept,” Rockhold said. …

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