Werdum: “I wanted them to know, Werdum has good standup.”
source | MMAJunkie.com
If a sudden injury or illness forced Fabricio Werdum into an early retirement tomorrow, he knows exactly how he’d be remembered: The Guy Who Beat Fedor Emelianenko.
“At this moment now, yes, that was the best moment in my career,” Werdum told MMAjunkie. “It was a great moment for me.”
“I know how important this fight is for my next goal,” Werdum said. “My next goal is the belt. I want to fight Cain Velasquez, so it’s very important for me, this fight. I’m just going in there, and he kills me or I kill him. That’s it.”
“Before that fight, people would say, ‘Oh, he’s just a jiu-jitsu guy, he only fights on the ground.’ I didn’t like that,” Werdum said. “I wanted them to know, Werdum has good standup.”
“I don’t want to talk too much about it,” Werdum said. “I just want to show it in the cage. On April 19, I have the chance to show the UFC fans, again, why I’m there.”