UFC 143: Fabricio Werdum Warns Roy Nelson To Keep His Hands Up
by Brent Brookhouse on Jan 31, 2012 11:30 AM EST
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Fabricio Werdum returns to the UFC at Saturday night's UFC 143 for the first time since losing to Junior dos Santos at UFC 90 in October of 2008. Werdum will square off with Roy Nelson in the night's co-main event in a fight that will elevate one man's stock and put them closer to title contention.
Werdum spoke to Globo recently and spoke about his plans to take the fight to Nelson (translation by Orcus):
I can tell you that he'll need to keep his hands up, because a knockout might happen. He'll need to keep his hands way up, in high guard. I think I'll hit his legs a lot. Roy Nelson is very tough and can endure a lot of beating, he showed that against [Junior dos Santos], but there's always a weak spot. I'll try to look for that flaw during the fight. I think I will win with agility and mobility. I am well mentally, as well as physically, much faster and this will be determinant in this fight, due to the fact that he's slower, a fatty.
It will be a very strategic fight. It's my return to the UFC, it will be very important to me. When I have the opportunity to KO or submit, I will do it. I don't like to win by points, it happens sometimes, but my prevision is this: knockout or submission. The main thing is the victory. My mom always tells me that the important thing is to raise the arm in the end (laughs).
The "fatty" line was said in a joking way, to be clear. It wasn't meant as a direct insult.
Nelson does leave some openings on the feet and we did see Werdum get some shots in on Alistair Overeem, I wouldn't be surprised at all to see him want to turn this into a three round fight on the feet.
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Got Werdum KO’ing Nelson late in the 2nd round
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lolololol so Werdum will KO a guy that even JDS couldn't?
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by Rob Young on Jan 31, 2012 11:44 AM EST up reply actions 8 recs
Arlovski could and werdum has some pretty heavy hands
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Since when?
He’s a heavyweight with 4 KO/TKO wins in 20 fights. If anyone’s getting knocked out in this affair its gonna be the cock guy.
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by Dave Strummer on Jan 31, 2012 1:42 PM EST up reply actions
Arlovski got some help from the ref.
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am i crazy...
or is that left hook lightning fast once overeem lets it go?
Yeah, he has a nasty left hook
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by ElliotMatheny on Jan 31, 2012 6:47 PM EST up reply actions
If JDS couldn't do it...
I don’t know how Werdum would manage.
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by skeebop on Jan 31, 2012 11:44 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
The only way
Would be if Nelson has taken so much cumulative damage that his chin is beginning to fade, but we haven’t really seen any signs of that.
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by wonderfulspam on Jan 31, 2012 12:00 PM EST up reply actions
More likely
That he could hurt Nelson with strikes and then jump on a submission. I don’t see a finish happening here for either guy, though.
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by Patrick Wyman on Jan 31, 2012 12:04 PM EST up reply actions
Well, it was a response to the comment about Werdum KO’ing Nelson. A sub isn’t totally unlikely but I agree with you that it looks like a decision.
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by wonderfulspam on Jan 31, 2012 12:08 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah
Both guys have pretty ridiculous chins. They’ve both been knocked out exactly once.
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by Patrick Wyman on Jan 31, 2012 12:17 PM EST up reply actions
Werdum is good in the clinch
If he knocks him out, it’s in the clinch with a knee
by discoandherpes on Jan 31, 2012 9:06 PM EST up reply actions
that's funny
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by biggant on Jan 31, 2012 12:31 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I don't see Werdum KO-ing Big Country, no way!
Roy can take a punch. Especially from Werdum. I don’t even thing Werdum can submit Roy – I think this fight has decision written all over it.
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by @KatanaClothing on Jan 31, 2012 12:32 PM EST up reply actions
How are you going to raise your arm when Roy's broken it? HUH? HUH?!
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Lucky for him he has 2 arms.
And he’ll only need one to put fatty away.
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by menckenstein on Jan 31, 2012 11:40 AM EST up reply actions
Sir, I accept. Name your terms.
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by menckenstein on Jan 31, 2012 12:32 PM EST up reply actions
Would love to see a Werdum victory here.
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elite grappler vs elite grappler, eh? I predict a crappy kickboxing match.
Hopefully, a big country overhand right will prove me wrong. I’m still mad at Verdum for praying during the AO fight for AO to dive into his guard. Silly.
Werdum talks an absolutely fantastic game, and then the bell rings.
by sheikybaby on Jan 31, 2012 11:37 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
I am well mentally, as well as physically, much faster and this will be determinant in this fight, due to the fact that he’s slower, a fatty.
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by Rob Young on Jan 31, 2012 11:45 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Ears flapping like he was going to take flight
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by menckenstein on Jan 31, 2012 11:48 AM EST up reply actions 5 recs
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by Andy Davis on Jan 31, 2012 12:17 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
I forgot that Thiago did this to Koscheck!
I was at this fight, too. Koscheck was out for a split second – BOOM!
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by @KatanaClothing on Jan 31, 2012 12:35 PM EST up reply actions
Got to love the commentary
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by discoandherpes on Jan 31, 2012 9:07 PM EST up reply actions
Guy on the wrong end of the uppercut?
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by Sweet Scientist on Jan 31, 2012 1:03 PM EST up reply actions
I didn't realize Werdum actually grazed JDS' chin with that punch.
Could have been bad for JDS if it actually connected better, since he was wide open, throwing that uppercut from hell.
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Hard to throw a good hook moving backwards
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by Dave Strummer on Jan 31, 2012 1:45 PM EST up reply actions
Verdum needs to work on his wrestling
He is god but not elite in the clinch and taking opponents down(as we saw against JDS and AO), I can’t see Nelson winning this fight but Frank Mir or Cain will expose his lack in wresting again
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He’d probably rather be god than elite anyway. I would.
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Mir got a lot better at wrestling since his losses to Brock & Carwin
it is pretty much visible in his fights with Mirko, Nelson and big Nog
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by couch-fighter on Jan 31, 2012 12:21 PM EST up reply actions
not only that if Mir did not hit that Knee in the late 3rd he was on his way to loosing a 29-28 decision from the looks of the judges score cards. Mir is so lucky he hit that Knee a loss to Mirko at this stage of his career would of been bad for Frank.
And I remember Mirko actually out wrestling Mir that whole fight. Mirko stoped stoped every dam sloppy shot frank took with basic underhooks and ripping away. wrestling 101
This fight is tailor made for Nelson
Werdum’s chin isn’t that great and Nelson hits like a truck.
Combine that with the fact that he won’t be afraid to go to the ground? Dominant Nelson Decision.
by HeadKickLegSweep on Jan 31, 2012 11:58 AM EST reply actions
you mean TUF WINNER ROY NELSON
Nah, I’m not. Werdum’s got some hands are JUNK.
by HeadKickLegSweep on Jan 31, 2012 12:06 PM EST up reply actions
ugh I can't write
Werdum’s got some JUNK hands/ Werdum’s hands are JUNK*
by HeadKickLegSweep on Jan 31, 2012 12:12 PM EST up reply actions
Uh
Werdum’s chin isn’t that great? He’s been knocked out exactly once, by the current champion. Otherwise, he’s survived two fights with Overeem and one with Kharitonov, Arlovski, Fedor, and Bigfoot without getting KO’ed.
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by Patrick Wyman on Jan 31, 2012 12:06 PM EST up reply actions
Key word being survived
You don’t think Nelson’s hands are heavy enough to put him out?
by HeadKickLegSweep on Jan 31, 2012 12:09 PM EST up reply actions
No
Nelson has solid power, but he’s hardly JDS. Every guy that Nelson’s knocked out is either a) not very good (Brad Imes, Fabiano Scherner) or b) not known for having a great chin (Schaub, Struve). Additionally, Werdum’s much longer than Nelson, and tends to throw a fair number of kicks and straight punches; if this does turn into (relatively) bad kickboxing, it’s going to be hard for Nelson to get inside and throw his haymakers. I have a really hard time seeing exactly how Werdum loses this fight, to be honest.
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by Patrick Wyman on Jan 31, 2012 12:22 PM EST up reply actions
This.
I don’t really see how Nelson wins this. I don’t think he lands that big overhand on Werdum. Werdum by decision.
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by Sweet Scientist on Jan 31, 2012 1:15 PM EST up reply actions
"Survived"
How many other guys can say the same thing?
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by Patrick Wyman on Jan 31, 2012 12:24 PM EST up reply actions
Let's get serious
Bigfoot, Arvloski, and Khartinov aren’t exactly top contention. Fedor win was impressive, sure, but Werdum hasn’t done much else other than that.
by HeadKickLegSweep on Jan 31, 2012 12:37 PM EST up reply actions
That's some outstanding revisionist history there
Arlovski was two fights removed from the heavyweight championship and his chin hadn’t deteriorated; Bigfoot was a top prospect, with a 13-1 record at the time they fought; Kharitonov was 12-1, with his only loss to a prime Big Nog. Let’s go over this again: he submitted Overeem, beat Gabriel Gonzaga twice, once when he was a top-10 guy, and SUBMITTED FEDOR. He’s a legit top-10 and possibly top-5 heavyweight.
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by Patrick Wyman on Jan 31, 2012 12:44 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
oh
and NOT getting knocked out by Overeem isn’t exactly an accomplishment
by HeadKickLegSweep on Jan 31, 2012 12:43 PM EST up reply actions
Starting to think you're trolling here
Or just completely and utterly uninformed. He’s the only fighter to take Overeem to a decision in five years and sixteen fights. He also outstruck Overeem, and FightMetric had him as the winner in that fight.
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by Patrick Wyman on Jan 31, 2012 12:46 PM EST up reply actions
not really trolling
but my Werdum hate is a little strong.
Well not hate, he just talks such a big game and never backs it up. And that second match with Overweem was such a huge let down. Can’t forgive him for that.
by HeadKickLegSweep on Jan 31, 2012 1:00 PM EST up reply actions
Understandable
It’s just how he is; he really enjoys trash-talking his opponents (and his friends, too, for that matter). The second Overeem fight wasn’t a lot of fun to watch, but part of that has to do with him injuring his knee at the start of the second round when Overeem Thai-dumped him.
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by Patrick Wyman on Jan 31, 2012 1:03 PM EST up reply actions
He didn't outstrike Overeem. Striking tallies for that fight are very deceptive.
The numbers may say he landed more sig. strikes, or something to that effect, but Overeem’s significant strikes were doing much more damage, often sending Werdum to the canvas.
What would you consider more effective? A four punch combination that lands, but is shrugged off, or a knee strike to the head that drops the target?
I'm 99% sure
We’ve had this exact same discussion at least once, and possibly twice. To sum up, I think he landed more strikes (not of the “shrugged off” variety, either), had Overeem moving backwards for almost the entire fight, and lost himself the fight with his guard-pulling. You disagree, and we don’t need to rehash this again.
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by Patrick Wyman on Jan 31, 2012 2:02 PM EST up reply actions
I just can't believe you think he would've won without the flopping and butt-scooting.
That’s insane.
I really don't want to have the same discussion yet again
But dropping down every time Overeem landed a strike made it look like he was getting knocked down, when in fact he wasn’t. That’s a large part of what creates the perception that Overeem’s shots were landing particularly hard. In the absence of that perception, Werdum outlanded him and had him moving backwards for the majority of the fight; this is simply not debatable.
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by Patrick Wyman on Jan 31, 2012 2:27 PM EST up reply actions
all I remember from that match
is some scooting and Werdum pleading with Overeem to come to the ground.
Really wish Overeem would’ve done a Mendes front flip haha
by HeadKickLegSweep on Jan 31, 2012 1:52 PM EST up reply actions
I'll wait until the weigh ins to change my pick from Nelson
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by halitosis on Jan 31, 2012 11:58 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Good call.
I’m interested to see if Big Country has managed to slim down any more since his last fight. He looked (for him) pretty darn lean against Cro-Cop – I wonder if his masterplan is to gradually keep cutting until he can make light-heavyweight?
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by @KatanaClothing on Jan 31, 2012 12:37 PM EST up reply actions
That's my reasoning
Also to see if Werdum looks any stronger or slimmer. It could go either way, but right now I have Nelson taking a decision over Werdum.
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by halitosis on Jan 31, 2012 1:34 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Uh oh...
Werdum tries to prove himself on the feet and gets knocked out, which is the only reason JDS was able to catch him too.
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by MicahtheCynic on Jan 31, 2012 12:13 PM EST reply actions 4 recs
Roy's gonna get him reel good
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by menckenstein on Jan 31, 2012 12:43 PM EST up reply actions
I also love the way fighters always say things like “I hope he has a good camp” or “I hope he’s working on his striking” “He better watch out for my striking”. Surely it would be better for them if their opponent had a shit camp and didn’t train their striking etc. So many fighters say these same old tired things
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by biggant on Jan 31, 2012 12:33 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Yeah, you’re right. Werdum has no prayer despite the fact that he has beaten much better strikers in career, while Nelson has Ko’s over such iron-chinned behemoths as Struve and Schaub.
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by Ak.Death on Jan 31, 2012 2:27 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
You're pretty much right I think.
3 rounds of bad kickboxing.
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by Sweet Scientist on Jan 31, 2012 1:20 PM EST up reply actions
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by RandyCouture'sDivorceLawyer on Jan 31, 2012 2:14 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Top 3 verdicts are...
1. Bad kickboxing match with decision win.
2. Werdum outstrikes Nelson, gets the sub
3. Nelson knocks Werdum TFO.
IF THEY ARE SMART:
Werdum kicks Nelson’s legs out from under him and pounds him out for a TKO
Nelson baits Werdum to the ground, lays that belly on him and gets the TKO.
They both may have great chins, but Nelson has HW knock out power, whereas Werdum has Bispingfists; a standing fisticuffs can only favor Roy. Werdum needs to use his reach to knock those chicken legs out from underneath that belly, then crucifix Roy FTW. Roy needs to anticipate those leg kicks, move inside for some power punches and drag Fabricio down, fighting him like a wrestler, all ground and pound, not try to outsubmit him.
I doubt either of them gets stopped with ground strikes,
unless they’re seriously rocked from a big shot standing.
I doubt Fabricio can knockout Nelson
but just because JDS couldn’t doesn’t mean it’s impossible.Everything seems impossible until it’s done.
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by Victor Rodriguez on Jan 31, 2012 5:10 PM EST reply actions
Now I could be wrong,
but didn’t he say something along these lines in the build up to his fight with Overeem?
Nelson should be able to blast him, at least I hope so
Werdum won’t finish him. He got rocked like all hell against JDS and Mir and still went the distance.
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