Former heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum came in vintage fashion UFC Fight Island 3: ‘Whittaker vs. Till’. After finding his rhythm, ‘Vai Cavalo’ got Alexander Gustafsson to the mat and finished the ‘Mauler’ with a slick armbar still in the first round. On Twitter, pro fighters praised his performance.
Uncle Gus bout to throw Werdum on the grill.
— Bryce Mitchell (@ThugnastyMMA) July 26, 2020
Excited to see the man @AlexTheMauler at heavyweight! Always brings the smooth boxing, great to watch #UFCFightIsland3
— Arnold billy allen (@Arnoldbfa) July 26, 2020
Always rooting for @AlexTheMauler @UFC #fightisland
— Lando Vannata (@GroovyLando) July 26, 2020
Say something
— GILBERT BURNS DURINHO (@GilbertDurinho) July 26, 2020
So Werdum is back to his old self WOW #UFCFightIsland3
— Gerald Meerschaert (@The_Real_GM3) July 26, 2020
Told youuu werdum is back!!
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) July 26, 2020
Omgeee the grappling!!! #UFCFightIsland4
— PEARL GONZALEZ (@PearlGonzalez) July 26, 2020
Beautiful armbar! So technical #UFCFightIsland3
— Tatiana Suarez (@tatianaufc) July 26, 2020
Shit!!!!
— JIMI MANUWA (@POSTERBOYJM) July 26, 2020
Still got it! #UFCFightIsland3
— Niko Price (@Nikohybridprice) July 26, 2020
Damn! I was so wrong! The Werdum that fought Oleinik isn’t the Werdum that showed up tn! Gustafsson looked good, but grappling really changes things if you don’t have all tools in the toolbox. Offensively and defensively. #UFCFightIsland3 #TheWeeklyScraps!
— Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) July 26, 2020
@FabricioWerdum with the BJJ on point to secure the win!
— Herbert Burns (@HerbertBurnsMMA) July 26, 2020
Beautiful armbar!#UFCFightIsland3
You knew that was over once Werdum got him down #UFCFightIsland3
— Jamahal Hill UFC (@JamahalH) July 26, 2020
Man Gustafson was like a gazelle trying to escape from a lion.
— Funky (@Benaskren) July 26, 2020
Didn’t expect Gus to be that easy to takedown in this fight. Wouldn’t be surprised if he retires again. Big win for werdum after that last fight
— Brian Kelleher (@brianboom135) July 26, 2020
Great win for Werdum. His greatest win was still throwing a boomerang at Covington in Aus though #UFCFightIsland3
— Megan Anderson (@MeganA_mma) July 26, 2020
— BONY (@JonnyBones) July 26, 2020
Put some respect ✊ on @FabricioWerdum name! Bjj World Champ! ADCC world champ! UFC Champ! Beat Fedor, Velazquez! Had one bad last fight but come on! That’s a legend! Congrats dos nossos #UFCFightIsland3
— GILBERT BURNS DURINHO (@GilbertDurinho) July 26, 2020
That was a totally different Werdum from the one that fought Oleinik.
— Kenny Florian (@kennyflorian) July 26, 2020
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