Fabricio Werdum
Wants to fight: [autotag]Fedor Emelianenko[/autotag]
The callout: “This is 100 percent (true). I want to fight with Fedor, 100 percent. I respect him a lot. I want to give this opportunity to him to fight with me again. This has history: Me vs. Fedor in 2010. Ten years later, everybody wants to see this fight. I don’t know where, but for sure I want to fight with Fedor because I respect him. In my mind, he is the best in the world.”
The reality: [autotag]Fabricio Werdum[/autotag] has defeated a who’s who of MMA heavyweight greats, and before he hangs up the four-ounce gloves for good he’d love to face “The Last Emperor” again. Werdum ended Emelianenko’s decade-long unbeaten run back in 2010 and, with both men very much at the twilight of their respective careers, it’s a fight that would offer genuine interest and intrigue, 10 years on from their first meeting. Much will depend on Werdum’s next promotional move, but if he ended up signing with Bellator, or perhaps RIZIN FF, a matchup with his old adversary might just be a possibility.