{"id":389850,"date":"2022-05-26T20:02:51","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T20:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=389850"},"modified":"2022-05-26T20:02:51","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T20:02:51","slug":"i-want-to-add-another-belt-on-the-wall-former-ufc-champion-fabricio-werdum-eyes-a-stint-in-boxing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/i-want-to-add-another-belt-on-the-wall-former-ufc-champion-fabricio-werdum-eyes-a-stint-in-boxing\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I Want to Add Another Belt on the Wall\u201d- Former UFC Champion Fabricio Werdum Eyes a Stint in Boxing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum hopped on a virtual press conference and revealed his intention to foray into the world of boxing. Chiefly, this decision would come as a surprise to some since Werdum recently opened the door to retiring after his \u2018No Contest \u2018 at PFL 3 against Renan Ferreira.<\/p>\n<p>The fight that was initially ruled a KO loss for Werdum was eventually overturned to an NC and \u2018Vai Cavalo\u2019 talked about finally hanging up the gloves. However, it seems as though he has a newly renewed focus and is in fact looking to enter into a whole new sport altogether.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/sounds-like-a-hook-up-to-me-dominick-cruz-opines-on-t-j-dillashaws-fast-run-towards-the-title-upon-ufc-return\/\">\u2018Sounds Like a Hook-Up to Me\u2019- Dominick Cruz Opines on T.J Dillashaw\u2019s Fast Run Towards the Title Upon UFC Return<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Fabricio Werdum gets real about wanting a boxing championship<\/h2>\n<p>MMA fighters transitioning into boxing is far from an unknown phenomenon, however, Werdum\u2019s approach is certainly unique. The former UFC heavyweight champion wants to contest for a championship belt and won\u2019t settle for anything less.<\/p>\n<p>He talked about dedicating \u201c100%\u201d to boxing and believes he can excel at the sport, much like he did in MMA.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-389851 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/yt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"959\" height=\"959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/yt.jpg 959w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/yt-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/yt-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/05\/yt-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 959px) 100vw, 959px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI don\u2019t like the word \u2018retired\u2019 or \u2018stopped fighting. For us, fighters, it\u2019s very hard to stop doing what you love. I\u2019ll completely change my focus\u2026When I set out to become a jiu-jitsu champion, I did it \u2013 in the UFC, I also did it. I don\u2019t have that title in boxing, and I want to dedicate 100 percent to boxing because I want that title. I was champion in everything, except boxing, I never competed in boxing, and I want to add another belt on the wall.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CAgEtZBSTlU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Fabricio Werdum continued, \u201cI didn\u2019t stop fighting [MMA] \u2013 I just changed my focus completely. I will focus 100 percent on boxing, but I won\u2019t stop fighting MMA to focus on boxing.\u201d [h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/boxing-news\/fabricio-werdum-announces-intentions-to-move-full-time-to-boxing-i-want-to-add-another-belt-on-the-wall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bjpenn.com<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The road to a boxing championship belt will not be easy as age is certainly not on his side. At 44-years of age, some fans and critics will certainly have their doubts about Fabricio Werdum making it big.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Brazilian ace has overcome the odds in the past and will be more than willing to stage a late-career resurgence in a new sport.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum hopped on a virtual press conference and revealed his intention to foray into the world of boxing. Chiefly, this decision would come as a surprise to some since Werdum recently opened the door to retiring after his \u2018No Contest \u2018 at PFL 3 against Renan Ferreira. The fight that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":389853,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2006],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-389850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ufc"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}