Werdum: "I’ll bring Overeem to my area”

By Guilherme Cruz

Photo Justin Leah

Set to fight Alistair Overeem for Strikeforce’s heavyweight title, Fabrício Werdum is already training in the United States. Returning from a travel to Spain, the Chute Boxe athlete spoke with TATAME.com about his preparation and the emotion of disputing his first belt of a big event.

"I was very happy", celebrates Werdum. "In fact, it will be the first time I dispute a belt. In 2003 I disputed a belt at Morocco (World Absolute Fight Federation), but it wasn’t a known event, was a small event... I was so happy when my manager called about the fight, and a belt dispute changes everything", says, hoping to repeat the good result of the confrontation against Overeem, in 2006, at Pride.

"I’ll bring him to my area, but I’ll train both standing and on the ground. My business is on the ground, but the fight starts standing and it’s difficult to take to the ground... In the other fight with him, I couldn’t give him any drop, he gave me five falls... But the strategy is to take to the ground and finalize", recalls, emphasizing also the trainings of Wrestling with the same coach of Randy Couture.

Click here and read the exclusive interview with the fighter, who spoke about the subsidiaries of Werdum Combat Team, the seminars routine, the trainings at Cléber Jiu-Jitsu academy, Wanderlei Silva and Rafael Cordeiro, the opportunity to take, along with Cris Cyborg, two belts to Chute Boxe in the same night, and revealed his new addiction: play UFC Undisputed 2009. "I’m the king here, nobody beats me", joked Werdum.