Last weekend was full of strong emotions for former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum.
After being inducted into the ADCC Hall of Fame along with five other key figures — Xande Ribeiro, Jean Jacques Machado, Ronaldo Souza, Vinny Magalhaes and Orlando Sanchez — Werdum met backstage with the person mainly responsible for his arrival at the event in 2003: Mark Kerr.
“Not many people remember, but it was thanks to Kerr that I joined the ADCC,” Werdum said. “The year was 2003.