Former UFC champion Fabricio Werdum is set to welcome Alexander Gustafsson into the heavyweight division when they face each other on July 25 in “Fight Island.” And apparently, there is a bit of history between the two, dating back to around 2012.
In a recent conversation with Sherdog, the 42-year-old Brazilian recounted a sparring session with Gustafsson that went wrong and led to some tension afterward.
“It happened around eight years ago when I went to train wrestling at Mark Munoz’s academy,” he recalled. When I arrived there, Travis Browne and Gustafsson were doing an MMA sparring session coordinated by his trainer, who invited me to join them.