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Fabricio Werdum responds to critics, wants rematch with Cain Velasquez at soccer stadium

Fabricio Werdum submitted Cain Velasquez in Mexico City, and wants to fight on his home turf this time around.

The UFC heavyweight champion will put his title on the line for the first time in a rematch against Velasquez, and "Vai Cavalo" wants it to take place at Arena do Gremio, a 60,000-seat soccer stadium in his home town of Porto Alegre, Brazil.

"It would be amazing to defend my title at the Arena. I want that, of course," Werdum told MMAFighting.com. "I believe I can get more than 50,000 fans in there for my fight.