Freedom of speech does not mean freedom from Repercussion. Former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum (pictured) just learned that the hard way.
Three days after his not-so-subtle Reebok protest on Instagram, Werdum says the UFC has stripped him of his analyst and commentator duties on the UFC’s Spanish-speaking broadcasts.
“Clarifying the controversy @reebok @ufc I just want to make everything clear about my post of Nike and Reebok,” Werdum wrote in Friday’s Instagram video. “I did this to protest about the sponsorship, before Rebook got into UFC, all the fighters use to do a lot of money with other sponsors, including me, and now they paying me only $5,000 per fight.