After spending more than eight years with the UFC in his latest run with the promotion, former heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum is moving on.
The 43-year-old Brazilian finished his contract with the promotion following a first-round submission win over Alexander Gustafsson in July. Now he’s plotting his future with a new fighting home, though he paid homage to the UFC for the relationship they built for nearly a decade.
“I’m very grateful,” Werdum said about the UFC when speaking to MMA Fighting. “Many, many years, I worked on Spanish TV, too. UFC gave me a lot of things, and I gave a lot to the UFC.