Fabricio Werdum won’t step inside the Octagon at UFC 207 with Cain Velasquez ruled “unfit to fight” by the Nevada Athletic Commission, so he wants to move on and face heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic next.
Werdum bounced back from his UFC 198 loss to Miocic with a unanimous decision victory over Travis Browne at UFC 203, the same night Miocic beat Alistair Overeem in Cleveland, and says it makes the most sense to book a rematch with the champion now.
"That would be fair,” Werdum told MMA Fighting. "Cain Velasquez didn’t show up for the title eliminator bout, and he won’t be able to fight in a while, so I’d rather wait and fight for the belt next.