Fabricio Werdum

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Fabricio Werdum

Statistics
Height	6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight	242 lb (110 kg)
Born
Town of birth	Porto Alegre, Brazil
Fighting style	Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Mixed martial arts record
Wins	9
By knockout	2
By submission	4
Losses	2
Draws	1

Fabricio Werdum is a Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter. He is Mirko Filipović's coach in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Werdum has a professional MMA record of 9-2-1 as of November 12, 2006. Although he lost to Sergei Kharitonov in 2005, he advanced to the second stage of PRIDE Fighting Championships' Absolute Grand Prix, with an impressive submission victory over Dutch fighter Alistair Overeem. Werdum lost his next match, however, via unanimous decision to Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira at PRIDE-Critical Countdown Absolute on July 1, 2006. He was on the point of fighting the former Judo Gold Medal, Nastula, at last September 2006 Grand Prix, but Nastula refused to sign in. He introduced and developed alongside Robin Gracie, Alexander "Minduin" and Tito Beltrán BJJ in Spain.

Werdum is famous for having taken up Jiu-Jitsu after he embarrassingly got into a fight with his ex-girlfriends's new boyfriend, and fell victim to a triangle choke. His former coach "Mauriçao", was shot in Brazil a month before his last fight against Nogueira. Meanwhile he has been living between Madrid, Zagreb and Porto Alegre training hard for the next fighting Events.

In Zagreb, Croatia, Werdum has a jiu-jitsu academy Winner - Werdum Croatia Academy (www.winner-croatia.com) established by his former coach Mauriçao and his pupil Bojan Mirkovic.

[edit] MMA Record

9 Wins (2 T)KO's, 6 submissions, 1 decisions), 2 Losses (2 decisions), 1 Draw .
Result	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time
Win	Aleksander Emelianenko	Submission (Choke)	2H2H PRIDE & Honor	11/12/2006	1
Loss	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira	Decision (Unanimous)	PRIDE Critical Countdown Absolute	7/1/2006	3	5:00
Win	Alistair Overeem	Submission (Kimura)	PRIDE Total Elimination Absolute	5/5/2006	2	3:46
Win	Jon Olaf Einemo	Decision (Unanimous)	PRIDE 31 Dreamers	2/26/2006	3	5:00
Loss	Sergei Kharitonov	Decision (Split)	PRIDE 30 Fully Loaded	10/23/2005	3	5:00
Win	Roman Zentsov	Submission (Triangle Armbar)	PRIDE Final Conflict 2005	8/28/2005	1	6:01
Win	Tom Erikson	Submission (Choke)	PRIDE 29 Fists of Fire	2/20/2005	1	5:11
Win	Ebenezer Fontes Braga	KO (Punch)	JF 2 Jungle Fight 2	5/15/2004	2
Win	Gabriel Gonzaga	TKO (Punches)	JF 1 Jungle Fight 1	9/13/2003	3	2:11
Win	Kristof Midoux	Submission (Triangle Choke)	WAFF 2 World Absolute Fight 2	3/22/2003	1
Draw	James Zikic	Draw	MB 8 Millennium Brawl 8	9/22/2002	3
Win	Tengiz Tedoradze	Submission (Triangle Choke)	MB 7 Millennium Brawl 7	6/16/2002	1