{"id":149660,"date":"2015-06-15T08:37:18","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T15:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=149660"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:04:42","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:04:42","slug":"werdum-reveals-the-origin-behind-his-werdum-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/werdum-reveals-the-origin-behind-his-werdum-face\/","title":{"rendered":"Werdum Reveals the Origin Behind His &#8220;Werdum Face&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-15-at-10.31.39-AM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-15-at-10.31.39-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-06-15 at 10.31.39 AM\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-149692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-15-at-10.31.39-AM.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-15-at-10.31.39-AM-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-15-at-10.31.39-AM-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-15-at-10.31.39-AM-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fabricio Werdum may go down as one of the best heavyweights to ever step foot in the octagon, but he could also be one of the most entertaining as well. During press conferences and media appearances leading up to his fights, Werdum always finds the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/thug-life-fabricio-werdum-gives-velasquez-troll-face\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">perfect moment to sneak in his patented &#8220;Werdum Face&#8221;<\/a> to lighten the mood a bit.<\/p>\n<p>Werdum has finally revealed the origin of the face, and it&#8217;s more &#8220;serious&#8221; than it is funny. \u201cThat face comes from watching \u2018Batman\u2019 movies when I was a kid,\u201d Werdum told <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2015\/06\/new-champ-fabricio-werdum-on-mexico-training-camp-for-ufc-188-and-his-happy-face\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie<\/a>. \u201cI wanted to make a face like that of the Joker. I always tried to do it, but it never came out right. So I ended up making the face you always see. We call it my \u2018happy face.\u2019 Everyone laughs about it. It\u2019s definitely based on the Joker.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Why so serious, Fabricio Werdum? Who do you want to see him defend his newly won heavyweight title against first? 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