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Former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum recently found himself called out by former middleweight champion Luke Rockhold<\/a> this week. Rockhold explained on a recent podcast appearance that he and ‘Vai Calvao’ had unfinished beef from the Strikeforce days, and as a result, he would be willing to move up to heavyweight to settle that beef.<\/p>\n

He explained the situation on UFC Tonight, saying:<\/p>\n

\"Luke<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone\u2019s steaming over this new fight I brought up,\u201d Rockhold said Wednesday night on UFC Tonight. “I think me and Werdum got some old beef from Strikeforce. He\u2019s a guy I\u2019ve always wanted to fight. I\u2019ve thought it through and I like the style matchup.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven what\u2019s going on in the middleweight division right now, screw that, I\u2019m coming to heavyweight. Let\u2019s do this.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This was then followed up by a statement from Werdum, in which he shut down Rockhold’s callout, explaining that he has no reason to fight Rockhold. He spoke to MMAFighting<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“I only fight people, I don\u2019t fight chickens,\u201d Werdum told MMA Fighting after Rockhold\u2019s comments. “He\u2019s just promoting himself because he knows nobody is talking about him. I\u2019m one step away from the belt. Why would I fight a chicken?”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Fabricio<\/p>\n

Werdum of course, as he pointed out, is one step away from a heavyweight title fight. The heavyweight #1 contender has a heavyweight title shot just out of reach. While a UFC 211 bout with Ben Rothwell could very well have determined the #1 contender spot<\/a>, Rothwell was yanked from the fight due to a USADA violation stemming from an out of competition drug test. With no opponent set to fill in for Rothwell, Werdum has been pulled from the card and left without a fight.<\/a> He very well could find himself fighting the winner of Miocic vs. Dos Santos II.<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on BJPenn.com<\/a> on 3\/23\/2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum recently found himself called out by former middleweight champion Luke Rockhold this week. Rockhold explained on a recent podcast appearance that he and ‘Vai Calvao’ had unfinished beef from the Strikeforce days, and as a result, he would be willing to move up to heavyweight to settle that beef. 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