{"id":264118,"date":"2017-11-20T06:20:58","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T14:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=264118"},"modified":"2017-11-20T06:20:58","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T14:20:58","slug":"defeat-marcin-tybura-fabricio-werdum-explains-hes-earned-heavyweight-title-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/fabricio-werdum\/defeat-marcin-tybura-fabricio-werdum-explains-hes-earned-heavyweight-title-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"After defeat of Marcin Tybura, Fabricio Werdum explains why he&#8217;s earned a heavyweight title shot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the weekend, in the main event of the UFC&#8217;s anticipated return to Sydney, Australia, former UFC heavyweight champ Fabricio Werdum picked up yet<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-sydney\/ufc-fight-night-121-results-fabricio-werdum-vs-marcin-tybura\/\"> another big win<\/a>, out-pointing rising Polish contender Marcin Tybura. With this win, Werdum extended his current win-streak to two, and his opinion, earned himself another shot at the UFC heavyweight title.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel for sure I deserve it,\u201d Werdum told <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2017\/11\/fabricio-werdum-ufc-heavyweight-title-shot-credentials\">MMAjunkie<\/a> at the UFC Sydney post-fight press conference. \u201cIt\u2019s not just now for this fight and my last fight. I\u2019ve beat a lot of guys\u00a0\u2013 Fedor Emelianenko, Cain Velasquez, Minotauro (Nogueira). I have a history. For 20 years I\u2019ve been fighting. Not just now. I have two belts in my home. Only one fighter in the world is a jiu-jitsu champion, a submission champion and a UFC champion. It\u2019s me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t like when I say that, but I know this is true for sure. Given the opportunity I just want to show again. One more belt on my wall at home, I will stop after that. No, no, I\u2019m joking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If the shot doesn&#8217;t go to Fabricio Werdum, it&#8217;s likely to go to the winner of Alistair Overeem and Francis Ngannou&#8217;s UFC 218 battle. According to Werdum, however, Ngannou might not be deserving of the opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to fight more,\u201d Werdum said. \u201cLong time ago I\u2019ve been waiting one year for a fight. Why am I waiting like six months, seven months? I want to fight more. I want to fight maybe five times a year. This fight (Alistair) Overeem vs. Francis (Ngannou), I don\u2019t think Francis deserves it yet because he just started (MMA) now. Overeem has a big history, too, but I think I deserve the title shot. 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