{"id":272014,"date":"2018-03-07T11:35:08","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T19:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=272014"},"modified":"2018-03-07T11:35:08","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T19:35:08","slug":"breaking-fabricio-werdum-has-a-meeting-with-wwe-on-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/fabricio-werdum\/breaking-fabricio-werdum-has-a-meeting-with-wwe-on-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING | Fabricio Werdum Has a Meeting With WWE on Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 10 days, former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum will attempt to extend his two-fight win streak against the rising Alexander Volkov in his journey back to the belt. However, it may be a completely different title he&#8217;s after. In the most unexpected news you&#8217;ll probably hear this week, Fabricio Werdum wants to wrestle in the WWE and fight in the UFC at the same time. It&#8217;s not just talk either, he has a meeting with them on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201dI think that both [WWE and UFC at the same time] is doable. If I had the opportunity I\u2019d fight there, no problem. It\u2019s financially great. Fight at WWE, a spectacle that is fun to do. I\u2019d definitely do it. I have a meeting Thursday about it, doing both. I want to fight, doesn\u2019t matter where.\u00a0I\u2019ll have this meeting Thursday in San Diego to see if something happens with WWE.\u00a0It\u2019s cool, a unique opportunity to do a few fights there as well.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#x1f44b; We&#8217;re up next! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabricioWerdum?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FabricioWerdum<\/a> vs <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexDragoVolkov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AlexDragoVolkov<\/a> on March 17 &#8211;<br \/>\nLIVE on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFCFIGHTPASS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFCFIGHTPASS<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IhHxyJ1HNY\">pic.twitter.com\/IhHxyJ1HNY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UFC Fight Pass (@UFCFightPass) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UFCFightPass\/status\/970192120240852992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;People think it\u2019s easy, but it\u2019s not. You have to be well trained to do those jumps, you have to be agile. It\u2019s not easy as some people might think. It\u2019s quite complicated. You have to be well trained and practice a lot to captivate the audience.\u00a0I\u2019m fluent in Spanish, so I can do a character that speaks Spanish. That would be cool. I\u2019d really like to have this opportunity to do this and captivate the Latin audience because they really love WWE. I\u2019d be thrilled to do a fight there, or more, or a contract, because there\u2019s no problem with the UFC since it\u2019s not a real fight, it\u2019s more of a show.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2018\/3\/7\/17087708\/fabricio-werdum-wwe-former-ufc-champion-interested-pro-wrestling-mma-career\">Fabricio Werdum speaking to MMA Fighting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Will MMA fighters jumping ship to pro wrestling be the new MMA fighters transitioning into boxing? Fighters like Matt Riddle, Shayna Baszler and most recently Ronda Rousey may have paved the way. Ironically, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/colby-covington\/video-colby-covington-calls-tyron-woodley-impact-wrestling\/\">Colby Covington has had success in Impact Wrestling<\/a> appearances. He&#8217;s also\u00a0the fighter <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/colby-covington\/breaking-video-colby-covington-fabricio-werdum-got-heated-altercation-sydney\/\">Werdum infamously threw a boomerang<\/a> at. Who in the world knows what will come of this, but it definitely is a thing that is happening. Watch out, Brock Lesnar. 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