MMAFighting<\/a> in the wake of this loss, Werdum explained that he feels his lack of patience was one of the main factors that contributed to this loss.<\/p>\n\u201dNot taking anything away from Volkov, he fought and and defended well on the ground, but I think that patience was my worst enemy in this fight,\u201d Werdum said. \u201cIf I had more patience, I think the fight would have been different. I came back up trading punches with him right away, and I don\u2019t think that was necessary. Breathe a little more. But that\u2019s easy to say after the fight, but in there I\u2019m the one that is feeling it.”<\/p>\n
\u201dI imposed my rhythm for three rounds, and I think I won the first three rounds, but I needed to breathe more,\u201d he continued. \u201cLike when you\u2019re playing on PlayStation and your energy goes down and then goes back up again. I got back up and my energy was too low to trade punches like that. Again, not taking anything away from Volkov.\u201d<\/p>\n
Werdum also said his game plan was joggled by an elbow Volkov planted on his eye early in the fight.<\/p>\n
\u201dAnother thing that disturbed me was my eye, he hit me with an elbow in the first round and that bothered me,\u201d Werdum said. \u201cIn the third round, he hit me and opened a cut right below my eye, and I was going on autopilot. That blow affected my performance a lot, and that\u2019s Volkov\u2019s merit.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite this loss to Volkov, however, Fabricio Werdum is still optimistic he can reclaim the heavyweight crown he once owned.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to recover and get back in there as soon as possible,\u201d Werdum said. \u201cI have to talk to\u00a0Rafael Cordeiro, with my team, with Ali, to decide when I\u2019ll come back. I know that I\u2019m one step away from the belt now, but I don\u2019t lose hope. I have no doubts that I can become champion again one day. Of course that it will take two or three fights to get this chance now. I can\u2019t talk about the belt now, I know I\u2019m a few steps behind now.<\/p>\n
\u201dIt will take some time, but I really believe I will fight for the belt. I believe I will fight for two or three years more. I never thought about retiring because of a loss like this. You have two options in a fight, you either win or lose, and this time I wasn\u2019t able to win.\u201d<\/p>\n
What do you think the future holds for Fabricio Werdum?<\/p>\n
This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 3\/21\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last weekend, in the main event of the UFC’s exciting trip to London, England, former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum was knocked out by former Bellator heavyweight champion Alexander Volkov. Speaking to MMAFighting in the wake of this loss, Werdum explained that he feels his lack of patience was one of the main factors that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":272707,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10144],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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