{"id":444405,"date":"2022-04-26T11:35:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T18:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=444405"},"modified":"2022-04-26T11:35:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T18:35:01","slug":"fabricio-werdum-eyes-pfl-super-fight-hopefully-june-24-or-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/professional-fighters-league\/fabricio-werdum-eyes-pfl-super-fight-hopefully-june-24-or-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Fabricio Werdum eyes PFL super fight: \u201cHopefully June 24 or July\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fabricio Werdum is not done with mixed martial arts after all and is eyeing a PFL super fight this summer.<\/p>\n<p>The former UFC heavyweight champion withdrew from the PFL 2022 season earlier this year and claimed he was retired from cage fighting, but not boxing. The Brazilian (24-9 MMA) had suffered a brain injury which had him opt out of the Professional Fighters League.<\/p>\n<p>Fabricio has since received a clean bill of health and is looking forward to getting back in the cage as early as June. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/fabricio-werdum\/fabricio-werdum-pulls-out-of-pfl-2022-tournament-likely-retired-it-would-need-to-be-an-out-of-this-world-offer\/\">Vai Cavalo<\/a>&#8220;, 44, is back in training and looking towards his next opponent.<\/p>\n<p>In speaking with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmajunkie.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Junkie<\/a>, Fabricio Werdum had this to say about his health:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI don\u2019t have any injuries \u2013 well, I\u2019ve had a few surgeries but nothing bad. =My head is fine and I\u2019ve always said the most important thing is having both your body and mind right. I\u2019m aligning both things. I\u2019ve been lifting weights, doing boxing. \u2026 I want to fight again, hopefully around June. I\u2019ll be ready.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Continuing Werdum said:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt can be like a super fight or a fight outside of the season, or a season fight because it happens \u2013 people get injured or can\u2019t fight so I\u2019ll step in there. I have no problem doing that. I think the most important thing is that I want to fight, hopefully June 24 or July. I want to fight.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Are you looking forward to see Fabricio Werdum back in the cage again? Who would you like to see him fight?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fabricio Werdum is not done with mixed martial arts after all and is eyeing a PFL super fight this summer. The former UFC heavyweight champion withdrew from the PFL 2022 season earlier this year and claimed he was retired from cage fighting, but not boxing. 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