{"id":81040,"date":"2014-01-09T08:44:30","date_gmt":"2014-01-09T16:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=81040"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:17:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:17:54","slug":"werdum-relents-wants-browne-over-delayed-title-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/werdum-relents-wants-browne-over-delayed-title-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"Werdum Relents, Wants Browne Over Delayed Title Shot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fabricio-werdum-PNG1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-78067\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fabricio-werdum-PNG1-300x207.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fabricio-werdum-PNG1-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fabricio-werdum-PNG1-361x250.png 361w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fabricio-werdum-PNG1.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAfter Travis Browne&#8217;s impressive first round finish of Josh Barnett at UFC 168, it appears that his next task will be fighting fellow UFC Heavyweight Fabricio Werdum.<\/p>\n<p>The fight has not been announced officially yet, but Werdum recently spoke with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2014\/1\/8\/5286142\/fabricio-werdum-expects-five-round-fight-with-travis-browne-in-march\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting.com<\/a>\u00a0about his expectations:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I had a meeting with Dana White and Lorenzo Fertitta and told them I wanted to wait, but then I thought about it and saw that I would need to wait too much before my next fight&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;We don\u2019t have a date 100 percent confirmed yet, but I believe it&#8217;s going to be in March,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I already know that it\u2019s going to be a main event, so it&#8217;s a five-round fight. 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