It was a fight that was always meant to go the distance. Fabricio Werdum beat Travis Browne for the better part of five rounds at UFC on FOX 11, and the Brazilian heavyweight thought ahead of time that taking Browne into deep water would be the way to come out on top. There was a plan consisting of exploitation in the weeks leading into the UFC main event. “It was part of my game plan to exploit his cardio situation,” Werdum revealed at the post-fight news conference on Saturday evening. “I knew going in it was going to be tough to submit him or anything of the type because he was such a tough opponent going into deeper rounds, and I knew even if I was going to try something, it would be a couple rounds to do it. So I decided cardio was going to be the way to beat him.” Werdum showcased his striking against Browne, a direct result of long training sessions with former Chute Boxe coach Rafael Cordeiro.
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Fabricio Werdum Played it Safe in Effort to Secure UFC Heavyweight Title Shot – MMA Weekly