Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-09-08, disappointing mma bout: Fabricio Werdum vs Junior dos Santos 2 gets two stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2023).
In their first match dos Santos defeated Werdum via tko (October 25th, 2008), this second fight is scheduled to take place Friday, September 8th, at the Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville (Florida, USA), in a 5-round heavyweight (265 lbs, 120 kg) bout; it is the main event of GFC 5 – Gamebred Fighting Championship. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Fabricio Werdum record
The black belt in judo, Brazilian jiu-jitsu and former Ufc Hw champion Fabricio Werdum entered this fight with a pro record of 24-9-1 (75% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since 2021.
‘Vai Cavalo’ Werdum lost two consecutive bouts between 2018 and 2020, against Alexander Volkov (Fabricio Werdum vs Alexander Volkov) and Alexey Oleynik (Alexey Oleynik vs Fabricio Werdum), but he came back to win with Alexander Gustafsson in July 2020 (Fabricio Werdum vs Alexander Gustafsson); after this match he also faced Renan Ferreira in 2021 but it ended in a no-contest (Fabricio Werdum vs Renan Ferreira).
If you want to watch Werdum’s best fights, here are two matches ranked in the top 10 Users’ mma Fights of the Year:
- Cain Velasquez vs Fabricio Werdum, in 2015
- Fabricio Werdum vs Stipe Miocic, in 2016
Junior dos Santos record
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and former Ufc Hw champ Junior dos Santos, has an official mma record of 21-10-0 (76% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought for more than one year.
The last time JDS won a match was in 2019 against Derrick Lewis (Derrick Lewis vs Junior dos Santos); after this bout Cigano has lost five consecutive fights, the last two with Ciryl Gane (Junior dos Santos vs Ciryl Gane) and with Yorgan De Castro (Junior dos Santos vs Yorgan De Castro).
But if you want to watch dos Santos’ best fights, here is one match ranked in the top 10 Users’ mma Fights of the Year 2014: Junior dos Santos vs Stipe Miocic.
dos Santos’ next fight: Junior dos Santos vs Alan Belcher
Pre-fight press conference
Watch for free the GFC 5 pre-fight press conference video, featuring Junior dos Santos and Fabricio Werdum, from the official Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA Youtube channel!
Weigh-in
Watch the video of GFC 5: Werdum vs dos Santos 2 weigh-in from the official Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA Youtube channel!
Full fight video / highlights
Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the bout Fabricio Werdum vs Junior dos Santos 2 as soon as the match ends. If you have seen the full fight you can rate it at the bottom of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook, etc. and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
Official video
Alternative video
Result
Who won Werdum vs dos Santos 2 fight?
Junior dos Santos defeated Fabricio Werdum via split decision.
Post-fight interview
Listen the words of the winner or the two fighters after their bout, here is the GFC 5 post-fight interview video of Fabricio Werdum and Junior dos Santos.
Post-fight press conference
Watch and listen the official GFC 5 post-fight press conference video, headlined by the main event Junior dos Santos and Fabricio Werdum
