Following the recent reports that Fabricio Werdum had left the UFC, the Brazilian was quick to respond on website tatame.com.br. He is quoted as saying that he is still with the UFC and is “surprised” by these reports. Here is what he said:

“Estou surpreso com essa notícia. Minha irmã é quem negocia com o UFC e ela sempre entra em contato comigo antes de tomar qualquer decisão e até onde eu sei não houve esse contato do UFC com ela.

“No meu contrato ainda tenho mais quatro lutas que vão até 2010. Pelo cronograma que eles me passaram eu devo lutar em fevereiro, julho, novembro e abril de 2010. Inclusive estou me mudando para os Estados Unidos muito em função dos treinos com o Rafael Cordeiro visando o UFC.”

This roughly translates to: “I’m surprised at this news. My sister is my manager and she is the one who deals with the UFC. She always contact me first before every decision is made and from what I know UFC didn’t contact her.

“I still have four more fights left on my contract until 2010. From what they told me I should be fighting in February, July, November and April of 2010. In fact, I’m moving to the USA because I’ll prepare for those fights in the UFC with Rafael Cordeiro.”

Werdum is currently finishing all the details to move to the United States next month.

We’ll get more information on this when we can.

Martin Smith
martin@ifight365.com