Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Fabricio Werdum Meeting With WWE

Brazilian MMA fighter and former UFC Heavyweight Champion Fabricio Werdum wants to be part of WWE and will be meeting with a WWE representative tomorrow, he told MMA Fighting.

Werdum said that he’d like to be part of the UFC and WWE at the same time and that he’s meeting with a WWE rep in San Diego tomorrow to talk about his desire to join the company.

Werdum won the UFC Heavyweight Championship in October 2014 and lost it to current champion Stipe Miocic in May 2016. He’s currently the #2 contender for the title.

”I think that both (at the same time) is doable. You can do WWE. … If I had the opportunity I’d fight there, no problem. It’s financially great. Fight at WWE, a spectacle that is fun to do. I’d definitely do it. I have a meeting Thursday about it, doing both (UFC and WWE). I want to fight, doesn’t matter where.

”I’ll have this meeting Thursday in San Diego to see if something happens with WWE. It’s cool, a unique opportunity to do a few fights there as well. People think it’s easy, but it’s not. You have to be well trained to do those jumps, you have to be agile. It’s not easy as some people might think. It’s quite complicated. You have to be well trained and practice a lot to captivate the audience.

”I’m fluent in Spanish, so I can do a character that speaks Spanish. That would be cool. I’d really like to have this opportunity to do this and captivate the Latin audience because they really love WWE. I’d be thrilled to do a fight there, or more, or a contract, because there’s no problem with the UFC since it’s not a real fight, it’s more of a show.”