Fabricio Werdum-Cain Velasquez Rematch Targeted for UFC 207 on Dec. 30
A heavyweight rematch between Fabricio Werdum and Cain Velasquez has been targeted for UFC 207 (online sportsbooks) on Dec. 30.
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Velasquez appeared to be next in line to face reigning champion Stipe Miocic, but the American Kickboxing Academy product said he would rather stay active than wait for a title shot. After knocking out Alistair Overeem at UFC 203, Miocic revealed that he planned to take some time off after fighting three times in nine months.
“If Stipe doesn’t want to want to take a break, I want him next,” Velasquez said on UFC Tonight. “If he does want to take a break — I’ve been hearing that he might want to fight in 2017. If that’s the case, the only fight that I would want and the only fight that would make sense right now would be to fight Werdum in December.
“This is personal.”
After dropping the title to Miocic at UFC 198, Werdum returned to the win column at UFC 203, earning a unanimous decision over Travis Browne in the evening’s co-main event. Velasquez, meanwhile, was dominant in stopping Browne inside of the opening stanza at UFC 200.
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