Add Fabricio Werdum to the List of Fighters Wanting on the Massive UFC 226 Card

Former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum will attempt to improve his two-fight win streak this Saturday against Alexander Volkov. It’ll be his journey back to the title, which is well underway. He’s on the up and up as a whole recently. He had a meeting with the WWE, he got his UFC Spanish commentary gig back, now he’s shooting his shot to try and get on UFC 226 with a win at UFC London.

“I’m very happy to have my commentator job back. I love doing it in Spanish since I’m fluent. I lived in Spain for several years. I have a Spanish passport. So I enjoy it. I have a lot of fans who were very happy to see me back in the booth. I received thousands of notes supporting me. Latin Americans, also in the United States, supported by return.”

👋 We’re up next! @FabricioWerdum vs @AlexDragoVolkov on March 17 –
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— UFC Fight Pass (@UFCFightPass) March 4, 2018

“Without a doubt, the business side [of my MMA career] is very important. I feel like a company guy now. I understand the organization now. For example, Stipe Miocic vs. Daniel Cormier – I understand why they booked that. It’s something the fans welcome – two champions from two weight classes. I’m looking forward to watching it or commentating. And if I can fight on the same card, I’ll do that too.” — Fabricio Werdum speaking to MMA Junkie.

If Fabricio Werdum gets passed rising contender Alexander Volkov, there aren’t many people Werdum could fight on the sure-to-be huge UFC 226 card. Derrick Lewis may still be nursing his hand injury, but if not that sounds like a great fight. Mark Hunt just lost to Curtis Blaydes, so maybe Blaydes could get a bump up in competition against Werdum, that is, if he wasn’t fighting Alistair Overeem at UFC 225. Either way, everyone seems to want on this card for good reason.

3/14/2018.