Fabrício Werdum

Fabrício Werdum is one of those rare fighters who makes you rethink what a heavyweight can actually do on the ground. Born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, this 193 cm Leo spent decades stacking credentials that most fighters only dream about — UFC Heavyweight Champion, four-time Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion, two-time ADCC World Heavyweight Champion, and a spot in the ADCC Hall of Fame. What I love about Werdum is that he was always the thinking man's big man: his submission game was so sharp it almost felt unfair, and he proved it in 2010 when he submitted the then-undefeated Fedor Emelianenko, which remains one of the most jaw-dropping upsets in MMA history. He's a complete martial artist with judo, kickboxing, and Muay Thai layered on top of world-class grappling — a legitimately dangerous package in every range.

Name (English)

Fabrício Werdum

Name (Japanese)

ファブリシオ・ヴェウドゥム

Reading

ふぁぶりしお・ゔぇうどぅむ

Born

July 30, 1977 (age 48)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Snake

Origin

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Height

193 cm

Occupation

mixed martial arts fighter / judoka / Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner / kickboxer / Thai boxer

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.fabriciowerdum.com.br
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/werdum/
• Xhttps://x.com/FabricioWerdum
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%96%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B7%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A6%E3%83%89%E3%82%A5%E3%83%A0

Tags

• Rio Grande do Sul
• mixed martial arts fighter
• judoka
• Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.