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.

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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 49)

Origin

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Height

193 cm

Occupation

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

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Snake

• Official sitehttp://www.fabriciowerdum.com.br
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/werdum/
• Xhttps://x.com/FabricioWerdum
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabr%C3%ADcio%20Werdum
• 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
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q574476

Tags

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

Last updated

October 18, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.