Fabricio Werdum has explained why he withdrew from a fight against Brandon Sayles on June 25.
One week after MMA Fighting first reported the Brazilian fighter would not be able to return to action just seven weeks after being stopped via TKO by Renan Ferreira, a result later overturned to a no-decision, “Vai Cavalo” released a statement on what stopped him from re-entering the cage.
According to the statement released by Rayssa Kussama, Werdum’s PR rep in Brazil, the fighter’s neurologist, Dr. Wuilker Knoner Campos, did tests after the Ferreira fight and decided not to allow the former UFC champ to return to training due to swelling in the brain.