Bleacher Report · Mar 28, 2017
The UFC Should Embrace the Weirdness and Make Compelling Fights
Former heavyweight kingpin Fabricio Werdum has been called out by Luke Rockhold in recent days.Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Getty Images
Last week, former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold made headlines when he called out former heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum. The two men have had issues for years, going back to when they both fought under the Strikeforce banner. In the absence of a meaningful hierarchy of challengers in the middleweight division, Rockhold said, he might as well fight Werdum in the meantime.
"They're [the UFC] into making money fights, right?" said Rockhold on UFC Tonight. "They want to make a money fight, sell some tickets? Let's do this thing."