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Vale Tudo Relics: Beginnings from the Amazon Rainforest

Fabricio Werdum and Ronaldo Souza will star in the two most significant fights at UFC 198 on Saturday in Curitiba, Brazil. There, Werdum defends the Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight title against Stipe Miocic in the main event, while Souza faces Vitor Belfort in a co-headliner that could decide the next No. 1 contender for the UFC middleweight crown.

In the latest installment of the Vale Tudo Relics series, Sherdog.com travels back some 13 years to Jungle Fight 1, an event promoted by Wallid Ismail and Antonio Inoki on Sept.