Rumors Were Flying About Former UFC Champ Fabricio Werdum Possibly Meeting With WWE

The worlds of combat sports and sports entertainment have both been rocked by the recent addition of former UFC champion Ronda Rousey to WWE’s roster as a full-time Superstar. She already has her first match set up — and it’s a doozy, too.

Given how effectively the red carpet has been rolled out for Rousey, it’s no surprise that other UFC fighters have considered the greener pastures that Vince McMahon may be able to provide. After all, getting fake-punched in the face beats getting real-punched in the face, right?

As such, former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum has spoken with MMAFighting.com about his thoughts on WWE, which led to the surprising realization that not only is he interested in making the jump, but that he has a meeting with WWE this week:

”If I had the opportunity I’d fight [in WWE], no problem. It’s financially great. Fight at WWE, a spectacle that is fun to do. I’d definitely do it. I have a meeting Thursday about it, doing both [UFC and WWE] … I’ll have this meeting Thursday in San Diego to see if something happens with WWE. It’s cool, a unique opportunity to do a few fights there as well.”

While it sounded like Werdum is trying to structure a deal that allows him to compete in UFC and WWE simultaneously, instead of leaving one organization for another like Rousey, he does seem to have a respect for pro wrestling and the skill it requires:

“People think it’s easy, but it’s not. You have to be well trained to do those jumps, you have to be agile. It’s not easy as some people might think. It’s quite complicated. You have to be well trained and practice a lot to captivate the audience.”

Given that Brock Lesnar appears to be jumping ship back to UFC from WWE, replacing one former UFC heavyweight champ with another one might not be the worst move WWE could make. Of course, current UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic has also expressed interest in joining WWE someday, too, which could lead to a fun-as-hell rematch between the two in the squared circle.

Update: After the “Werdum to WWE” reporting starting making the rounds, the fighter took to Twitter to clarify that he was not, in fact, referring to WWE in his comments, and does not have a meeting with WWE lined up.

He did, in fact, say “We’ll see what happens with WWE,” but for now it looks like he’s still focused fully on MMA.