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VIDEO: Fabricio Werdum Suffers Gruesome Injury In Loss To Junior dos Santos In Bare Knuckle Clash

The rematch between dos Santos and Werdum is in the books.

Fernando Quiles Jr.

VIDEO: Fabricio Werdum Suffers Gruesome Injury In Loss To Junior dos Santos In Bare Knuckle Clash
VIDEO: Fabricio Werdum Suffers Gruesome Injury In Loss To Junior dos Santos In Bare Knuckle Clash /

The second scrap between former UFC champions Junior dos Santos and Fabricio Werdum has wrapped up.

The two warriors shared the cage inside the Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida on September 8. The heavyweight collision headlined Gamebred Bareknuckle 5.

Former UFC champions Junior dos Santos and Fabricio Werdum stare down ahead of Gamebred Bareknuckle 5.
(via Gamebred Bareknuckle)

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For Werdum, this was his chance to avenge a 2008 TKO loss to dos Santos. At the time, it was considered a major upset, but dos Santos went on to become an elite MMA heavyweight. Werdum was able to bounce back from the loss and solidified his place in MMA history. So, this rematch was truly a battle of legends.

In the opening frame, dos Santos landed an inside leg kick. "Cigano" stuffed a takedown attempt. Werdum shot in for a single and dumped dos Santos down briefly. They engaged in a tie-up standing with dos Santos' back against the fence. They separated and Werdum got dropped with a right hand, but the round came to an end.

"Vai Cavalo" tried getting a takedown on dos Santos as he rolled on the mat, but to no avail. Werdum went for a wheel kick, but dos Santos ducked under. "Vai Cavalo" found himself on the mat trying to egg dos Santos on to get in his guard. It didn't work as round two came to an end.

Werdum continued to bleed on the side of his face in round three. Werdum's right eyelid appeared to be ripped up pretty bad. His left eye was closed as well.

The fight went the distance and dos Santos earned the split nod.

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Fernando Quiles Jr.
FERNANDO QUILES JR.

Fernando has over a decade of combat sports news writing experience. He currently covers MMA, boxing, and pro wrestling. Fernando joined MMA Knockout as the Lead Writer/Editor when it was founded in 2023.

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