FABRICIO WERDUM & CAIN VELASQUEZ BOTH PULL OUT OF UFC 196
Las Vegas, NV(January 26th, 2016)– On Sunday night Cain Velasquez pulled out of UFC 196 with a back injury. Stipe Miocic stepped in a replacement. 24 hours later Fabricio Werdum also decided to pull out of the main event because of an injury. There is a possibility that Josh Barnett will face Stipe Miocic at the UFC 196 main event.
“I was already injured,” Werdum told Brazilian journalists on Monday. “I have a foot injury, and haven’t been able to throw kicks in training for two weeks. I would still fight Cain because I was injured the last time, but I also hurt my back last Friday. I went to the doctor, tried to continue training, but couldn’t spar as I should spar.
“I made this decision together with my team,” he said. “We decided not to fight. Cain can’t fight. I was going to hide the injury one more time, like I always did. I tried to hide it, but couldn’t this time. I can’t fight if I’m not 100 percent to put on a show like I always did.”
“It took me a long time to get here and win this belt, be the champion, to throw everything away because I’m not 100 percent,” Werdum said. “I have to think about everything now, I can’t think and act like I did when I was 20. It’s not like that anymore. Everything changed. I’m 38 now, and I feel I’m at the best moment of my career, and I can’t risk my career because of pride.”
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