Fabricio Werdum is out of the 2025 GFL season. GFL announced the former UFC heavyweight champion is no longer competing “due ...

Werdum won the UFC heavyweight title in June 2015 in a title unification bout with Cain Velasquez, but he lost it to Stipe Miocic in his first attempted defense. His last standard rules MMA fight was ...

Frank Mir has experienced a fair share of injuries during his fighting career. But one in particular could have been his worst nightmare if it had come true. Mir is one of the most accomplished ...

Former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum has announced that he will not participate in the GFL after his opponent, Frank Mir, withdrew from their match due to health issues.

News of Werdum’s retirement comes nearly four years removed from his final, traditional MMA fight. In 2021, Werdum fought former PFL heavyweight champion Renan Ferreira, initially losing by TKO before ...

One of the first matchups that was announced to be taking place in GFL would’ve seen two former top heavyweights meet for the first time. Fabricio Werdum and Frank Mir are two of the greatest ...

However, recent developments have cast a shadow over the build-up, forcing the GFL to adjust on the ... losing the matchup with Mir, the sequence began with Frank Mir pulling out in March.