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Fabricio Werdum is officially back in the UFC.

With a decision over Roy Nelson at this past
Saturday’s UFC 143, Werdum has a little job security after a three-year
absence from the promotion.

Now, he’d like to fight in his home country when the UFC returns to
Brazil in an event targeted for June 2 at a location to be determined.

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LAS VEGAS – Stephen Thompson, Dustin Poirier, Fabricio Werdum and Roy Nelson each earned
$65,000 fight-night bonuses for their performances at Saturday’s UFC 143 event.

Thompson earned the night’s “Knockout of the Night” award, Poirier
picked up the “Submission of the Night” bonus, and Werdum and Nelson
earned “Fight of the Night” honors.

MMAjunkie.com learned of the bonus winners and award amounts at UFC 143′s post-fight press conference.

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Four fighters walked away from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas with post-fight bonuses on Saturday night, as Fabricio Werdum, Roy Nelson, Stephen Thompson and Dustin Poirier each took home an additional $65,000 at UFC 143.

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LAS VEGAS – After three-and-a-year absence from the organization and picking up some major wins in Strikeforce, Fabricio Werdum made a successful return to the UFC.

The Brazilian heavyweight outlasted and even out-struck fellow big man Roy Nelson en route to a unanimous-decision victory.

The fight co-headlined UFC 143 and aired on pay-per-view from Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay Events Center. Prelims aired on FX and streamed on Facebook.

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LAS VEGAS – It took Fabricio Werdum more than three years to make it back into the UFC.

He believes God smiled on him. If nothing else, the gods of corporate acquisition were.

“If I wasn’t in the UFC, I wasn’t going to be able to fight Fedor
(Emelianenko),” Werdum said today. “I think that was the one thing I had
to do in my career. But now I’m here, and I’m back.”

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As expected, Fabricio Werdum is leaving Strikeforce and returning to the UFC for an upcoming fight with fellow heavyweight Roy Nelson.

MMAjunkie.com passed along news of the bout this past week, and the fighters recently tweeted confirmation of the matchup.

UFC 143 takes place on the eve of the NFL’s Super Bowl, Feb. 4, at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.

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A heavyweight bout between Roy Nelson and the returning Fabricio Werdum has been slotted for February’s UFC 143 event.

Werdum will jump from Strikeforce to the UFC, where he fought from 2007 to 2008, as part of the long-rumored move.

MMAjunkie.com today confirmed the bout with event sources. MMAWeekly.com first reported it.

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Fabricio Werdum is, as musician Jack Johnson once said, “Sitting, waiting, wishing.”

The 34-year-old heavyweight is currently stuck in limbo as UFC parent
company Zuffa, LLC and Showtime are behind closed doors deciding what
may or may not become of the (still fairly recently purchased)
Strikeforce promotion.

Werdum would like nothing more than the ability to transition over to
the UFC like former colleagues Dan Henderson, Alistair Overeem, Nick
Diaz, Jason “Mayhem” Miller and Cung Le have done in recent months.

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MMAjunkie.com Radio today welcomes in-studio veteran cutman Jacob “Stirch” Duran to help recap this past weekend’s epic UFC 139 event.

Additionally, new Bellator lightweight champ Michael Chandler, UFC and Strikeforce vet Fabricio Werdum and “The Sunday Junkie” winner Mark Breckles also call into the show.

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Fabricio Werdum earned a new level of respect in the MMA world when he became the man to end Fedor Emelianenko’s 10-year dynasty. However, one year later, a poor performance against Alistair Overeem in the quarterfinals of Strikeforce’s 2011 heavyweight grand prix took away all hype and even turned many fans against him.

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