Werdum out until 2011, Coker says

by Matt Bishop on Aug 10, 2010 9:00 AM EDT

Coming off the biggest win of his career, Fabricio Werdum (right) will be sidelined until 2011. Photo by Esther Lin/Strikeforce

Strikeforce heavyweight Fabricio Werdum will be out until January, Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker told MMAJunkie.com on Monday.

Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker today confirmed to MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that the heavyweight fighter will be on the bench until January 2011. As a result, no opponent has been set for his return.

"The date is really to be determined because Fabricio is not going to fight until the beginning of next year, so he's going to be sidelined for the next five months," Coker said.

Werdum (14-4-1 MMA, 3-0 SF) said this past month that he intends to take the rest of 2010 off after undergoing a much-needed surgery on his elbow.

The fighter said he had repeatedly put the surgery off over a two-year period, and worried that it could affect future fights, he finally opted to get it done.

Manager Richard Wilner could not be reached to verify whether the elbow surgery prompted the layoff, though he recently told MMAFighting.com that Werdum might not need to go under the knife, and that if he did, the layoff would be brief.

Werdum, of course, is coming off the biggest win of his career, a first-round submission of Fedor Emelianenko in June.

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That means Fedor is out until 2011

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by Anthony Pace on Aug 10, 2010 11:13 AM EDT via mobile reply actions

Haha

Yeah, probably. That’s unfortunate.

by Matt Bishop on Aug 10, 2010 1:40 PM EDT up reply actions

i want fedor vs overeem but i bet fedor just sits out until he gets his werdum.

if rashad can do it why cant fedor?

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by DrewMoney$$$ on Aug 10, 2010 5:23 PM EDT up reply actions