Today is Heavyweight Division day in what has news in what refers to news within the UFC. After confirming the clash between Andrei Arlovski and Josh Barnett at UFC Fight Night Hamburg, we confirm that another war within the division has been scheduled for UFC 203.
A few days ago we confirmed that Stipe Miocic vs Alistair Overeem will be the next fight that puts the Heavyweight Championship at stake. Now, we confirm that Fabricio Werdum and Ben Rothwell will face each other on the same card on September 10th.
BREAKING: @FabricioWerdum takes on @RothwellFighter at #UFC203 @TheQArena in Cleveland! pic.twitter.com/zSjZxCnlEa
This will be the Brazilian fighter's first fight after losing the title to Stipe Miocic at UFC 198. Before this important and surprising defeat, he maintained a streak of six continuous victories against big names like Caín Velasquez, Mark Hunt, Travis Browne, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira or Roy Nelson.
As for his opponent, Ben Rothwell had a streak of four consecutive wins against fighters like Alistair Overeem and Josh Barnett, before being defeated by Junior Dos Santos by a clear Unanimous Decision.
Both fighters will seek to change their bad streaks. On one hand, the Brazilian will try to regain the Heavyweight Championship and the American will try to achieve his first title shot.