Junior dos Santos added Fabricio Werdum to his highlight reel when he debuted in the UFC in 2008. Fifteen years later, Werdum would get a chance to avenge that loss with a bare fist.
Jorge Masvidal’s Gamebred Bareknuckle 5 features a rematch between the former heavyweight champions as they face off in a main event at the VyStar Veteran Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida — a regular venue for the UFC post-pandemic — on September 8.
Ariel Helwani He was the first to break news of the main event.
The heavyweight booking marks the joint debut of Werdum and Dos Santos, who both sat on the sidelines in semi-retirement after the rise of MMA, respectively, in 2021 and 2022.
Gamebred Bareknuckle 5 will be broadcast live via online pay-per-view. As before, the fights are full MMA rules without gloves, merging MMA and the burgeoning sport of bare-knuckle boxing.
Masvidal and co. She has enlisted an array of talent to back up the frontrunners, including former UFC bantamweight champion Renan Barao, who will return to the cage as a featherweight four years after his fourth straight UFC loss led to his release from the promotion. The former Brazilian champion has signed with several rookie promotions and has seen fight after fight canceled.
This is the current card for Gamebred Bareknuckle 5: