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Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira vs Fabrício Werdum

A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.

Meetings on record

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Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira and Fabrício Werdum met 2 times (2006, 2013). Fabrício Werdum won in 2013 by submission; Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira won in 2006 by decision.

SOURCE·Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira and Fabrício Werdum — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·both records name the other·REVIEWED AUG 2026

How this head-to-head is established

  1. This pairing exists only because at least one of the two articles' own results tables names the other fighter. No matchup on this site is speculative and none is a hypothetical.
  2. Every figure in the comparison below comes from that fighter's own page and carries the same source line. A dash means the source states nothing, not that the value is zero.
  3. Common opponents are found by matching linked bout lists, which is only possible because every fight list here is linked to every other. A shared opponent is not a transitive result and this page does not treat it as one.
  4. Nothing on this page predicts an outcome. It is a comparison of what is on record.

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Side by side

What both records stateAUG 2026
Antônio Rodrigo NogueiraFabrício Werdum
78″ (198.1 cm)Reach77″ (195.6 cm)
75″ (190.5 cm)Height76″ (193 cm)
+3.99%Reach advantage+1.35%
34–10Record24–9
71%Finish rate75%
12Longest unbeaten run7
44Recorded bouts35
OrthodoxStance—

A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.

Common opponents

Both fought these 4. This is the comparison the siloed databases cannot make, because it needs every fight list linked to every other.

OpponentAntônio Rodrigo NogueiraFabrício Werdum
Cain Velasquez L W
Roy Nelson L W
Fedor Emelianenko L W
Sergei Kharitonov W L

Both records, drawn

The same ledger line on each: wins stamped above the rule, losses below, the mark's shape carrying how it ended.

Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira

199020002010UNFILEDwin v Yuriy Kochkine, 1999, submissionwin v Nate Schroeder, 1999, submissionwin v David Dodd, 1999, submissionwin v Kiyoshi Tamura, 2000, submissiondraw v Tsuyoshi Kohsaka, 2000, drawloss v Dan Henderson, 2000, decisionwin v Jeremy Horn, 2000, decisionwin v Heath Herring, 2001, decisionwin v Mark Coleman, 2001, submissionwin v Gary Goodridge, 2001, submissionwin v Valentijn Overeem, 2001, submissionwin v Dan Henderson, 2002, submissionwin v Semmy Schilt, 2002, submissionwin v Bob Sapp, 2002, submissionwin v Sanae Kikuta, 2002, kowin v Enson Inoue, 2002, submissionwin v Mirko Cro Cop, 2003, submissionwin v Ricco Rodriguez, 2003, decisionloss v Fedor Emelianenko, 2003, decisionloss v Fedor Emelianenko, 2004, decisionwin v Heath Herring, 2004, submissionwin v Hirotaka Yokoi, 2004, submissionwin v Pawel Nastula, 2005, kowin v Josh Barnett, 2006, decisionwin v Fabrício Werdum, 2006, decisionwin v Wagner Martins, 2006, submissionwin v Kiyoshi Tamura, 2006, submissionwin v Heath Herring, 2007, decisionloss v Frank Mir, 2008, kowin v Tim Sylvia, 2008, submissionwin v Randy Couture, 2009, decisionloss v Cain Velasquez, 2010, koloss v Frank Mir, 2011, submissionwin v Brendan Schaub, 2011, kowin v Dave Herman, 2012, submissionloss v Fabrício Werdum, 2013, submissionloss v Roy Nelson, 2014, koloss v Stefan Struve, 2015, decisionwin v Sergei Kharitonov, no date on recordwin v Hiromitsu Kanehara, no date on recordwin v Volk Han, no date on recordwin v Achmed Labasanov, no date on recordwin v Andrei Kopylov, no date on recordwin v Valentijn Overeem, no date on record
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1999–2015 · 6 UNDATED
2000 2010 win vs Yuriy Kochkine (1999)win vs Nate Schroeder (1999)win vs David Dodd (1999)win vs Kiyoshi Tamura (2000)draw vs Tsuyoshi Kohsaka (2000)loss vs Dan Henderson (2000)win vs Jeremy Horn (2000)win vs Heath Herring (2001)win vs Mark Coleman (2001)win vs Gary Goodridge (2001)win vs Valentijn Overeem (2001)win vs Dan Henderson (2002)win vs Semmy Schilt (2002)win vs Bob Sapp (2002)win vs Sanae Kikuta (2002)win vs Enson Inoue (2002)win vs Mirko Cro Cop (2003)win vs Ricco Rodriguez (2003)loss vs Fedor Emelianenko (2003)loss vs Fedor Emelianenko (2004)win vs Heath Herring (2004)win vs Hirotaka Yokoi (2004)win vs Pawel Nastula (2005)win vs Josh Barnett (2006)win vs Fabrício Werdum (2006)win vs Wagner Martins (2006)win vs Kiyoshi Tamura (2006)win vs Heath Herring (2007)loss vs Frank Mir (2008)win vs Tim Sylvia (2008)win vs Randy Couture (2009)loss vs Cain Velasquez (2010)loss vs Frank Mir (2011)win vs Brendan Schaub (2011)win vs Dave Herman (2012)loss vs Fabrício Werdum (2013)loss vs Roy Nelson (2014)loss vs Stefan Struve (2015)
winlossdraw / NC1999–2015

Fabrício Werdum

200020102020draw v James Zikic, 2002, drawwin v Tengiz Tedoradze, 2002, submissionwin v Gabriel Gonzaga, 2003, kowin v Kristof Midoux, 2003, submissionwin v Ebenezer Fontes Braga, 2004, koloss v Sergei Kharitonov, 2005, decisionwin v Roman Zentsov, 2005, submissionwin v Tom Erikson, 2005, submissionwin v Alexander Emelianenko, 2006, submissionloss v Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, 2006, decisionwin v Alistair Overeem, 2006, submissionwin v John-Olav Einemo, 2006, decisionloss v Andrei Arlovski, 2007, decisionloss v Junior dos Santos, 2008, kowin v Brandon Vera, 2008, kowin v Gabriel Gonzaga, 2008, kowin v Antônio Silva, 2009, decisionwin v Mike Kyle, 2009, submissionwin v Fedor Emelianenko, 2010, submissionloss v Alistair Overeem, 2011, decisionwin v Mike Russow, 2012, kowin v Roy Nelson, 2012, decisionwin v Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, 2013, submissionwin v Mark Hunt, 2014, kowin v Travis Browne, 2014, decisionwin v Cain Velasquez, 2015, submissionwin v Travis Browne, 2016, decisionloss v Stipe Miocic, 2016, kowin v Marcin Tybura, 2017, decisionwin v Walt Harris, 2017, submissionloss v Alistair Overeem, 2017, decisionloss v Alexander Volkov, 2018, kowin v Alexander Gustafsson, 2020, submissionloss v Aleksei Oleinik, 2020, decisionnc v Renan Ferreira, 2021
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 2002–2021
2010 2020 draw vs James Zikic (2002)win vs Tengiz Tedoradze (2002)win vs Gabriel Gonzaga (2003)win vs Kristof Midoux (2003)win vs Ebenezer Fontes Braga (2004)loss vs Sergei Kharitonov (2005)win vs Roman Zentsov (2005)win vs Tom Erikson (2005)win vs Alexander Emelianenko (2006)loss vs Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira (2006)win vs Alistair Overeem (2006)win vs John-Olav Einemo (2006)loss vs Andrei Arlovski (2007)loss vs Junior dos Santos (2008)win vs Brandon Vera (2008)win vs Gabriel Gonzaga (2008)win vs Antônio Silva (2009)win vs Mike Kyle (2009)win vs Fedor Emelianenko (2010)loss vs Alistair Overeem (2011)win vs Mike Russow (2012)win vs Roy Nelson (2012)win vs Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira (2013)win vs Mark Hunt (2014)win vs Travis Browne (2014)win vs Cain Velasquez (2015)win vs Travis Browne (2016)loss vs Stipe Miocic (2016)win vs Marcin Tybura (2017)win vs Walt Harris (2017)loss vs Alistair Overeem (2017)loss vs Alexander Volkov (2018)win vs Alexander Gustafsson (2020)loss vs Aleksei Oleinik (2020)nc vs Renan Ferreira (2021)
winlossdraw / NC2002–2021
Cross-references
Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira

The full ledger: 44 bouts, the reach placed in its cohort, and what the record does not say.

34–10 Fabrício Werdum

The same, from the other corner — 35 bouts and the cohort Werdum is ranked inside.

24–9 Every confirmed matchup

The other 899 pairings whose own records confirm the fight happened — not a list of fights anyone imagined.

900 BOUTS
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