Owing some attention to one of the greatest leaders of the fight world in Brazil, GRACIEMAG.com decided to contact Rudimar Fedrigo to catch up on things, and the conversation paid off. Always helpful, Mestrao (Big Master), as his athletes call him, didn't hide his happiness for his team's latest results and analyzed the big names who have been making noise in events abroad, and of course spoke of the mood in his training center: "The academy is going really well. Everyone is training with high spirits every day," he began.
The next subject was Fabricio Werdum, who seems to have incorporated the trademark Chute Boxe aggressiveness his game was missing and made it to the top of the list of challengers for the belt. "Werdum is progressing very well, and is pleasing all his coaches. He has a great chance of fulfilling the academy's old dream, of becoming heavyweight champion. I would like for his next fight to be for the title, but let's wait and see. He is excited and has been on the right track. Chute Boxe has a personal project of making his a champion," the master stated.
Rudimar also spoke about Vitor Belfort's recent appearance at the team's headquarters in Curitiba. Vitinho has a fight set for July 19 at Affliction against Terry Martin, but should not be joining the team permanently.
"I haven't spoken with Belfort again. I found out through the press he would be doing the rest of his preparations in Rio. What happened was a welcome coincidence, but he only trained here one weekend, as he was just passing through the city. It was just technical training, but I like him, he's a great person and whenever he wants the doors are always open," he explained.
As the team is big, Rudimar carried on listing the achievements and talking about his pupils: "Luiz Azeredo was all set to travel today. It's a shame, but we're already looking at another American event for him," he said, referring to the cancellation of the Godz of War event, which would take place on Saturday.
"At Sengoku 3 we have Fabio Silva, who put in a great appearance and got the knockout, and Maicon Costa, who had an excellent appearance and pleased the public a lot. He had been winning but ended up getting caught at the end of the fight," he added.
There was still time for Rudimar to speak about some others who had been in the public eye: Daniel Acacio and Jiu-Jitsu instructor Cristiano Marcelo. So the Chute Boxe chief let out some first hand news: "Cristiano Marcelo and Daniel Acacio are talking with Sengoku and may be in the next event," he finished.
