On April 21, 2007, a Brazilian shocked the fight world, brutally knocking out one of the sport’s best strikers, who went to the United States for the sole purpose of winning the UFC belt. Jiu-Jitsu world champion Gabriel Gonzaga, known as Napao, had already won three fights for the American organization, but the high kick to Mirko Cro Cop’s head was what really spurred him to fame. But the fighter’s promising path to the belt was interrupted in the fight he lost to Randy Couture. Now to return to his winning ways, the Carioca will need to face the man who was the first to overcome him, fellow Brazilian Fabricio Werdum. In an interview on the ESPN sports channel, the black belt spoke in depth about the much anticipated fight to take place on Saturday in England at UFC 80. Check it out:
