Cain Velasquez Fulfills Expectations, Joins Circle of Elite Heavyweights

by Mike Chiappetta

Filed under: UFC, News

On the day that Cain Velasquez made his UFC debut, a company executive who shall remain nameless told me something that sounded quite ludicrous at the time.

“This guy,” he said, “is going to be the UFC champion very soon.”

I asked him if he meant a championship contender, but he assured me he meant the champ. After manhandling Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira at UFC 110, Velasquez is on the short list of real contenders for Brock Lesnar’s crown. The former collegiate wrestling All-American showed the increasing versatility of his game by overwhelming Nogueira in a standup affair en route to a knockout in just 2:20 of round one.

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