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UFC 121: Lesnar vs. Velasquez was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on October 23, 2010, at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, United States. [3]
With his victory over Nogueira, Velasquez earned a UFC Heavyweight Championship fight with then-champion Brock Lesnar at UFC 121. UFC brought back UFC Primetime to promote Lesnar vs. Velasquez. [33] Velasquez defeated Lesnar via TKO in the first round, earning Knockout of the Night honors.
The actual pay-per-view opened with Brock Lesnar (accompanied by Paul Heyman) defending the WWE Championship against Cain Velasquez (accompanied by Rey Mysterio). After the two traded strikes, Velasquez went for the ground and pound, but Lesnar forced Velasquez to submit to the Kimura Lock to retain the title.
Velasquez, 40, competed in UFC from 2006-19, compiling a 14-3 record as a heavyweight. He defeated Brock Lesnar for the heavyweight championship in 2010 before losing his belt to Junior dos Santos ...
Cain Velasquez defeats Brock Lesnar UFC 121: Anderson Silva defeats Chael Sonnen 1 UFC 117: 2 Cain Velasquez: Mike Russow defeats Todd Duffee UFC 114: Cole Miller defeats Dan Lauzon UFC 108: Jake Shields: Maurício Rua defeats Lyoto Machida UFC 113: Chris Leben defeats Yoshihiro Akiyama UFC 116: 3 Maurício Rua: John Hathaway defeats Diego ...
Quinton Jackson vs. Rashad Evans: May 12–26, 2010 4 UFC Primetime: Lesnar vs. Velasquez: UFC 121 [4] Brock Lesnar vs. Cain Velasquez: October 6–20, 2010 5 UFC Primetime: St-Pierre vs. Shields: UFC 129 [5] Georges St-Pierre vs. Jake Shields: April 13–28, 2011 6 UFC Primetime: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos: UFC on Fox 1 [6] Cain Velasquez vs ...
Carwin was then set to face fellow undefeated heavyweight contender Cain Velasquez at UFC 104, with the winner getting a title shot against then-champion Brock Lesnar; [7] however, the UFC reconsidered the bout and Carwin was confirmed to fight for the title at UFC 106 on November 21, 2009. [8]
Cain Velasquez arrived in Mexico City as the UFC heavyweight champ in early June 2015. What he would come to realize only later was that he’d arrived too late, having underestimated what the air ...