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Velasquez is a brown belt in Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu under Dave Camarillo, [20] a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Leandro Vieira, and an NCAA Division I Wrestler. [21] Velasquez made his MMA debut on October 7, 2006, against Jesse Fujarczyk at Strikeforce: Tank vs. Buentello, he won by TKO in the first round. Velasquez faced then-undefeated ...
A video that has gone viral has exposed a clash between students and school officials in Idaho over whether the term “brown pride” is a symbol of cultural pride or a sign of gang affiliation.
(L-R) Fabricio Werdum of Brazil punches Cain Velasquez of the United States in their heavyweight championship bout during UFC 188 at Arena Ciudad de Mexico on June 13, 2015, in Mexico City.
Cain Velasquez's rise to the top of the mixed martial arts world was meteoric. In less than three years, he went from Octagon newbie to UFC heavyweight champion.The man he defeated to become champion?
On January 13, UFC revealed this event was originally intended to take place at Arena da Baixada (a much larger venue) in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, and feature a UFC Heavyweight Championship rematch between champion Fabrício Werdum and former two-time champion Cain Velasquez, with former UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva in the co-main ...
UFC Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez was originally expected to have his first title defense against Junior dos Santos at this event. [5] However, on September 2, 2011, the UFC announced that fight would be moved to the inaugural UFC on Fox event. [6]
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They were briefly scheduled to meet at the original UFC 196, as Miocic replaced former two-time champion Cain Velasquez. In turn, Werdum announced on the following day that he was pulling out of the event due to injury as well as he wasn't comfortable with the opponent change while dealing with injuries of his own. [8] [9]