CAIN GETS MIR FIGHT

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Former Ultimate Fighting Championship or UFC World Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez has agreed to a match with one time friend turned foe Frank Mir at the upcoming UFC pay-per-view event UFC 146 at Las Vegas, according to the statement of UFC President Dana White. The match is scheduled to take place on the 26th of May, 2012 in Sin City on a night that will see another monumental match when Junior Dos Santos will defend his crown against Alistair Overeem.

It has also been confirmed that the match between Velasquez and Mir will decide who faces off against the winner of the title match between Dos Santos and Overeem, meaning that Velasquez is in line to get another shot at the title if he manages to secure victory against Mir. According to White, a verbal agreement has been reached between Cain Velasquez and Frank Mir for a number one contender’s match at UFC 146 that is to take place in Las Vegas on the 26th of May and he also added that he hoped that the night will be one of the most monumental nights in the history of the promotion.

Velasquez won his first UFC heavyweight Championship belt in October 2010 when he knocked out Brock Lesnar in the first round of their bout but having suffered an injury, he was kept out of the ring for more than a year and it was not until the 12th of November 2011 that he returned to competitive fighting against Junior Dos Santos in his one and only title defense. But the match had to be stopped after just one round and Cain Velasquez is hoping that both he and Dos Santos manages to win their respective matches so that he could have a shot at revenge against the champion in the next event.

VELASQUEZ: TIME TO STRIKE BACK

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Cain Ramirez Velasquez is supposed to fight against Elite XC and Strikeforce veteran Antonio Silva sometime around April this year which is a long awaited event as he vowed to return to the top of the MMA mountain after losing the belt in November 2011. With his supreme talent and unrivaled drive, it’s only a matter of time that he comes back stronger than ever into the mainstream tournaments and shows his undying strength.

Cain Velasques is a mixed martial artist holding the rank of a former UFC Heavyweight Champion. As he was pursuing a Bachelor’s in Education degree from Arizona University he has represented the state rather very well.  He wrestled for three seasons and compiled a record of 86-17, attaining the 5th and 4th positions in 2005 and 2006 respectively. He began his Mixed Martial Arts career with the American Kickboxing Academy and continues to train at the Academy in San Jose, California. He made his debut on 7 October, 2006 against Jesse Fujarczyk, he has faced Jeremiah Constant and won both the matches by TKO in the first round itself. SportsNation has announced the coming back of UFC Primetime to promote the popular Lesnar vs. Velasquez. In the past, Velasquez has defeated the former for the UFC Heavyweight Championship via TKO thus, earning the honor of the Knockout of the Night.

In his fight against Lesnar at UFC 121, Cain Velasquez suffered an injury. The rotator cuff of his right shoulder had torn. However, surgery on the injury was successful and he returned to the game in the Fall of 2011.

As per the statistics compiled in November 2011 by leading sports channels ESPN and NBC Sports, Cain Velasquez is ranked #2 heavyweight fighter in the world.

The first and only loss suffered by this Mexican American fighter was at the hands of Junior Dos Santos, who was contending for the title then. Velasquez lost to him via KO and hence lost the UFC Heavyweight Championship belt as well.

Velasquez takes a hit

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Cain Velasquez, the San Jose based mixed martial artist, recently lost his heavyweight title. Though the Bay Area mixed martial arts took a hit recently, the sport itself is in a growing stage. Velasquez took part in one of the most important fights in this sport’s young history. He lost to Junior dos Santos in just 64 seconds at UFC on Fox 1: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos. The UFC trusted him with their first ever show on television network and it certainly went over well.

Frank Mir who is in sublime form and is two for two, stated at a post fight press conference that he wanted to fight someone that is a force to be reckoned with and Cain Velasquez fits the bill perfectly. He said: “Depending on how Cain is feeling you know, obviously that would be a phenomenal fight, someone who is a force to be reckoned with and honestly I still think he is.

I think he just got caught in his last fight. I mean we saw that tonight, it can happen. I just happened to recover and he didn’t and JDS jumped on him. So whoever is out there. Right now, the heavyweight division changes from week to week, depending on who’s injured or who has a spectacular fight”.

Cain Velasquez was last seen on the receiving end of a knockout match against Junior dos Santos. It was the first time when he tasted defeat in his career and it marked the end of his short lived championship reign. But a victory over the streaking Mir would certainly get him back into title contention. But a win for Mir would earn him another title shot. Cain Velasquez has come off a defeat whereas Mir is on a roll lately.