When Muhammad Ali finally retired in 1981 the boxing world worried there would never be a spectacle like him again. A few years later a guy named Mike Tyson came along.
When the King Elvis Presley croaked on his throne the world proclaimed there would never be another entertainer as charismatic. Then Michael Jackson moonwalked onto the scene.
Even the larger-than-life icons eventually get replaced.
Just as MJ’s crotch grabs replaced Elvis’ gyrating hips as the biggest draw in music, Cain Velasquez will replace Brock Lesnar as the biggest draw in MMA. Here are four reasons why.