On November 12, 2011, at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, two giants of Mixed Martial Arts collided at the inaugural UFC on Fox event.
Cain Velasquez was rolling through the MMA world with nine straight wins and coming into the fight after a monster knockout against then-champion Brock Lesnar. He was the reigning UFC Heavyweight Champion and was primed to show the “new” fans of MMA—in particular, the UFC—what a success he had become.
On the other hand was Junior Dos Santos; a man who had racked up seven UFC wins in a row, including a defeat of Shane Carwin by unanimous decision at UFC 131 in Canada, his last fight.
Junior Dos Santos wanted to show the UFC that he could stand and bang with the baddest of the heavyweights in the company. Dos Santos relies more on his boxing style in his fights and wanted to take out Velasquez early to win that UFC Heavyweight title.