This is the UFC 166 live blog for Cain Velasquez vs. Junior dos Santos 3, a heavyweight bout at Saturday night’s UFC event at the Toyota Center in Houston.
Velasquez, who has won four of the past five fights, will face dos Santos, who has also has won four of his past five fights, in the main event.
Check out the UFC 166 live blog below.
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Round 1: Herb Dean the ref. Junior dos Santos landed a shot early, and Cain moved right through it. Velasquez with a single leg, and JDS slips out. They trade. JDS lands a nice shot, and Velasquez rushes back on him and lands some punches in close. The pressure is already coming from Velasquez, and Dos Santos is trying to time out that big punch. Head kick by Velasquez lands. Crazy pace here, particularly for heavyweights. Velasquez with JDS on fence, softens him up with some knees, and then takes him down. JDS fending him off from mount, but Velasquez relentless. As JDS turns out of it, he grabs JDS back. Then they go to fence, both standing, and Velasquez is trying for a single leg. JDS in full thwart mode. He is keeping the fight in close, not giving JDS any room to work with and tiring him out simultaneously. Velasquez is trying to get the fight back to the ground, but JDS resistant. Furious pace by Velasquez all through the first round. And continues it all the way to the bell. MMA Fighting scores the first round for Velasquez, 10-9.
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