This is the UFC 188 live blog for Cain Velasquez vs. Fabricio Werdum, a heavyweight bout at Saturday night’s UFC event at the Arena Ciudad de Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico.
Velasquez, who has won four of his past five fights, will face Werdum, who has won five straight fights, in the main event.
Check out the UFC 188 live blog below.
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Round 1: They open trading in the pocket and both land rights, but Werdum slips and falls to his back. Velasquez doesn’t follow. Werdum stands and they clinch. Velasquez lands an overhand right, but they tie back up. Velasquez kneeing the legs of Werdum and Velasquez scores a takedown. Werdum rolls to his base and they separate. As they stand, Velasquez’s striking begins to take over. Werdum catches a kick and takes Velasquez down! Velasquez stands, but they clinch again. They separate and Werdum scores a good inside leg kick and Velasquez returns the favor. Now a nice jab from the Brazilian. Two right hands land for the Brazilian now. A right scores for Werdum, but Velasquez returns to the favor.
MMA Fighting scores this round 10-9 Velasquez
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