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From the first time he stepped into the UFC octagon, Cain Velasquez seemed destined for great things. A two-time collegiate All-American wrestler who had made a seamless transition into the striking game, Velasquez was immediately seen as the future of the heavyweight division, an agile, multi-talented phenom with fighting spirit and a killer instinct who embodied the evolution of MMA’s heavyweight class.
Little did we know then that an age of superheavyweights was upon us, led by the arrival of Brock Lesnar.
So Saturday night’s UFC 121 championship fight marks the inevitable clash between the man who would be king, and the king himself.