“Yes he Cain!”
After being stopped by Junior Dos Santos in just 64 seconds at UFC on FOX, the general consensus surrounding the future of former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez is that he will be back.
UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre took to Facebook on Monday to give his thoughts on the fight and what it feels like to be on the wrong end of a massive haymaker.
“Great fight on Saturday. I know how Cain Velasquez feels – I’ve gotten hit with a punch like that before and it totally throws you off,” St-Pierre posted.
Dos Santos blasted Velasquez early in the first round of the championship bout with a thunderous overhand right. He then followed up with a couple of ground punches to put an end to Velasquez’s title reign and undefeated streak.
Unfortunately, some people have yet to grasp the incredibly small margin for error allowed in MMA.
All it takes is the tiniest mistake for any fighter to suffer the bitter taste of defeat. St-Pierre can certainly relate to Velasquez in that retrospect.
In April 2007, St-Pierre was defeated by Matt Serra in perhaps the biggest upset in MMA history. Serra dropped the French Canadian with a hard punch in the first round during wild exchanges and brought about the shocking conclusion with a barrage of ground strikes.
After the loss, St-Pierre righted his wrongs, returned to form and reclaimed the UFC title a year later.
As a top heavyweight in the world, Dos Santos deserves the victory and the UFC title, but fans should be mindful about the way things went down.
A punch doesn’t get much better than the one Dos Santos landed on Velasquez. It was placed and timed to perfection.
There was an aura of disappointment surrounding the bout because fans felt like they never actually got to see the two heavyweights fight.
The future is bright for Velasquez and Dos Santos, and this probably won’t be the last time we see them do battle.
People get caught in this sport. It happened to Velasquez, and the same thing could just as easily happen to Dos Santos. This is what makes the sport so exciting for fans and tough for fighters.
Anything can happen.
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