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Undefeated lightweight Myles ‘Fury’ Jury (10-0) takes fans through his day for the UFC 155 weigh-ins, which went down yesterday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Jury is set to take on Michael Johnson in the opening FX broadcast of the prelim card.
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Undefeated lightweight Myles ‘Fury’ Jury (10-0) takes fans through his day for the UFC 155 weigh-ins, which went down yesterday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Jury is set to take on Michael Johnson in the opening FX broadcast of the prelim card.
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The UFC 155 main event features a climatic rematch between UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos and the No. 1 contender, Cain Velasquez. Velasquez will be looking to get the title back around his waist for the first time since dropping it to dos …
The UFC 155 main event features a climatic rematch between UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos and the No. 1 contender, Cain Velasquez.
Velasquez will be looking to get the title back around his waist for the first time since dropping it to dos Santos in Nov. of 2011. Velasquez faced Antonio “Big Foot” Silva at UFC 146 and put on one of the most dominant performances in recent memory.
The win earned Velasquez another crack at JDS and a chance to win the UFC heavyweight title. It’s easy to pick dos Santos to win because he’s already defeated the AKA fighter once and has the always dangerous, one-punch KO power.
But what would a win for Velasquez mean for the challenger?
For starters, it would give Velasquez some vindication for his dreadful performance in his first meeting with dos Santos. Velasquez has been extremely critical of his performance against JDS and seems to realize what he must do if he wants to take the title.
It also could quite possibly save Velasquez’s UFC career.
I know a lot of people have fathomed the idea of Velasquez dropping to light heavyweight due to his “doughy figure,” but I don’t believe it’s a plausible move for the former champion. Velasquez is a solid 240 pounds and has competed his whole life at heavyweight.
Moving to light heavyweight also takes away Velasquez’s biggest advantage, which is his amazing cardio and ability to push a relentless pace.
If Velasquez doesn’t manage to walk away victorious, it will be hard to imagine a scenario where he gets another title shot so long as JDS is champion. Velasquez needs the victory to keep his UFC champion dreams alive.
He matches up well with virtually every other fighter in the division outside of dos Santos. Therefore, Velasquez could be looking at his situation much the same way Gray Maynard and Frankie Edgar saw themselves exiled from title contention after failing to capture a title in multiple tries.
Does Velasquez have the option to move to light heavyweight or willingness to compete without hope of a future title shot? For Velasquez and his fans’ sake, let’s hope he doesn’t have to answer those tough questions.
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Junior dos Santos could assume the mantel of “Baddest Man on The Planet” and nobody would question it. In the past it’s been a title given to the world heavyweight champion in boxing, but since that division is on virtual life support, it also applies …
Junior dos Santos could assume the mantel of “Baddest Man on The Planet” and nobody would question it. In the past it’s been a title given to the world heavyweight champion in boxing, but since that division is on virtual life support, it also applies to the UFC heavyweight champion.
Possessing immense power with precision technique, dos Santos has made it to the top of the UFC ladder by using his boxing skills. He’s without a doubt the best boxer in the division and perhaps the best striker outside of Alistair Overeem.
The champion will have a chance to add to his brief legacy in the UFC by defeating the challenger, Cain Velasquez, in the UFC 155 main event. JDS already holds a victory over Velasquez but will look to silence the critics who claim his first victory was nothing more than a fluke.
UFC 155 provides dos Santos with an opportunity to create a moment that will be forever remembered but the moments on this list are synonymous with the Brazilian. His UFC career has been filled with plenty of knockouts but a heartwarming story could be dos Santos’ finest moment.
Even though the UFC 155 title fight this weekend features Junior dos Santos and Cain Velasquez, the winner still won’t have escaped the shadow of Alistair Overeem. Sure, tomorrow’s winner gets a shiny championship belt. And yes, the victor will rise to the top of several consensus heavyweight rankings in the eyes of many MMA […]
Even though the UFC 155 title fight this weekend features Junior dos Santos and Cain Velasquez, the winner still won’t have escaped the shadow of Alistair Overeem. Sure, tomorrow’s winner gets a shiny championship belt. And yes, the victor will rise to the top of several consensus heavyweight rankings in the eyes of many MMA […]
While the heavyweight division hardly ever sees a fight go the full time before someone gets knocked out or submitted, heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos has the right mindset coming into UFC 155 to KO his opponent, Cain Velasquez.The familiarity b…
While the heavyweight division hardly ever sees a fight go the full time before someone gets knocked out or submitted, heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos has the right mindset coming into UFC 155 to KO his opponent, Cain Velasquez.
The familiarity between these two will give each of these fighters an edge coming into this bout, but leaning on that knowledge will not be what wins this matchup.
This fight isn’t about redemption; this is about the UFC World heavyweight Title.
Velasquez was embarrassed on national television the last time these two men squared off, and the former champion will look at this fight as his chance to bring his name back into the good graces of the fans in attendance and the shot-callers in the UFC.
The defending champion has a different outlook.
Dos Santos told ESPN about how he doesn’t view this as a fight as a rematch and how he prepared for this in-ring war:
I think it’s more a rematch for Cain Velasquez than it is for me. For me it’s another fight, and every fight…I take my next fight as my toughest fight ever. So I get very well prepared for all my fights, [and] I that’s how I am now. I am 100 percent [ready] to go there and keep my belt.
As hard as it is to imagine fighting without any emotion, the key to a great MMA fighter is the ability to control their emotions in the Octagon and use them to harness and disperse their power.
When a fighter has vengeance on their mind or is fighting angry, they begin to let their form slip and start to leave themselves open for the potential knockout blow that could be coming at any second.
Velasquez will come at Dos Santos like a bat out of hell, but the calculated demeanor of the current champion will not only weather the former champion’s storm, it will help Dos Santos find the opening Velasquez leaves and knock him out in spectacular fashion.
The UFC star treats all of his fights the same way, and it’s no wonder why they all end the same way, too. Dos Santos is a knockout machine, and he’ll add another to his resume.
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UFC 155 centers around the heavyweight rematch between UFC Heavyweight Champion Junior dos Santos and Cain Velasquez, but there is plenty of action left to be had on the 12-fight card. There will be fights in six different divisions at UFC 155, and nea…
UFC 155 centers around the heavyweight rematch between UFC Heavyweight Champion Junior dos Santos and Cain Velasquez, but there is plenty of action left to be had on the 12-fight card. There will be fights in six different divisions at UFC 155, and nearly all have some sort of implication on the top ten rankings. […]