The MMA Wrap-Up: Post-UFC 121 Edition

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Now that Cain Velasquez has captured the UFC heavyweight title and Brock Lesnar was sent limping back to his Minnesota compound after UFC 121, The MMA Wrap-Up returns to ask some essential questions about what this means for the heavyweight division and for MMA as a whole. Come on, you know you don’t want to miss that.

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Now that Cain Velasquez has captured the UFC heavyweight title and Brock Lesnar was sent limping back to his Minnesota compound after UFC 121, The MMA Wrap-Up returns to ask some essential questions about what this means for the heavyweight division and for MMA as a whole. Come on, you know you don’t want to miss that.

UFC 121: Cain Velasquez TKOs Brock Lesnar

Filed under: UFC, NewsThe UFC has a new heavyweight champion, as Cain Velasquez brutalized Brock Lesnar to win a first-round technical knockout Saturday at UFC 121.

The fight wasn’t close, as Velasquez showed vastly superior technique and unloaded on …

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Cain Velasquez defeats Brock Lesnar at UFC 121 to win the UFC heavyweight title.The UFC has a new heavyweight champion, as Cain Velasquez brutalized Brock Lesnar to win a first-round technical knockout Saturday at UFC 121.

The fight wasn’t close, as Velasquez showed vastly superior technique and unloaded on Lesnar on the ground until Lesnar’s face was a bloody mess and referee Herb Dean stepped in to stop the fight.

“I trained for a five-round fight and that’s what I was hoping for,” Velasquez said afterward. “I wasn’t expecting this. You can’t expect a first-round stoppage.”

UFC 121 Post-Fight Press Conference Video

Filed under: UFC, VideosWhen the action in the Octagon at UFC 121 has ended, the action will move to the press room for the UFC 121 post-fight press conference, and we’ll have the live video right here at MMAFighting.com.

Among those who will address …

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Cain Velasquez may appear at the UFC 121 post-fight press conference.When the action in the Octagon at UFC 121 has ended, the action will move to the press room for the UFC 121 post-fight press conference, and we’ll have the live video right here at MMAFighting.com.

Among those who will address the press are UFC President Dana White, main event fighters Brock Lesnar and Cain Velasquez, and select fighters from the undercard, likely including Jake Shields, Martin Kampmann and Tito Ortiz.

The press conference will start about 20 minutes after the main event ends, likely around 1:15 AM ET, and the video is below.

Velasquez Downs Lesnar for Heavyweight Title; Shields Earns Title Shot at UFC 121

Filed under: UFCANAHEIM – Cain Velasquez came into his heavyweight title fight at UFC 121 hoping for a five-round battle. He ended up needing just over four minutes to stop Brock Lesnar via TKO and claim the UFC heavyweight title in front of 14,856 fan…

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ANAHEIM – Cain Velasquez came into his heavyweight title fight at UFC 121 hoping for a five-round battle. He ended up needing just over four minutes to stop Brock Lesnar via TKO and claim the UFC heavyweight title in front of 14,856 fans at the Honda Center on Saturday night.

It may have been a relatively brief affair, but what it lacked in length it more than made up for in intensity.

Lesnar set the pace right away. As soon as the bout began, the champion took one step directly to the side and then charged across the cage at Velasquez, bringing all of his 264 pounds crashing directly into the challenger.

Daniel Cormier Expresses How Proud He Is of Teammate Cain Velasquez

Filed under: MMA Videos, UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, VideosANAHEIM, Calif. — MMA Fighting spoke to Cain Velasquez’s teammate Daniel Cormier about his good friend’s title win over Brock Lesnar, whether he expected the fight would play out that way and how…

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ANAHEIM, Calif. — MMA Fighting spoke to Cain Velasquez‘s teammate Daniel Cormier about his good friend’s title win over Brock Lesnar, whether he expected the fight would play out that way and how the team will celebrate.

When Bully Tactics Fail at UFC 121, Brock Lesnar Flounders

Filed under: UFCANAHEIM, Calif. – Moments before he made his entrance to a chorus of jeers and cheers at UFC 121 in the Honda Center on Saturday night, a bearded Brock Lesnar appeared on the big screen to identify himself as the baddest man on the plan…

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ANAHEIM, Calif. – Moments before he made his entrance to a chorus of jeers and cheers at UFC 121 in the Honda Center on Saturday night, a bearded Brock Lesnar appeared on the big screen to identify himself as the baddest man on the planet – a claim he’s repeated often lately, and one which few have bothered to argue.

Not long after that, the big man was sitting on the canvas, watching Cain Velasquez celebrate as the new champion while a cageside doctor attended to Lesnar’s bloody face.

Funny how quickly reality can shift in this business, often right out from under your feet.

For the moments in Saturday night’s main event where he was charging forward, Lesnar looked every bit as ferocious as advertised. But when it failed to stop Velasquez from offering up any offense of his own, that’s when we were reminded that we really don’t know all that much about this guy who, just minutes earlier, was calling himself the best.