BADDEST MAN ON THE PLANET, BAR NONE!
UFC Heavyweight Champ Cain Velasquez
Ring Talk (RT) – We’re blessed with the world’s heavyweight MMA champion and UFC heavyweight title holder Cain Velasquez, Cain how the heck are you man?
Cain Velasquez (CV) – I’m doing very well, how are you?
RT – Great. How do you pronounce your name, what’s the story on that.
CV – In English it’s Cain (Cane), in Spanish it’s pronounced Kai-een. Both will work.
RT – So you take on Brock Lesnar, you’re an underdog and you lick him like a stamp. I mean that’s about the best way I can put that. Why were you so dominant, what didn’t he bring the power and strength that a lot of people thought he had to the dance.
CV – I don’t know, me and my team prepared well. My coaches brought in guys that imitated his style. We knew he would want to come in and take us down and if he did to get back up.
RT – He didn’t seem the most willing guy to take a punch, I boxed, I had 52 fights and I didn’t like getting hit in the face either. People thought he was sort of cowering or turned away from Shane Carwin and didn’t want to get hit. Did you sense that, I don’t want to say this in a derogatory term but did you sense any bitch in Brock Lesnar
when you were fighting him?
CV – No I mean that’s the way it happened, he looked uncomfortable in the stomach so we tried to take it there.
RT – Cain Velasquez is our guest folks, having just a few weeks ago removed Brock Lesnar from the UFC heavyweight championship in less than five minutes into the first round. You’re the big cardio guy though, so you’re ready to go five-five minute rounds if need be, right?
CV – Yeah you should always be ready for the whole fight. Having in your mind and body that you’re going to be in a war and have enough stamina to fight the entire fight.
RT – So you’re a Mexican American, the first Mexican American heavyweight champion in just about any sport. There is alot of weight on your shoulders; I mean can you see it? I’ll tell you what, Showtime has more Mexican, more Hispanics watching their MMA then they do boxing so you’re about to enter a new demographic that you can seize all to yourself.
CV – Yeah it just shows where this sport has grown and where it is going to go it’s just exciting.
RT – Now Cain you’re in New York, being taken all over the world, doing press tours and this and that. You’re with me on the phone right now; in 15 minutes you have to be somewhere else. This schedule, is it something you anticipated or what?
CV – Yeah I knew after I won this fight what it would be, so I was ready for it.
RT – Junior Dos Santos is probably the guy you’re going to be fighting next, is that correct.
CV – Yeah.
RT – What does he do best?
CV – I think he’s the best in the UFC as far as boxing is concerned, I agree with that.
RT – Speaking of the UFC they’ve combined with the WEC (World Extreme Cagefighting) and they’re going to eliminate some of those divisions and incorporate them into the UFC, what do you think about that? I thought it was sort of cool having two programs but you know Dana White makes the decisions and said there will be only one company. What do you think about that? You think he should’ve stuck with the two.
CV – I think the coming together will make for exciting fights and be good for the sport.
RT – What about chicks, you think chicks should do MMA? I don’t know if you have any in your stable or anything like that. I watched the Bellator champion at 115. Megumi Fujii from Japan is just awesome. These chicks come to fight, they’ve got skills.
CV – Yeah I think they bring something to the sport, something different and exciting.
RT – In the old days we could’ve called Fedor Emelianenko the 300 lb. gorilla in the room but ever since he got beat he’s more like the 150 lb. gorilla, are you ever going to fight the 150 lb. gorilla in the room?
CV – I don’t know we’ll see. But I have much respect for him and everything he’s done for the sport and his overall fighting style.
RT – Was Lesnar conciliatory to you, was he respectful after the fight or what?
CV – Yeah, he was. He said great job and was glad nobody got hurt. He’ll come back stronger.
RT – If he came back stronger, he could fight you five times and he wouldn’t beat you once would he?
CV – We’ll see.
RT – The baddest dude on the planet Cain Velasquez. The baddest dude on the planet, how do you wake up in the morning and face that, how do you deal with it? The baddest dude bar none! How do you handle that?
CV – I don’t consider myself the baddest. I’ll always keep getting better, stay true to the sport.
RT – When is this Junior Dos Santos fight taking place?
CV – We don’t know yet, I’m thinking three or four months.
RT – You came out of this unscratched, I mean no injuries were there?
CV – No.
RT – Must feel good, were you sore the next day? Were you at least sore?
CV – Yeah I was. Those knees to the chest had me hurting.
RT – Cain I wish you the best of luck. You’re a class act, you’ve appeared on this show before and in the past and everybody here at Sports Byline USA headquarters want to congratulate you and look forward to your next fight. You’re a classy young man in and out of the ring. That lady. that young lady you have handling your business, Heidi, give her my props. Sounds like you hit the lottery with her.
CV – Thank you.
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