Cain Velasquez biography

	Name	Cain Ramirez Velasquez
	MMA record	9 - 1 - 0 (Win - Loss - Draw) Wins 8 (T)KOs ( 88.89 %) 1 Decisions ( 11.11 %) Losses 1 (T)KOs ( 100 %)
	Association	American Kickboxing Academy
	Specialities	Boxing / Wrestling
	Titles	Two-time All-American in wrestling for Arizona State, Two-time Pac-10 Champion, junior college national champion for Iowa Central Community College, UFC Heavyweight Champion on October 23, 2010 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California at UFC 121
	Height	6'2" (188 cm)
	Weight	245lbs (112 kg)
	Reach	77'' (195,58 cm)
	City	Yuma
	Country	USA
	Descent	Mexican

Cain Velasquez (born July 18, 1982 in Salinas, California) is an American born MMA fighter of Mexican descent. He's a former 2-Time All-American collegiate wrestler from Arizona State and a Junior College National Champ at Iowa Central Community College. He is a two time 5A state champion in Arizona for Kofa High School located in Yuma,Arizona under Shawn Rustad & Marty Niblo. He currently competes in the UFC in the heavyweight division. Velasquez won his UFC debut at UFC 83 against Brad Morris due to strikes in the 1st round.

Cain and his wife welcomed a daughter named Coral Love Velasquez on May 6, 2009.

MMA Career bio

Velasquez made his MMA debut on October 7, 2006 against Jesse Fujarczyk at Strikeforce: Tank vs. Buentello, he won by TKO in the first round. Velasquez then faced Jeremiah Constant at BodogFight: St. Petersburg, he won via TKO in the first round at the 4 minute mark.

UFC Career bio

After making his UFC debut at UFC 83 and first win (Brad Morris) Velasquez faced Jake O'Brien at UFC Fight Night 14. Velasquez won the fight via TKO in round 1. Velasquez then faced Denis Stojnić at UFC Fight Night 17. The fight was stopped in round two with Velasquez earning the victory via TKO. Velasquez's last fight was at UFC 99 against Former Kickboxer and established UFC heavyweight Contender Cheick Kongo. Velasquez won the bout by a one sided unanimous decision victory. Velasquez was rocked a couple of times throughout the fight by straight punches from Kongo, although dominated every round on the ground following numerous take downs.

Velasquez faced former Pride Heavyweight Champion and former UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira on February 20, 2010 at UFC 110. Dana White had promised the winner a shot at the UFC Heavyweight Title after Brock Lesnar and Shane Carwin's fight. Going into the fight, the majority of media sources predicted that Nogueira would take the victory due to a supposed lack of striking power for Velasquez. They were proven wrong when Velasquez defeated Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira via knockout (punches) at 2:20 of round one. In doing so, Velasquez became the first man to defeat Nogueira by way of legitimate knockout, as opposed to TKO.

UFC 121 - Cain Velasquez defeated Brock Lesnar for the UFC Heavyweight Championship on October 23, 2010 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. He defeated Lesnar by TKO at 4:12 into round 1 to win the UFC title for the firs time.

UFC on Fox 1 (November 12, 2011) - Velasquez lost the fight via KO (punches) at 1 minute and 4 seconds at the hands of Junior Dos Santos. That was a first Cain Velasquez lost in his UFC and MMA career.

Wrestling bio

Arizona State

Earned Earned his first All-America honor by placing fifth at the 2005 NCAA Championships...also captured his first Pac-10 title and was named the 2005 Pac-10 Conference Wrestler of the Year...won 21 in a row before falling in the semifinals of the NCAA Championships.
2004-05: Placed fifth at the NCAA Championships to finish season with All-America honors...also won the Pac-10 meet in his first attempt...selected as the 2005 Pac-10 Conference Wrestler of the Year...won 15 bouts in a row prior to the post season...made it 18 straight with four wins at the conference meet...won his first three matches at the national event to run streak to 21 in a row...during that span, won 12 with bonus points, including nine by major decision, two by technical fall and one by fall...upset eventual national runner-up Cole Konrad (Minnesota), 4-3, in a home dual...opened season with title at the Fullerton Open...placed third at the Las Vegas Invite...also took second at Reno with lone loss coming to No. 1 Steve Mocco of Oklahoma State...went 16-1 in dual matches...was a perfect 7-0 against Pac-10 foes during the regular season...
2003-04: Went 14-5 overall and 5-1 in duals...competed at the Reno Tournament of the Champions going 5-0 to win the meet...captured the title with a fall in the finals...was 4-2 at the Las Vegas Invite placing fourth...went 1-4 against Top-20 opponents.

Iowa Central CC

Competed one season and won the NJCAA National Championship at heavyweight...team also won the NJCAA title in the same year...earned his associates degree before transferring to ASU. High School: A graduate of Kofa High School in Yuma, Ariz....went 110-10 in his four years of competition...won state titles in 2000 and 2001...four-time conference champion...earned All-America honors four times at Junior Nationals...won the Western Region championship twice...lettered in wrestling four times and football three times...captained both teams as a senior.

Career Statistics

 Season    O'all   Duals   Falls   Tech   MajD
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 2003-04   14-5     5-1     2-0    2-0     4-0
 2004-05   36-5    16-1     3-0    4-0    11-0
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 Totals    50-10   21-2     5-0    6-0    15-0