UFC 138: Cain Velasquez vs. Junior Dos Santos in San Jose

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship is pursuing Nov. 19 at UFC 138, report LA Times, as the date that heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez will make his first title defense against once-beaten Junior Dos Santos at San Jose's HP Pavilion, company chairman Lorenzo Fertitta told The Times Thursday.

Velasquez (9-0, 8 KOs) is from Yuma, Ariz., but he trains in San Jose and was born in Salinas, the son of a migrant worker.

Velasquez hasn't fought since October, when he upset champion Brock Lesnar at Honda Center in Anaheim by first-round TKO. Velasquez underwent shoulder surgery after the fight, forcing the layoff.

His first defense will be stout, given how Dos Santos (13-1, 8 KOs, three submissions) dominated former interim champ Shane Carwin at UFC 131 in Vancouver.