Cain Velasquez Video clip Score: four / 5

Cormier isn’t arrogant enough to consider Mir, a former holder of the UFC Heavyweight Championship as a step down from the fighters that he has faced in the past when he went on a rampaging run to win the Strike Force Heavyweight Grand Prix. And the man who wrestled for the US Olympic team on two occasions is smart enough not to weigh his nascent career in Mixed Martial Arts against the accomplishments he has had while wearing a singlet.

But according to Cormier, the one thing that makes him consider no one as formidable is because he has stood up the toughest fighter he has faced in his life, the reigning UFC Heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez.

Speaking to the media, Cormier stated that he has always maintained that if he fights with the number one fighter all the time that it takes care of everyone else down the ladder. Every fighter speaks highly of their sparring partners, most try to raise their profile by that. But it cannot be doubted that Cain Velasquez, who spars with Cormier regularly is the alpha male of the UFC Heavyweight division at this moment.

DC further mentioned that there is no confidence like the one he is feeling at the moment. He maintained that he has had the best preparation he could have adding he doesn’t think there is anyone in the division who is tougher than Cain Velasquez and he is extremely confident going into the match against Mir.

Cain Velasquez Video Rating: 4 / 5

The announcement of the fighter’s new deal was announced by the president of the UFC Dana White, who made an impassioned speech about the fighter and also defended the policy of the promotion to trim its roster down in recent months after not renewing the contract of several fighters. According to White, Cain Velasquez deserved this new and improved contract based on his performances over the last few months. Following the news that the promotion had given pink slips to many of its stars, critics leveled several accusations against White, mainly for focusing on the bottom line.

But during the press conference, White made it clear that the promotion frequently goes above the contractual obligations towards the fighters it has on its ranks. Or in the case of Velasquez, makes a long term investment on potential.

Speaking of the new contract given to Cain Velasquez, White stated that the company tries to do the right thing more often than not. He also hit back at criticism leveled at the promotion as being money hungry, stating the if they were indeed money hungry, they wouldn’t have gone out and bought the company when it was in dire straits in terms of its finances all those years back from now.

Cain Velasquez Movie Rating: 4 / 5

The match is set to be one of the big draws for the UFC of the summer with Silva taking on the man who defeated him in his very first bout in the promotion back in May last year. It was that win over Silva that got Cain Velasquez a shot at the then reigning UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos in December at UFC 155, an opportunity he grabbed with both hands. When the two meet again, it will also give the Cuban American the chance to extend his reign as the champion while also giving the Brazilian the chance to avenge his loss at his hands and also take away the most coveted title in the UFC.

And according to Silva, he has no animosity over Velasquez for the loss and sees the loss as a learning curve. Speaking toTATAME.com, the Brazilian stated that he learned a lot about Cain Velasquez from their previous fight. He stated that he has studied the video of that fight and has improved a lot since then.

He added that he has improved a lot in terms of his technique and his skills as well. He is also confident that Velasquez will not be able to put him away as easily as he managed to do him when the duo met for the first time.

Cain Velasquez Movie Score: / five

Cain Velasquez Video clip Rating: four / 5

Cain Velasquez Movie Ranking: four / 5

Now this year December, once again these two heavyweight warriors will meet and go in for a face off again for the second time at Las Vegas, with the event being rightly named as UFC 155: Dos Santos vs. Velasquez II.

This time all eyes are on Cain Velasquez to see whether he can avenge his last year’s loss.

Junior dos Santos told the reporters at a UFC Tonight Interview that Cain is his toughest opponent he has ever faced in the UFC tourneys. Cain Velasquez is a different kind of good wrestler, almost one of his kind and very dangerous at the ground moves where he can pull almost any opponent and dos Santos mentioned that he would ‘not’ want to take him at the ground, and would rather prefer to “fight on his feet and look for the knockout.”

Dos Santos religiously adhered to his first strategy back in 2011 and it worked wonders for him fetching him the belt all the way, quite obvious that it won’t work this time because Cain Velasquez knows about it. New plans need to be worked upon. He predicts that Velasquez might take him down with his boxing skills but he would not surrender and refer to his ju-jitsu moves to counter-attack. December is going to go hot the night at Vegas.