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02-21-2010 01:39 AM:Joe Rogan nailed it in the Octagon saying, "to be a legend, you have to beat a legend." Cain Velasquez is now on the fast track towards a title shot after taking out Antonio Nogueira in less than three minutes. Even more impressive was the way the former Arizona State wrestler did it. The 27-year-old made "Big Nog" look slow and landed anything he wanted with kicks and punches. A three-punch combo started the trouble for Nogueira. He got drilled by a left, a right hook/uppercut and then a left bounced off the top of his head as he was falling to the canvas. A great fighter has to have a killer instinct. There's no questioning Velasquez's thirst for blood, he pounced on the grounded Nogueira and landed five clean punches in what seemed like two seconds. Nogueira was stunned, referee Herb Dean jumped in and stopped the fight at 2:30 of the first giving Velasquez a win in the main event at UFC 110 in Sydney, Australia.
"I just tried to keep focused," Velasquez told Rogan. "And when I got in good position, try to beat him to the punch."
Velasquez made his living by brutalizing people on that ground but that's a dangerous proposition with the submission abilities of Nogueira. He never had to take the risk because everything in his standup arsenal worked.
"We were planning on pushing the pace. We could work the standup and when the takedown was there take it."
In essence, this was a fight between the No. 3 and No. 4 heavyweights in the UFC. Before the fight, the winner was promised a spot as the alternate to take on UFC champ Brock Lesnar if the winner of Frank Mir and Shane Carwin suffer an injury that makes them unable to fight for the belt during the summer.
Velasquez has brutalized people on the ground
.. double rights... he connected...
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Cagewriter is an MMA blog edited by Steve Cofield.
"I just tried to keep focused," Velasquez told Rogan. "And when I got in good position, try to beat him to the punch."
Velasquez made his living by brutalizing people on that ground but that's a dangerous proposition with the submission abilities of Nogueira. He never had to take the risk because everything in his standup arsenal worked.
"We were planning on pushing the pace. We could work the standup and when the takedown was there take it."
In essence, this was a fight between the No. 3 and No. 4 heavyweights in the UFC. Before the fight, the winner was promised a spot as the alternate to take on UFC champ Brock Lesnar if the winner of Frank Mir and Shane Carwin suffer an injury that makes them unable to fight for the belt during the summer.
Velasquez has brutalized people on the ground
.. double rights... he connected...
8-0
More...
Yahoo! Sports.
Cagewriter is an MMA blog edited by Steve Cofield.
