Just a few years ago, Cain Velasquez was considered to be well on his way to becoming one of the greatest heavyweights of all time, if not the single greatest heavyweight to ever compete in mixed martial arts.
His career, however, has unfortunately been plagued by injuries, as he hasn’t competed since scoring a TKO victory over Travis Browne at July 2016’s UFC 200. Prior to that, he fought once in 2015, losing his title via submission to Fabricio Werdum and didn’t enter the cage once in 2014.
At 36 years old, it’s fair to consider that Velasquez may have lost the prime years of his career due to injuries, but he isn’t done yet, as it was recently announced that he would finally be making his long-awaited return to action against Francis Ngannou in the main event of UFC on ESPN 1 on Feb.