Cain Velasquez was dethroned in Mexico City on Saturday night. | Photo: Dave Mandel/Sherdog.com
He entered the Octagon in Mexico City as the best heavyweight on the planet, hands down. Within 20 minutes, Cain Velasquez was not only the former UFC champion, he had been savagely beaten by a man who some are now considering among the greatest heavyweights of all time.
Velasquez was thoroughly pummeled by Brazilian Fabricio Werdum in the main event of UFC 188, losing his title in the process. Werdum fought arguably the best fight of his career en route to forcing the Mexican American to tap to a textbook guillotine in the third round.