Cain Velasquez thinks he could have held his own against the UFC’s current heavyweight champions.
During the late 2000s/early 2010s, there were few fighters more feared than Velasquez. The heavy-hitting Mexican superstar captured the heavyweight title on two separate occasions while earning victories over some of the division’s biggest names. Fighters like Ben Rothwell, Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, Brock Lesnar, ‘Bigfoot’ Silva, and Junior dos Santos all learned firsthand the kind of power that Velasquez was packing in his prime.
Unfortunately, injuries largely kept Velasquez out of the MMA spotlight in his later years.