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Cain Velasquez on light heavyweight talk: ‘If I had to do it, I could do it’

Is Cain Velasquez’s MMA career about to take a new and fascinating twist? The career heavyweight, and former UFC champion has been battling a myriad of injuries over the past four years, largely due to problems with his back and knees. But, it’s starting to look like the two-time ‘baddest man on the planet’ is getting ready for a comeback.

But will it be at light heavyweight?

That’s what teammate Daniel Cormier was teasing recently on the MMA Hour, when he spoke to Ariel Helwani about a cryptic Velasquez tweet. “But what if he said, ‘Things may get interesting’ meaning he might go to 205?