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Video: Cain Velasquez and Fabricio Werdum separated following confrontation in Bangkok

Thankfully, Jean-Claude Van Damme was there to keep the peace.

Newly-crowned Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heavyweight champion, Fabricio Werdum, nearly had an instant rematch against the very man he took the belt from, Cain Velasquez, when the two came face-to-face in Bangkok, Thailand.

Thankfully, martial arts veteran and action movie star, Jean-Claude Van Damme, was there to prevent the two heavyweights from going at it.

If you haven't figured it out by now, the confrontation is scripted, as both men are making cameos in Van Damme's reboot of the chop-socky classic "Kickboxer.