Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez is still fighting Fabricio Werdum at UFC 207, despite “bogus” reports that his “Vai Cavalo” rematch was scrapped for next Friday (Dec. 30, 2016) inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
And in case you were wondering, he’s already stopped this pre-fight therapy.
From MMA Fighting:
“Obviously, with the past interview that I did about what's going on with my body and everything else, somebody just thew out something that was bogus on social media, and you know how that is, everybody has a voice now. It wasn't true. I am ready to fight. I'm ready to win. I'm doing that tomorrow. He's going to look me over and give me the green light and then call the UFC and do the same there.”
Werdum remains the betting underdog.
These two first went to war in the UFC 188 main event in June 2015. Velasquez (14-2), then heavyweight champion, succumbed to the submission game of his Brazilian foe after sucking wind early in the third round.
He would compete just once following the loss, a UFC 200 beatdown of Travis Browne.
Werdum (21-6-1) moved on to his first title defense against Stipe Miocic at UFC 198, but found himself looking up at the lights after eating the challenger’s fist. He too, would rebound with a win over the aforementioned “Hapa” at UFC 203, albeit in less impressive fashion.
Who ya’ got?
UFC 207 will be headlined by the women’s bantamweight championship contest pitting reigning division queenpin Amanda Nunes opposite returning “Rowdy” judoka Ronda Rousey. Elsewhere on the card, 135-pound kingpin Dominick Cruz puts his bantamweight belt on the line against undefeated power puncher Cody Garbrandt.
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