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Isn't Conor Mcgregor tapping out to Khabib or Diaz or the Ronda headkick of joy, its honestly the mythical Cain Velasquez being dethroned of the heavyweight belt.
For context its 2013, Velasquez in the earlier portion put a huge foot-stomp in the trilogy bout against JDS and absolutely mauled him. He had before probably killed Antonio Silva twice (why the second fight happened i have no idea). The aura and hype was huge and at the time maybe warranted. (Look at DC lmao). Many hardcores and casuals were riding this wagon (i wasn't one of them, I was a JDS guy). Cain Velasquez pretty much set the blueprint of the AKA grappling, high pressure ferocious GnP style that Khabib and DC replicated for their own successes and because of this Cain was considered the heir apparent to Fedor's heavyweight throne. Highlight video is a treat.
Fedor was defeated 3 years earlier by Fabricio Werdum in one of the consensus biggest upsets in MMA history. Over time this victory was overlooked but back then this was up there with GSP-Serra upset levels. .
Enter UFC 188 Cain Velasquez was a proud Mexican-American individual who honors himself with a chest tattoo of brown pride and enters the octagon with a mexican fiesta based song. Werdum struck a chord on Velasquez claiming he wasn't mexican in that he was born in America and raised in that system. Velasquez hated this. DC even went to Werdum telling him to keep his mouth shut.
The fight happened in Mexico city on 13 June 2015. Werdum made preparations to stay in mexico for a couple of months to acclimated himself to the altitude. Velasquez did not and came two weeks later.
The fight played out as it did. Werdum dominated in the standup, Velasquez feared taking him down and doing his style due to the submission game of the GO Horse. After 2 rounds a prime velasquez looked exhausted against a much older 38 yr old Werdum, velasquez attempts a takedown and gets submitted with a bloody face in round 3 losing his title in Mexico, a place he held so dear.
Werdum essentially respected Mexico more than Velasquez and understood from his bout with Hunt that you need to prepare yourself a long camp there. Cain didn't do this and unfortunately he became a meme we all know as SEA LEVEL CAIN. Werdum schooled Velasquez and forced him into a dog fight where beat him in every dimension. He destroyed the mythical aura Cain had at the time, which i don't think Mcgregor or Ronda ever had.
Cain has only had one fight since the loss and destroyed Travis Browne, however he pulled out of his last scheduled bout at UFC 207 in a rematch against Werdum. Hopefully we see him in the octagon soon and not a WWE training ring
For context its 2013, Velasquez in the earlier portion put a huge foot-stomp in the trilogy bout against JDS and absolutely mauled him. He had before probably killed Antonio Silva twice (why the second fight happened i have no idea). The aura and hype was huge and at the time maybe warranted. (Look at DC lmao). Many hardcores and casuals were riding this wagon (i wasn't one of them, I was a JDS guy). Cain Velasquez pretty much set the blueprint of the AKA grappling, high pressure ferocious GnP style that Khabib and DC replicated for their own successes and because of this Cain was considered the heir apparent to Fedor's heavyweight throne. Highlight video is a treat.
Fedor was defeated 3 years earlier by Fabricio Werdum in one of the consensus biggest upsets in MMA history. Over time this victory was overlooked but back then this was up there with GSP-Serra upset levels. .
Enter UFC 188 Cain Velasquez was a proud Mexican-American individual who honors himself with a chest tattoo of brown pride and enters the octagon with a mexican fiesta based song. Werdum struck a chord on Velasquez claiming he wasn't mexican in that he was born in America and raised in that system. Velasquez hated this. DC even went to Werdum telling him to keep his mouth shut.
The fight happened in Mexico city on 13 June 2015. Werdum made preparations to stay in mexico for a couple of months to acclimated himself to the altitude. Velasquez did not and came two weeks later.
The fight played out as it did. Werdum dominated in the standup, Velasquez feared taking him down and doing his style due to the submission game of the GO Horse. After 2 rounds a prime velasquez looked exhausted against a much older 38 yr old Werdum, velasquez attempts a takedown and gets submitted with a bloody face in round 3 losing his title in Mexico, a place he held so dear.
Werdum essentially respected Mexico more than Velasquez and understood from his bout with Hunt that you need to prepare yourself a long camp there. Cain didn't do this and unfortunately he became a meme we all know as SEA LEVEL CAIN. Werdum schooled Velasquez and forced him into a dog fight where beat him in every dimension. He destroyed the mythical aura Cain had at the time, which i don't think Mcgregor or Ronda ever had.
Cain has only had one fight since the loss and destroyed Travis Browne, however he pulled out of his last scheduled bout at UFC 207 in a rematch against Werdum. Hopefully we see him in the octagon soon and not a WWE training ring
