People overrate how good Werdum looked and underrate how bad Cain looked.
First off all, Werdum´s wrestling clinch and thai clinch game is shit. I know everyone by now has convinced themselves that Werdum´s clinch is amazing and destroyed Cain, but it isn´t, and it didn´t. That´s a myth.
In Round 1 Cain controlled the clinch. He did exactly what he wanted to do, he pushed Werdum against the fence and dirty boxed him. That´s exactly Cain´s game. Werdum couldn´t stopped Cain from pressing him against the fence and punch him.
"Ohh, but, but, but, but Werdum´s That clinch"
No. Shut up. You know nothing about Muay Thai. Werdum´s thai clinch is shit. That´s why Cain broke the hold every time Werdum tried something and prevented pretty much all knees in Round 1. If you can´t hold the thai clinch for more than a few seconds and you fail to land anything, you´re not having the success you wanna have.
"Ohh, but, but, but, it tired Cain"
No. Shut up. You know nothing about Muay Thai. Holding someone´s neck for 5 or 6 seconds a few times in 1 round won´t make someone like Cain gas out in 4 minutes. The goal of the Thai clinch is to land knees. If you´re not doing that, you´re not doing much.
Cain is a wrestler, and a damn good one. Got taken down by Lesnar, got pressed against the fence for almost a whole minute and was still fresh after all that. Do you really believe that Werdum holding is neck for a few seconds is more energy consuming than being controlled by 285 pound Brock Lesnar? You´re delusional.
"Ohhh, but Werdum´s striking game was just too good. He destroyed Cain standing"
No. Shut up. You know nothing about Muay Thai. Werdum faced the sloppiest Cain we´ve ever seen and still managed to get tagged almost as many times as he tagged Cain. Poor head movement, poor speed, sloppy technique. And he was going against a guy that by the end of round 1 was dead.
Cain lost the fight because in round 2 he didn´t have the energy to do what he was doing in round 1. He simply wasn´t prepared for the altitude. It´s as simple as that and it happens with athletes from all sports.
Anyone who says Werdum was responsible for Cain gassing don´t know what they´re talking about. Go watch the JDS fights. Watch how many bombs and elbows JDS landed during the fight. Go watch how many times Junior defended Cain´s takedowns. ALL THAT didn´t stop Cain from doing what he had to do, but somehow Werdum, with a few seconds of neck holding managed to tire Cain in 1 round? You´re all delusional.
Oh, and i bet the same guys who will respond to this topic barking about how wrong i am are the same who thought JDS would beat Cain in the second fight.