Cain Velasquez will now face Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva at UFC 146
Posted on April 22, 2012, 10:00 PM by Mike DrahotaCain Velasquez has a new opponent for May's UFC 146 in Las Vegas. Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva will step in to face Velasquez in his UFC debut. Dana White made it official today:
Don't believe any of the BS you read on the internet. Cain is fighting Bigfoot Silva May 26th in Vegas
— Dana White (@danawhite) April 22, 2012
Velasquez was originally slated to face Frank Mir in a perceived number-one contender's match, but these plans fell apart when original title challenger Alistair Overeem had a random drug test come into question. While both contenders are amongst the top ten Heavyweights in the world, both are coming off of knockout losses and will have much to prove.
With many considering Velasquez to be an unstoppable wrecking machine after his brutal victories over Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira and Brock Lesnar in 2010, this status was quickly taken from him last November. Knocked out by current titleholder Junior dos Santos in only sixty-four seconds, Velasquez finds himself in need of a win to climb back up the ladder. It remains to be seen if Velasquez is fully healed from the debilitating shoulder injury that has limited him to only one fight since October of 2010.
Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva has even more to prove than Velasquez as he enters the Octagon for the first time. He gained many accolades by defeating the legendary Fedor Emelianenko in early 2011, but was then knocked out by Daniel Cormier later in the year. After exiting the Strikeforce World Heavyweight Grand Prix, he made his way to the UFC to fight the best in the world. While he was originally slated to face Roy Nelson on this card, he will now find himself with an increase in competition. This fight will tell just how ready he is for the UFC amidst much hype.
Whoever comes out victorious in this clash of behemoths will find themselves near the top of the UFC Heavyweight division. Velasquez may be fighting for the title with a convincing finish. What will prevail on May 26? Will it be the wrestling and cardio of Cain Velasquez or the high-level BJJ and sheer power of Antonio Silva?
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I'd love to see that match up. Bur I give a slight adventage to Cain. He has Deniel Cormie as his training partner who already solved pazzle of Antonio Silva's game. I see it going T/KO by Cain round 2.
Man wake up and smell the coffee! Do you realize that Bigfoot is a no joke. Just because Cain's training partner beaten him does not mean Cain can beat him to. Anytime you fight a fighter that out weighs you by near 60 to 70 pounds you are in for a rude awakening son!! My pick Bigfoot by Donkey Kong ground and pound!!!!!!
Size didn't seem to help Brock much against Cain. He'd get taken down only to bounce back up like his ass was coated in rubber.
Shrek vs Big Foot
I agree with Edson, but not because Cain trains with Cormier. Cain has extremely strong wrestling and is much faster than Bigfoot. I think he will use these advantages, along with his cardio to tko Bigfoot in the third.
Good opportunity for Silva....so if he wins he will fight for the belt next? He did catch a break there....he is a hard working, respectfull guy, he deserves it.
Who will fight Nelson since he Bigfoot was slated to fight him this card?
Dana White just named his opponent as Gabriel Gonzaga on Twitter, so.... who's Del Rosario fighting?
Damn, this card is a mess. I wonder what happens if Overeem get's licensed? Does he get bumped all the way down to fighting Del Rosario? This works out for Gonzaga though. I saw him getting mauled by Shane. He will probably beat Nelson.
I actually think Gonzaga vs. Nelson is the most even fight on the whole card.
Billy Jack, Cain showed that eventhough his opponets are bigger than him he just outworks them. Good examples would be Ben Rothwell, Brock Lesnar, and Chieck Kongo. Btw, I'm not saying Antonio Silva is a joke. He is legit heavtweight but I don't see him winning the fight. Cain has excellent TDD, precise striking, and his overwhelming ground and pound. Bigfoot is bigger than Cain, so he was bigger than Cormie. Cain is much busier fighter than Cormie, so I think Cain should be quite dominant. However, Im not counting out Antonio he has a smaller chance to win this fight.
"Don't believe any of the BS you read on the internet. Cain is fighting Bigfoot Silva May 26th in Vegas."".....Thats funny Dana, the last bull shiit I read on the internet came from you. You said Mir is NOT fighting JDS....................call me a liar baldy!
Bulls EYE!
I've tried to be cool to you NurrNurr but Im running out of patience for your immaturity. Grow up or I will be your worst enemy here.
You two are like Peter and the Chicken.
What do you think is going to happen when you have a 14 year old child running around talking crap every time you make a post. I wont back down for a second. Im fixing to turn it up 2 notches if he doesnt shut his mouth.
OH NO, DON'T DO THAT ENTITY! While you guys are acting tough on the interwebs I'm just going to hit the gym and then f\/(k the snot out of my wife.
Give me a shout Choke if she comes up missing I heard a farmer down the street found a sheep with a wedding ring. Your so baaaaaaaaaad!
I weaked that not because it was a joke at my expense but because it was about as tired as that sheep will be when I am done with it. You can do better than that.
I got Cain by tko or decision
nelson vs hunt?? pleasee!!!
What will happen with Struve if you give Hunt to Nelson?
i believe he would match up well with up and comer stipe miocic or matt mitrione....thats just me
dont believe the BS coming from Dana hahahahahahahaha angry egghead
Why not do a royal rumble Cain, JDS, Mir, Big Foot, Struve, Hunt, Nelson, Wedum. LOL
Seriously the HW division is getting crowded.
Too bad we cant say the same for you. Someone needs to ban this idiot!
If that is the case then why would he bother bringing BF over at all? He was safely trapped in SF and could have been cut when the SF HW division was scrapped.
please do!
This fight totally sucks.... Dana, was it to hard to make Cain vs Werdum.
WTF.....
Stfu why would you not want to see two man-beasts trying to take each others head off?!
I have to think Big Foot has the edge here. The only real KO Cain has is against a much less than 100% Big Nog. He also is coming off of a KO loss and was rocked a number of times against Kongo. BF on the other hand has the vast majority of his wins via first round KO/TKO. Cain beat a much bigger man in Lesner but that giant can't take a punch. The only thing that might go in his favor is BF's inconsistent jaw. He took some bombs from Fedor and Kyle and still pulled out a W but he looked awful against Cormier. I think we will know for sure how this fight goes by the middle of the first round.
Cain also has the extreme wrestling advantage. He will likely be a big favorite heading into the fight.
He does gave a wresting advantage BUT BF has a BJJ advantage and with his size Cain won't be able to control the ground. I agree that the odds makers and the fans will overwhelmingly go for Cain but I feel like BF has more ways to win. That said it all depends on which chin BF is wearing that day.
Cain has the speed advantage, Silva has a questionable chin. Cain will have the cardio advantage while Silva will have the size advantage. Wrestling goes to Cain and Silva gets the reach advantage; who here says that Silva will out jab Cain and throw combos to keep him at bay. I can't wait.