Cain Velasquez On His Rematch With Fabricio Werdum: I’ve Been In This Position Before, I Will Win

Cain Velasquez (13-2 MMA, 11-2 UFC) is preparing for his fight with Fabricio Werdum (20-5-1 MMA, 8-2 UFC), which goes down at UFC 196. This will be a rematch from their UFC 188 fight, which saw Werdum submit Velasquez in the third round at UFC 188 to become the UFC heavyweight champion.

Velasquez recently spoke with Combate.com about the upcoming fight and during that interview, he explained that he has been in this position before. He lost to Junior Dos Santos in their first fight and had to prepare for it. So with that being said, the former UFC champion is looking at what he did wrong in the first fight and making the necessary changes that need to be made.

“I’ve been in this position before, with a rematch ahead after losing the first fight, I know what it takes to win, and I will. I see the things I did wrong in the last fight, I go back to practice and try to improve it. I’m always trying to evolve, this is the formula – said the former champion, in a recent press conference in Las Vegas.”

Velasquez is confident that he’ll win in their rematch but understands that Werdum will be better in their rematch as well.

“I’ll win. Only that. As for training, I’ll just be ready for anything. I never deserve anything Fabricio in the first fight, about it being weak here (or any area). No, it is strong everywhere. He is always improving. I expect a Fabricio even better in this fight, a tougher fight, but a fight I’ll win.”

Velasquez said that he is finally 100% healthy and is training every day for this fight.

“I’m healthy now, 100%. I’m just going to training every day, I try to limit, and that’s it. If something happens in training and It lesions me, whatever, but I will not leave anything aside, I will continue moving me forward, going to the limits of my body. That’s how I do, and while I succeed, I’ll keep doing it – he concluded.”

Velasquez (13-2) is currently on a one-fight losing streak. In his last six bouts, he’s 4-2.

UFC 196 takes place on Saturday, February 6th, 2016 from Las Vegas, Nevada with the main card airing on pay-per-view and the prelims airing on FOX Sports 1 and UFC Fight Pass. A venue for the event has not been announced.