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A heavily rumored matchup between former UFC heavyweight champ Cain
Velasquez and Antonio Silva is
not happening, a source today told MMAjunkie.com.
The bout was reportedly targeted for April, when the UFC is scheduled to return to Atlanta for UFC 146.
While Silva is still targeted to make his octagon debut on that month, his opponent is undetermined.
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Headliners Junior Dos Santos ($220,000) and Cain Velasquez ($100,000) were the top earners at this past weekend’s UFC on FOX event.
MMAjunkie.com today requested and obtained the list of official disclosed paydays from the California State Athletic Commission.
The total disclosed payroll for the event was an evil-sounding $666,000.
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Prior to this past weekend’s UFC on FOX event, MMAjunkie.com medical columnist and consultant Dr. Johnny Benjamin made his pick for the headliner between heavyweight champ Cain Velasquez and Junior Dos Santos.
As talented as Velasquez is, he went with the challenger in the upset.
Why? Dr. Benjamin knows a major surgery and an extended layoff can greatly affect even the best athletes.
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ANAHEIM, Calif. – The UFC’s long-awaited network-television debut lasted a mere 64 seconds.
In the first of what will be regular events on FOX, Junior Dos Santos connected with an overhand right that set up a first-round TKO victory over reigning UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez.
The fight headlined the landmark UFC on FOX event, which took place Saturday at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.
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All Junior dos Santos needed was one punch, and he landed it.
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Junior dos Santos needed just 64 seconds to take the UFC heavyweight title from Cain Velasquez in the company’s network TV debut.
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ANAHEIM, Calif. – Just in time for the UFC’s network debut, the California State Athletic Commission has assigned judges for a pivotal heavyweight title fight between champ Cain Velasquez and challenger Junior Dos Santos.
CSAC Executive Director George Dodd today told MMAjunkie.com that judges Lester Griffin, Abe Belardo and Nelson “Doc” Hamilton will score the title fight.
UFC on FOX takes place tonight at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. The event’s one-fight main card airs live on FOX.
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. – MMAjunkie.com was on scene and reporting live from today’s official “UFC on FOX:
Velasquez vs. Dos Santos” fighter weigh-ins, where all 20 fighters
successfully made weight.
Today’s festivities took place at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in California.
UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez weighed 249 pounds, and fellow headliner Junior Dos Santos weighed 239 pounds.
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In the primes of their respective careers, they stand on the precipice of an historic moment — an undefeated champion and his challenger. Five rounds stand between them and the ultimate glory of their profession
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ROSEMEAD, Calif. – When he walked into the UFC’s Rosemead, Calif. gym some 13 months ago, Cain Velasquez was the best challenger the promotion had to offer heavyweight champ Brock Lesnar.
Now Velasquez is the champ, and Junior Dos Santos sits on the horizon waiting to dethrone him.
Oddsmakers still see Velasquez as a slight favorite leading into his headliner with Dos Santos, which takes place Saturday at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., as the main event of UFC on FOX.
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