Cain Velasquez admits that the enormous size of Brock Lesnar was a great concern for their fight.
The heavyweight duo met in a massively expected world title conflict on UFC 121 in October 2010.
Cain Velasquez made it easy, while he scored a TKO victory in the first round on the WWE legend.
15 years later, the retired heavyweight icon admitted that he was worried about someone as big as Brock Lesnar in the moments before he took the walk for their fight in the Honda Center in California.
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Cain Velasquez wonder about the pure size of Brock Lesnar
Velasquez is considered one of the largest heavyweights in MMA history after a 14-3 run in sport.
Yet the 42-year-old is not afraid to admit that he was thrown away by Lesnar's colossal physique before their fight.
“Of course, his mate,” Velasquez said in an interview with Tim Kennedy when he was asked what went through his head in the moments before he took Lesnar.
“His size, his strength and know how good he is a wrestler.
'Again, okay, dangerous. Can be dangerous, especially with a certain style, certainly.
“But his enormous size is like:” Wow, it's a big person. “
Cain Velasquez Details Brock Lesnar Fight Camp
Consciously the size of lesnar and struggling references can be a problem, Velasquez concentrated on the return of his feet in the entire camp.
Fortunately, a man who described Joe Rogan was a 'insane tank of a person' in his team.
UFC Hall of Famer Daniel Cormier helped Velasquez to coordinate its defensive wrestles before UFC 121.
“I probably weighed on 240 IS that went inside. My strong suits with him, I was very good at stepping the bottom,” he added.
“We have done this a lot at the university struggling. I was just very good at getting up from the bottom, so I knew that if I were holding there, it could be a long night in front of me, but we worked on that with DC again and again. We let another heavy wrestler come in from the national champion.
“We started in the worst positions, whatever [coach] Bobber [Cook] Said in the middle of the sparring, I had to lie on my back with 16 oz gloves and left DC on me and that is where we started from several times per round.
“So I was very good at getting up the bottom, especially for that camp, and I knew I just had to keep it on my feet. Only the pressure of everything, but it didn't matter. My mentality was that I didn't care if I lost or won, I'm just going to give you what I have. That's it. That's all I could do. “
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