“Let me be clear: MMA training is tough work, and every fighter has had to enter the Octagon with aches and pains as well as exhaustion. This is the game.”

American former professional wrestler and mixed martial artist

Cain Velasquez is an American former professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. He is best known for his time in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where he fought in the heavyweight division and became a two-time UFC Heavyweight Champion. His career is most closely associated with elite heavyweight competition in mixed martial arts. In the UFC, he built his reputation as a major figure in the division, and his name is still tied to that championship run and to professional wrestling later in his career.