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***OFFICIAL*** Junior dos Santos vs. Cain Velasquez II Thread

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#1 ·
Heavyweight bout: 255 pounds
Five round fight for the UFC Heavyweight Championship

 
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#204 ·
I'm not taking it away from cain he did what he should of done with a gassed fighter he beat the tar out of him, im angry at jds for coming in like shogun did for his fight with jon jones out of shape. I don't see what is so amazing about the win cain's win over lesnar and bigfoot were better than this.
 
#203 ·
No one is invincible in this sport. JDS will come back stronger than ever, just like Cain did. Many wrote off Cain, but he proved tonight that he has what it takes to be a two time HW champ.
 
#217 · (Edited)
I like Werdum's chances against Cain, Nog not so much. Other than Big Country and Overeem I don't see another HW contending right now.
 
#218 ·
Dos Santos was utterly mauled and owned, no two ways about it. But he showed a lot of heart and TTD even though he was taken down so many times. Even though one sided I think he showed why he was a champ. It'll be interesting to see Cain vs. Junior III if it ever materializes! Great fight, but still not fight of the night, that has to go to the co-main event!
 
#225 ·
I don't know. I think Cain could have and should have finished the fight in the second round. I think he thought he had him on the ropes and could finish him at any time, but then gassed out himself.

JDS was barely standing on his own power in the second round. The only thing holding him up was the fence and Cain. Cain should have backed off and lit him up with a few combos and finish the fight. Even though it was a one sided decision, I hate decisions and Cain could have and should have easily finished this fight instead of continually pressing and laying against the cage.

Plus that's just boring to watch.

Don't even get me started on Okami.
 
#226 ·
I don't think Cain's injury hindered him, just like any excuse for JDS tonight. Cain got caught in the first cause knocking people out is what JDS does. Cain landed a big shot and dominated JDS from that point on. Completley even now in my books, so down the line there will have to be a rematch, but I'd imagine it won't be for a title.
 
#233 ·
I'm going to put a lot of money down when they meet. JDS will probably re-take it. I picked JDS first time, Cain second, and back to JDS again in 2014!

Also I REALLY want to see Cormier face the LHW title holder.

LL...waitin' for my 1 million credits. :)

Anybody jumping off the bandwagon of JDS aren't too bright. These two are #1 and #2. Every sport needs it. Both came in around the same time and destroyed the entire division. Overeem is the big question mark along with possibly Cormier now.
 
#239 ·
If JDS was taking a dive he would have taken it right away not waited till he looked like his parents screwed in a vat of toxic waste and then raised him out of a nuclear plant.
 
#237 ·
Very interesting fight, it's going to take me a while to get all the details figured out but one thing I noticed was Cain committing to the takedown early & often to make JDS think about it and drop his hands to defend it. I think this helped him setup the big punch in the 1st round. The takedown threat also forced JDS to keep moving and change his stance a bit so he couldn't plant and unload power punches. Cain also did a great job of crowding JDS and forcing him to the cage, once again this screws up the stance and takes away the power punches since you can't throw with any power when your feet are level or out of position. And against the fence, he did a great of clinching and dirty boxing the crap out of JDS.

The other thing was JDS didn't show enough urgency in getting himself off the cage. There were a few times when Cain gave him a bit of space after breaking from the clinch, JDS needed to circle out right the **** now but he hesitated & hung around outside the black line and got backed right back into the cage by Cain. Then there was the circling out right into Cain's power side which got him tagged in the 3rd round, that was a Bisping move right there.

Great fight, Cain made all the adjustments he needed to control the fight and take the win. He used his cardio, pressure, and ring control to put the fight where he had the most advantages. JDS did a great job of defending the takedown early on and late in the fight, and when he did go down he usually didn't stay down for long.

It's going to be very interesting to see what JDS learns from this loss and what kind of adjustments he makes to his technique in the future.
 
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