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Cain Velasquez

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Cain Velasquez's profile at Tapology 

Association: American Kickboxing Academy
Pro Debut Date: 2006-10-07
Pro Record: 14-3-0
Win Finish %: 85.7%
Quality Perf. %: 82.4%
Last Ranked: 10/01/2017

#4 Heavyweight

Highest Quarterly Ranking: 1/01/2015

#1 Heavyweight

All-Time Rank:

#32 Absolute

#4 Heavyweight+
Last Loss Date: 2/17/2019
Last Loss: [#4 HW] Francis Ngannou
Opponent's Last 5: W W W W W
UFC Record: 12-3-0
Octagon Time: 1:51:02
Title Bouts: 4-2-0
Longest Win Streak: 7 (2008-2010)
Next Best Win Streak: 4 (2012-2013)
UFC Debut: 2008-04-19
Last UFC Fight: 2019-02-17

Complete Professional MMA Fight History
Fighter rankings represent most recent generated quarterly rating prior to the fight

  Opponent Outcome
L Francis Ngannou
#3 Heavyweight 		KO (Punches)
Round 1
  UFC on ESPN 1 - Ngannou vs. Velasquez
Sunday, February 17th 2019
W Travis Browne
#8 Heavyweight 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
  UFC 200 - Tate vs. Nunes
Saturday, July 9th 2016
L Fabricio Werdum
#1 Heavyweight 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 3
  UFC 188 - Velasquez vs. Werdum
Saturday, June 13th 2015
W Junior dos Santos
#2 Heavyweight 		TKO (Slam and Punch)
Round 5
  UFC 166 - Velasquez vs. dos Santos 3
Saturday, October 19th 2013
W Antonio Silva
#3 Heavyweight 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
  UFC 160 - Velasquez vs. Bigfoot 2
Saturday, May 25th 2013
W Junior dos Santos
#1 Heavyweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 5
  UFC 155: Dos Santos vs. Velasquez 2
Saturday, December 29th 2012
W Antonio Silva
#9 Heavyweight 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
  UFC 146 - Dos Santos vs. Mir
Saturday, May 26th 2012
L Junior dos Santos
#3 Heavyweight 		KO (Punches)
Round 1
  UFC on Fox 1 - Velasquez vs. Dos Santos
Saturday, November 12th 2011
W Brock Lesnar
#1 Heavyweight 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
  UFC 121 - Lesnar vs. Velasquez
Saturday, October 23rd 2010
W Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
#3 Heavyweight 		KO (Punches)
Round 1
  UFC 110 - Nogueira vs. Velasquez
Saturday, February 20th 2010
W Ben Rothwell
#23 Heavyweight 		TKO (Punches)
Round 2
  UFC 104 - Machida vs. Shogun
Saturday, October 24th 2009
W Cheick Kongo
#11 Heavyweight 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
  UFC 99 - The Comeback
Saturday, June 13th 2009
W Denis Stojnic
#83 Heavyweight 		TKO (Punches)
Round 2
  UFC - Fight Night 17
Saturday, February 7th 2009
W Jake OBrien
#23 Heavyweight 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
  UFC - Fight Night 14
Saturday, July 19th 2008
W Brad Morris
#134 Heavyweight 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
  UFC 83 - Serra vs. St. Pierre 2
Saturday, April 19th 2008
W Jeremiah Constant TKO (Punches)
Round 1
  Bodog Fight - Clash of the Nations
Saturday, December 16th 2006
W Jesse Fujarczyk TKO (Punches)
Round 1
  Strikeforce - Tank vs. Buentello
Saturday, October 7th 2006
  Opponent Event Outcome
L Francis Ngannou
#3 Heavyweight 		  UFC on ESPN 1 - Ngannou vs. Velasquez
Sunday, February 17th 2019 		KO (Punches)
Round 1
W Travis Browne
#8 Heavyweight 		  UFC 200 - Tate vs. Nunes
Saturday, July 9th 2016 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
L Fabricio Werdum
#1 Heavyweight 		  UFC 188 - Velasquez vs. Werdum
Saturday, June 13th 2015 		Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Round 3
W Junior dos Santos
#2 Heavyweight 		  UFC 166 - Velasquez vs. dos Santos 3
Saturday, October 19th 2013 		TKO (Slam and Punch)
Round 5
W Antonio Silva
#3 Heavyweight 		  UFC 160 - Velasquez vs. Bigfoot 2
Saturday, May 25th 2013 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Junior dos Santos
#1 Heavyweight 		  UFC 155: Dos Santos vs. Velasquez 2
Saturday, December 29th 2012 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 5
W Antonio Silva
#9 Heavyweight 		  UFC 146 - Dos Santos vs. Mir
Saturday, May 26th 2012 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
L Junior dos Santos
#3 Heavyweight 		  UFC on Fox 1 - Velasquez vs. Dos Santos
Saturday, November 12th 2011 		KO (Punches)
Round 1
W Brock Lesnar
#1 Heavyweight 		  UFC 121 - Lesnar vs. Velasquez
Saturday, October 23rd 2010 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
#3 Heavyweight 		  UFC 110 - Nogueira vs. Velasquez
Saturday, February 20th 2010 		KO (Punches)
Round 1
W Ben Rothwell
#23 Heavyweight 		  UFC 104 - Machida vs. Shogun
Saturday, October 24th 2009 		TKO (Punches)
Round 2
W Cheick Kongo
#11 Heavyweight 		  UFC 99 - The Comeback
Saturday, June 13th 2009 		Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Denis Stojnic
#83 Heavyweight 		  UFC - Fight Night 17
Saturday, February 7th 2009 		TKO (Punches)
Round 2
W Jake OBrien
#23 Heavyweight 		  UFC - Fight Night 14
Saturday, July 19th 2008 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Brad Morris
#134 Heavyweight 		  UFC 83 - Serra vs. St. Pierre 2
Saturday, April 19th 2008 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Jeremiah Constant   Bodog Fight - Clash of the Nations
Saturday, December 16th 2006 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Jesse Fujarczyk   Strikeforce - Tank vs. Buentello
Saturday, October 7th 2006 		TKO (Punches)
Round 1

Quarterly Generated Historical Rankings
Rating bar represents the fighter's standing relative to the top of the division at the time

Date ↑ ↓ Rank Record Points
10/01/2017 1 #4 Heavyweight 14-2-0
778
07/01/2017   #3 Heavyweight 14-2-0
896
04/01/2017   #3 Heavyweight 14-2-0
896
01/01/2017   #3 Heavyweight 14-2-0
896
10/01/2016 1 #3 Heavyweight 14-2-0
896
07/01/2016 2 #4 Heavyweight 13-2-0
782
04/01/2016   #2 Heavyweight 13-2-0
827
01/01/2016   #2 Heavyweight 13-2-0
878
10/01/2015   #2 Heavyweight 13-2-0
878
07/01/2015 NR #2 Heavyweight 13-2-0
878
01/01/2015   #1 Heavyweight 13-1-0
1434
10/01/2014   #1 Heavyweight 13-1-0
1628
07/01/2014   #1 Heavyweight 13-1-0
1628
04/01/2014   #1 Heavyweight 13-1-0
1628
01/01/2014   #1 Heavyweight 13-1-0
1628
10/01/2013   #1 Heavyweight 12-1-0
1369
07/01/2013   #1 Heavyweight 12-1-0
1369
04/01/2013   #1 Heavyweight 11-1-0
1224
01/01/2013 1 #1 Heavyweight 11-1-0
1224
10/01/2012   #2 Heavyweight 10-1-0
751
07/01/2012   #2 Heavyweight 10-1-0
751
04/01/2012   #2 Heavyweight 9-1-0
697
01/01/2012 1 #2 Heavyweight 9-1-0
697
10/01/2011   #1 Heavyweight 9-0-0
990
07/01/2011   #1 Heavyweight 9-0-0
990
04/01/2011   #1 Heavyweight 9-0-0
990
01/01/2011 3 #1 Heavyweight 9-0-0
990
10/01/2010   #4 Heavyweight 8-0-0
499
07/01/2010 1 #4 Heavyweight 8-0-0
499
04/01/2010 5 #3 Heavyweight 8-0-0
499
01/01/2010 4 #8 Heavyweight 7-0-0
242
10/01/2009 1 #12 Heavyweight 6-0-0
215
07/01/2009 17 #13 Heavyweight 6-0-0
215
04/01/2009 1 #30 Heavyweight 5-0-0
86
01/01/2009   #29 Heavyweight 4-0-0
79
10/01/2008 105 #29 Heavyweight 4-0-0
79
07/01/2008 NR #134 Heavyweight 3-0-0
27


A fighter's rank (US) state is assigned based on the state that the fighter most frequently fought in professionally, within the past three years. If there is a tie, the most recent state is used. The Win-Loss-Draw record for the fighter in the "Big Leagues". The Big Leagues refer to the top organizations based on a statistical analysis we performed. Some organizations were counted as one, due to mergers, etc. A quality performance is a fight in which the fighter fought an acceptable opponent, and substantiated their current rating (at the time) based on the outcome. At it's most basic level, one can equate "combat age" to "dog years" in that it will mirror the basic human lifecycle. With this computation, we expect fighters to hit their respective "peak" in the years that your typical adult "peaks" in life, somewhere between 25 and 40. We will expect most fighters to start their descent at some point in their 40s and be far removed from their peak by 60. This is an experimental metric that attempts to reflect a fighter's recent opposition quality. The metric goes back 1,080 days, and looks at all the fighter's opponents' W-L-D records within a window of 540 days before, and 540 days after their respective bout(s) with the fighter. All of the records are added up and the cumulative win percentage is presented by this metric in a "strength of schedule" format. These ranking sets have been generated by a recent version of the software, using recent data and will not match previously published issues of the rankings, especially since a majority of these generated sets are for dates much earlier than the site’s inception.
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