The only one who can beat Cain Velasquez, is Cain Velasquez. Velasquez's confidence is his worst enemy. He studied all his previous fights. Winning is not enough for him. He's a workaholic. One day, he's gonna crack under pressure. He will get hurt while training and he's gonna retire. «And the loser by mental exhaustion... Cain Velasquez !!» 

Velasquez's confidence is his worst enemy. He studied all his previous fights... He's a workaholic. you kinda contradict yourself in that post @jesusman

@legacyofmisfortune Good point ! 
Many people think that being a perfectionist is healthy for your mental health. It's not. I'm actually studying in psychology and the first signs of a lack of confidence (DSM-IV) is being obsessed with your past accomplishments. 

There is a really interesting book about it : Applied Sport Psychology : Personal Growth to Peak Performance by Jean. M Williams

@jitz I'm not sure about this one either, but you've been accusing a bunch of people

I would take Dos Santos in a rematch any day.  Cain couldn't finish him even though he was severely rocked and actually started to lose momentum by the end of the fight.  

In a rematch I see Dos Santos not getting clipped early, and eventually ko/tko Cain.  A non-rocked Dos Santos won't get taken down a fraction as easily

Jitz has been accusing quite a few people and we all know what that means.....

Fabricio Werdum can and will take the title from Velasquez

I mean, have I really been accusing a lot of people? Hell I bet Jaffa is really JM.

And great reference Jaffa.

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"Fabricio Werdum can and will take the title from Cain" BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA XDDDD OMG LMMFFAAOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jesusman is actually correct.  I'm not sure if Cain will crack from it but plenty of athletes do.

Whata twist it would be if Jitz was really JM lol

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@Jesus I get what you are saying, but where did you get that Cain is obsessed with his past accomplishments I've never heard/seen such a thing, he is very critic of himself I give you that, but that's different than being obsessed with the past. I think that if Cain were going to crack he would have done it long ago, he has come from a very humble past, and that could create some confidence issues I know, but also can help you build character, work ethic and overcome adversity and Cain has shown that he is able to do that
... anyway you could be right I just caught something you said that didn't seem right to me, but I guess we will have to wait and see.

"Fabricio Werdum can and will take the title from Velasquez"


Lol. he's not getting passed Nog.

"Fabricio Werdum can and will take the title from Velasquez"


"Lol. he's not getting passed Nog."




Obvious condescending lol is obvious.

Werdum will very much get past Nog.  Cain is a different story though.

@legacyofmisfortune I believe that Cain Velasquez cracked under pressure the first time he fought Junior Dos Santos. I think Cain Velasquez won his two last fight because his opponents were mentally weaker than him. 
Look at Antonio Silva...He looked like **** in his first UFC fight...He said in a interview in Brazil that he was ready for Roy Nelson not Cain Velasquez...Now look at him today. He Knocked Brown and Overeem. 
When Cain fought Junior Dos Santos. Junior Dos Santos looked like **** in the rematch. Junior was going trough a divorce with his wife/manager... I believe he's going to dominate Mark Hunt.

JDS had a bunch of **** plaguing him going into that last fight with Cain. ****, doesn't  every fighter? But that's not why he lost. Cain was simply the better man that night. Cain did his homework on how to solve the puzzle that was Junior Dos Santos, and JDS didn't do his homework on how to beat the Cain he was about to face. JDS made the same classic blunder that many fighters have made in rematches where the winner of the first won so easily and/or dominately, that they just figured the rematch was going to be just as easy, and that they could beat their opponent the exact same way that they did the last time.

JDS made the same mistake that Randy Couture/Chuck Liddell, Matt Hughes/GSP, BJ Penn/Matt Hughes, Andrei Arlovski/Tim Sylvia, and Kevin Randleman/Mirko Cro-Cop are just a few of those type of scenarios that come to mind where the similiar thing has happened in the rematches of these fights. 

Velasquez grew from his defeat, and worked hard to become a more complete fighter, and fix mistakes and holes in his overall fight game, meanwhile JDS was preparing for, what he thought, was the same Cain that he defeated so easily to gain the title the first time. You factor in that JDS also defended his title so easily against Frank Mir, then all the hype that people around the world were giving JDS, it was just way too easy for JDS to become complacent in thinking that he was unbeatable. Unfortunately, Dos Santos found out the hard way, that noone is unbeatable.

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A highly motivated Dos Santos is probably Cain's biggest threat but even then, I'm not sure.

@ jmcdowell - much agreed there partner. JDS vs. Mark Hunt will be a tell tale sign of just how motivated he is.

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