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Velasquez: I will get my revenge

Cain Velasquez: “The pain of losing hurts, but you always got to take the positive from it. There’s nothing I can say to make it better, but I can do something. I got this rematch…”

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Chris Palmquist
January 23, 2016 · 1 min read
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At UFC 168, Cain Velasquez was submitted for the first time in his career, but believes that his rematch with Fabricio Werdum will be a different story:

Velasquez was granted an immediate rematch with Werdum after Vai Cavalo took the belt with a third-round submission at UFC 188 in June. Velasquez sat on the sidelines with injury for almost two years prior to that contest and returned for the bout in Mexico City. He did not look in proper form, because the high elevations caused his conditioning to fail early and Werdum capitalized to win the belt.

The chance for redemption is highly motivating, Velasquez said, and with more favorable circumstances going into the rematch, he’s not about to allow Werdum to beat him again.

Just to get revenge on somebody that’s beaten me, I love it, Velasquez said in a UFC 196 promotional video. It’s going to be a war back-and-forth and I’m going to keep pushing forward until I get that ‘W.’ … The pain of losing hurts, but you always got to take the positive from it. There’s nothing I can say to make it better, but I can do something. I got this rematch and I can go out there and beat him.

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