Velasquez: Interim champion not ‘real’ champion
Cain Velasquez: “We’re going to fight for the real one coming up. So I don’t think too much into it. When I have my chance to fight, we’ll fight for the real one.”
This weekend Fabricio Werdum and Mark Hunt will fight at UFC 180 to determine an interim heavyweight champion. The winner will should face Cain Velasquez who isn’t worried about his opponent carrying the title of interim champion:
“(I’m) just very disappointed in general,” Velasquez admitted on Thursday. “Definitely disappointed. It’s one of my dreams to fight here, and not being to do it, it sucks.
“It’s kind of bittersweet. I want to be here for the guys that I helped in the show. I want to be here for them and I want to see them succeed. But not being a part of it (is tough). I mean, I always pictured them being here and me being part of it also.”
“It’s the interim belt, you know,” Velasquez said. “It’s the interim belt. We’re going to fight for the real one coming up. So I don’t think too much into it. When I have my chance to fight, we’ll fight for the real one.
“That’s how I view it,” Velasquez added, “because it’s the interim belt. Interim belt, interim champion. Not the champion.”