White: Velasquez could be stripped
Dana White: “This next fight in Mexico is for the interim title. So if Cain couldn’t compete again, the winner of this fight would be seen as the champion.”
Before an injury forced him off UFC 180, Cain Velasquez was scheduled to defend his heavyweight title for the first time in over a year. With the injury, Velasquez will need a few more months to recover and should be able to return in early 2015. Velasquez will need to defend his title against the interim champion or he may ended being stripped of his title:
But some have posed the question: What if Velasquez isn’t ready to fight in March?
White said he’d be open to removing the interim tag should Velasquez be unable to fight.
We’re headed in that direction now, White said. This next fight in Mexico is for the interim title. So if Cain couldn’t compete again, the winner of this fight would be seen as the champion.