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Cain Velasquez vs Fabricio Werdum

Result, odds and stats · Heavyweight · 5 rounds

Sat, Jun 13, 2015
Fabricio Werdum def. Cain Velasquez · submission, round 3 (2:13)
 
Cain
Velasquez
Heavyweight
Photo: The Doppelganger ( talk ) (Adam Etheridge), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Record
13-1
UFC
11-1
Age
32
Height
6'1"
Reach
77"
Stance
Orthodox
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VelasquezWerdum
Closing line

No closing line on record for this fight.

 
Fabricio
Werdum
Heavyweight
Photo: Web Summit Rio from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Record
19-5
UFC
7-2
Age
37
Height
6'4"
Reach
77"
Stance
Orthodox
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Fight stats

Cain VelasquezFabricio Werdum
Significant strikes88 of 16996 of 174
Knockdowns00
Takedowns4 of 51 of 3
Control time2:580:31
Submission attempts01

How they fight

Significant strikes landed per round, averaged over each fighter's UFC career before this fight. Rounds a fight ended in are left out, so early finishes don't pull the averages down.

38
15
Round 1
18
19
Round 2
■ Cain Velasquez ■ Fabricio Werdum Rounds 4 and 5 not shown: too few of them to average.

Common opponents

Opponents both had fought in the UFC before this fight, with the most recent meeting for each.

Junior Dos Santos
Cain Velasquez
Won · KO/TKO, round 5
Oct 2013 · landed 3.3 more significant strikes a minute
Fabricio Werdum
Lost · KO/TKO, round 1
Oct 2008 · Santos landed 0.7 more a minute
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Cain Velasquez
Won · KO/TKO, round 1
Feb 2010 · landed 8.6 more significant strikes a minute
Fabricio Werdum
Won · submission, round 2
Jun 2013 · landed 2.3 more significant strikes a minute

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