Cain Velasquez attributes the injury to an injury; Ngannou is not in agreement

PHOENIX – The main finish of the first complete UFC card on ESPN was strangely like his first fight against Fox more than seven years ago.

Cain Velasquez, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest heavyweights in the history of mixed martial arts, has been lost. In 2011, he suffered a knee injury and lost his heavyweight title to Junior dos Santos in just over a minute.

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The difference this time, however, is with the way the arrival happened.

In 2011, there was no doubt that Velasquez was injured when he was knocked out.

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The company was sold for more than $ 4.2 billion the next day, but the appearance of Sunday was the first of Velasquez under the direction of WME.

He was shot and seemed to hold back tears as he spoke of the arrival. He insisted that he not be hit.

"By doing that step I did with my left foot, I just felt something pop," Velasquez said. "When I tried to take a new step, that's all. My knee escaped against me. I can not believe it happened. To go 100% healthy, 100% ready and just to have this weird accident, I can not even believe it. It's difficult, but it's sport. That's what happens sometimes.

When asked where he was feeling a punch, Velasquez shook his head and replied, "It was just the knee, you know? He did not even touch me. "

Ngannou, the hardest hitter in the UFC, has seen things differently. Replays seem to support his point of view. Velasquez threw two high kicks, then a punch from Ngannou seemed to hit the top of the head of the former American wrestler from the state of Arizona. Velasquez has taken a step forward and reruns show that Ngannou throws a uppercut and cliches of Velasquez's head. This is where his knee seemed to give way.

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UFC President Dana White said he had not spoken with Velasquez or Ngannou, but added that his first thought was that Velasquez's knee had bent. But Francis said, "Francis Ngannou is a powerful, powerful and powerful man, and when he throws that kind of punch, yes."

He was not finished thinking, but the implication was clear.

Ngannou had no questions. This is one of those powerful hitters who do not need to take a massive shot to score a knockout. Former heavyweight boxing champion, Joe Louis, is renowned for knocking out his opponents with a shot that has not made more than six inches.

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"We're always looking for Overeem's head," said Cormier in a teaser voice-over.

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