Cain Velasquez

Heavyweight · 2006–2019

Salinas, California, then Yuma, Arizona: the youngest of three, son of a father who had come north from Sonora, Mexico. At Kofa High School he won two state wrestling titles and captained the football team as well. He won a national junior-college title at Iowa Central, then wrestled three seasons at Arizona State, twice an All-American. Straight after graduating in 2006 he joined the American Kickboxing Academy. That October, at 24, Cain Velasquez had his first professional MMA fight, in Fresno, California. Start at fight one and watch his career, one fight at a time.