Cain Velasquez vs. Heath Herring On Tap For UFC 99
Cain Velasquez
Undefeated heavyweight prospect Cain Velasquez will look for his fourth-straight win inside the octagon when he takes on Heath Herring on June 13th in Cologne, Germany.
According to MMA Weekly, both fighters have verbally agreed to the matchup and are likely to sign bout agreements to make the fight official.
A junior college national wrestling champion and two-time collegiate All-American wrestler at Arizona State, Velasquez (5-0) went 2-0 in bouts with Strikeforce and Bodog Fight in 2006 before debuting in the UFC in 2008. Fighting out of the American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose, California, Velasquez has won all three of his UFC bouts, defeating Brad Morris, Jake O’Brien, and Denis Stojnic.
Herring (28-14-1), a PRIDE veteran, has gone just 2-3 since debuting with the UFC in early-2007, but has faced particularly difficult competition in his three most-recent fights and it won’t get any easier with Velasquez up next. “The Texas Crazy Horse” followed up a debut loss to Jake O’Brien with a unanimous decision win over Brad Imes. After losing to Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Herring bounced back with a split decision victory over heavyweight contender Cheick Kongo. Most-recently, Herring was on the losing end of a dominant unainmous decision against Brock Lesnar in August.
The heavyweight matchup is expected to be featured on the UFC 99 main card, which is also rumored to include Rich Franklin vs. Wanderlei Silva and Dan Hardy vs. Marcus Davis.
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Tags: Cain Velasquez, Heath Herring
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yeah sick match up here, cant pick a winner good test for cain tho see were hes at.
There HAS to be some contract that’s keeping Herring in the cage. He is pretty much useless. I hope this guy wipes the floor with him and the UFC is no longer tempted to put him on a main card so everyone can see ANOTHER lackluster loss from him.
He lasted longer with Lesnar than Couture did, that’s got to count for something… even though the Lesnar that fought Randy was better than the one that fought Herring.
yea but herring was never winning the fight couture was winning before getting knocked down
randy put up a fight against lesner who was better then the lesner that made heath herring look like a fish stuck on the deck of a boat. therefore his lasting longer means little when he looked as unimpressive as he did. its a checks and balances system
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I think I said that… just with less words… sort of.
I know that the judges had Randy winning against Lesnar in R1 of their fight. But seriously? Lesnar pushed Randy more, His take-down had more control and damage done then Randy’s did. I don’t see at all how Randy won R1 other than for the fact that he was Randy…MAYBE you could use the argument “to beat the champ you have to BEAT the champ” for R1 of their fight? But seriously that has never been the case in MMA fights. Lesnar won that round.
I think this is a good match-up. Velasquez stands a chance of getting his head knocked off in this one, we’ll see. Definitely agree with johnboy that this is a great way to find out just where Cain is at right now.
I see Cain completely dominating this match up. Herring always has a difficult time with really good wrestlers (Jake O’Brien fight) and Cain has pretty heavy hands. In MMA there is never anything as a sure thing but I would have to give a distinct edvantage to Mr. Brown Pride.
Herring is definitely a step up, but I wanna see cain and dos santos
thats not gonna happen anytime soon i wouldnt think. thats gonna b a title fight right there in a few years. betta to keep there paths seperate till its for a title. also in that mix i hope is shane carwin dudes a monster
I also think this is a good match-up. I personally give the edge to Herring on this one. HE’s got alot more experience and tools than Cain does. Let’s see how it plays out.
This is a great match-up. Crazy Horse’s experience may be too much for the young Cain. If Cain wins though, he’ll have to go and fight the top Heavyweights like Kongo and Gonzaga. And they’ll definitely beat the s*** out of him.
I love this match-up. It gives Cain a step-up in competition w/ someone who puts on a great fight in Herring. Cain has heavy hands and good wrestling skills but will be tested more than some people here think. Herring has a shown he’s a tough opponent for anyone, even if his wrestling isn’t very good. In the Lesnar fight he broke his orbital on the first punch of the night and Lesnar seemed to treat the fight like a college wrestling match more than MMA(riding time would’ve been pretty damn high) so that is why I kinda throw that one out but other than that and O’brien I’ve enjoyed his PRIDE and UFC fights. Even if this is a must win for Herring I’d still pay to see him fight because he always attempts to put on an entertaining fight. I will take Cain via Decision or a TKO by ground and pound in the 3rd, it will be a good fight either way.
Heath Herring is a good match~up for Velasquez… But it is official Heath Herring = UFC Gatekeeper, and that unfortunate imo
This is an awesome card. Has anyone heard who Mike Swick’s opponent is gonna be??
I totally agree and was going to say the same thing, Herring = Gatekeeper. That happens though to a veteran MMA fighter that doesn’t have the ability anymore for a title shot. Unfortunately they become stepping stones for the new guys.
lets just remind cain not to kiss heath….
I totally wanted to make that joke….didn’t quite have it in me, though…HAHA
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Thanks! I hope I didn’t mess anything up with the site.
No, I just kept having to manually approve your comments.
I wonder about the HW division…Would the winner of Cain/Heath fight the winner of Gonzaga/Carwin for a shot at the winner of Brock/Mir, or is it still too early for that discussion? I would think that Gonzaga or Carwin could qualify for a shot after one more fight…Carwin being the dark horse since he’s only done so amazing in smaller promos and may get stagefright.
I have Heath taking this fight. Herring isn’t all that bad against wrestlers, and he’s extremely hard to finish. His loss to O’Brien was due in part to an ACL injury that he had repaired after the fight, and Cain tends to like to throw leather, which for a LOT of HW’s doesn’t work out to their advantage against Herring. I think in this fight if Herring avoids making it a kickboxing match and fights a boxing/take down defense style he should pull out a victory.
cain to win tko
herring sucks
if cain wina he faces winner of gonzaga vs carwin for title shot i think