By Simon Samano
For Fox Deportes
 
If Cain Velasquez wanted to, he could’ve immediately sought UFC president Dana White and demanded his next fight be for the heavyweight championship. But that’s not Velasquez’s style. He’s the kind of guy who speaks softly and carries a big stick, and let’s his fighting do all the talking.
 
Boy, did his performance Saturday night at UFC 146 speak volumes, as Velasquez was savage in defeating Antonio “Big Foot” Silva by way of technical knockout three minutes and 36 seconds into the first round of the co-main event.
 

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By Simon Samano
For Fox Deportes
 
They showed up in droves and packed the sold-out Honda Center to the rafters, excited to see their new champion fight. With as electric as the atmosphere was that night in Anaheim, Calif., you’d have thought Maná was playing a concert.
 
It’s been six long months since the night Cain Velasquez first tasted defeat, six long months since he was knocked out in 64 seconds to lose the UFC heavyweight title to Junior dos Santos. Not only did Velasquez let down himself and his team, it happened in front of a huge Southern California Mexican-American crowd that was there to support him.
 

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By Simon Samano
For Fox Deportes
 
Cain Velasquez is a huge favorite to defeat Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva at UFC 146. The way I, and most people see it, there’s just no way for Silva to handle Velasquez’s elite striking and wrestling, as well as his cardio that rivals most middleweights.
 
Silva himself seems to know this – not to the point where he’s conceding defeat in his UFC debut, but he knows the odds are stacked against him. And so it’s no surprise that Silva has looked outside his camp in preparing for the former heavyweight champion.
 

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