{"id":457644,"date":"2019-10-11T22:42:32","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T22:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=457644"},"modified":"2025-07-17T06:19:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T06:19:09","slug":"cain-velasquez-retires-from-ufc-signs-with-wwe-for-match-with-brock-lesnar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=457644","title":{"rendered":"Cain Velasquez retires from UFC, signs with WWE for match with Brock Lesnar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"WWE champion Brock Lesnar and former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez face off as Lesnar&#039;s advocate Paul Heyman looks on during the announcement of their match at a WWE news conference at T-Mobile Arena on October 11, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Lesnar will face Velasquez and WWE wrestler Braun Strowman will take on heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury at the WWE&#039;s Crown Jewel event at Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on October 31.\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-license-id=\"645938\" data-portal-copyright=\"Ethan Miller\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1180493073-e1570832240204-1.jpg\" title=\"WWE champion Brock Lesnar and former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez face off as Lesnar&#039;s advocate Paul Heyman looks on during the announcement of their match at a WWE news conference at T-Mobile Arena on October 11, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Lesnar will face Velasquez and WWE wrestler Braun Strowman will take on heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury at the WWE&#039;s Crown Jewel event at Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on October 31.\" \/><\/p>\n<p> Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez is trading the octagon for a wrestling ring. <\/p>\n<p> Velasquez signed a contract with WWE during a press conference at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Friday. <\/p>\n<p> The first wrestler Velasquez will face is WWE Champion Brock Lesnar on Halloween at the Crown Jewel event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. <\/p>\n<p> According to <\/p>\n<p>                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mma\/story\/_\/id\/27822250\/cain-velasquez-signs-multiyear-deal-wwe-tyson-fury-appear\">ESPN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                        , Velasquez signed a multi-year contract while notifying UFC of his retirement from mixed martial arts. <\/p>\n<p> The 6-foot-1 and a half, 248-pound Velasquez made his first WWE appearance on Oct. 4, confronting and attacking Lesnar after he won the WWE Championship on an episode of Friday Night Smackdown. <\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Brock Lesnar comes face-to-face with Cain Velasquez: WWE Announcement, Oct. 11, 2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dQLCLdcfjns?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p> \u201cI am so excited to be joining the WWE,\u201d Velasquez said, as reported by<\/p>\n<p>                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2019\/10\/11\/20910319\/cain-velasquez-officially-signs-with-wwe-to-rematch-brock-lesnar-in-pro-wrestling\"> MMA Fighting<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                        . \u201cBrock Lesnar crossed the wrong familia, and for that, he needs to pay. <\/p>\n<p> \u201cI know Brock is big. He\u2019s the biggest. But he ain\u2019t the baddest. I\u2019ve beat him once before in the UFC, and I\u2019m ready to do it again.\u201d <\/p>\n<p> Lesnar and Velasquez do have a history. Velasquez defeated Lesnar to become UFC Heavyweight Champion at UFC 121 on Oct. 23, 2010. <\/p>\n<p><img alt=\" Cain Velasquez connects on a left to the face of Brock Lesnar in the first round during the heavyweight title bout during UFC 121 on October 23, 2010 in Anaheim, California. Velasquez defeated Lesnar by first-round TKO to become the new UFC heavyweight champion. (Getty Images)\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-license-id=\"645941\" data-portal-copyright=\"Josh Hedges\/Zuffa LLC\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/62170145-e1570832185878.jpg\" title=\" Cain Velasquez connects on a left to the face of Brock Lesnar in the first round during the heavyweight title bout during UFC 121 on October 23, 2010 in Anaheim, California. Velasquez defeated Lesnar by first-round TKO to become the new UFC heavyweight champion. (Getty Images)\" \/><\/p>\n<p> Velasquez walks away from MMA with a 14-3 record. He last fought in UFC this past February, losing to Francis Ngannou via knockout. <\/p>\n<p> A lifelong fan of professional wrestling, Velasquez made his in-ring debut this past August for Mexico\u2019s AAA promotion at its Triplemania XXVII event. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez is trading the octagon for a wrestling ring. Velasquez signed a contract with WWE during a press conference at <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=457644\" title=\"Cain Velasquez retires from UFC, signs with WWE for match with Brock Lesnar\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":457646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457644"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=457644"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":457650,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457644\/revisions\/457650"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/457646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=457644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=457644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=457644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}