MMA analyst and former Bellator and UFC star Chael Sonnen believes Cain Velasquez is the scariest fighter in the history of the sport. Sonnen made the claim on a recent episode of his You’re Welcome podcast, pointing out not only Velasquez’s attributes, but the mythology that surrounded the former heavyweight champ.
“The scariest fighter in MMA history: I had, with a pretty sizable gap, Cain Velasquez. He had the whole bit: He lad the look, he had the eyes, he had the jawline, the stoicness, the rumors and reputation, the work ethic. He had the record, he had the knockouts, the collegiate résumé. But there was something scary about a big guy that had the level of conditioning. We don’t see that very often, not that level, not where they can be on you that hard, non-stop.”
Chael Sonnen Declares Cain Velasquez “Scariest” Fighter EVER
Velasquez was a two-time UFC heavyweight champion, and the stories that circulated throughout the MMA community during his career only served to make him seem scarier. “There’s a story, and it’s never died down, where Cain Velasquez goes into AKA and it’s his first day.
He’s trying to introduce himself, or get the attention of Javier Mendez, and Javier is working with somebody when this guy is coming over and trying to talk to him. Javier wants to give him [attention], but he’s doing something.
The third time Cain comes back to interrupt, Javier tells this guy, who he has yet to meet, ‘Go kick that bag 1,000 times and then come see me.’ In a way, it was kind of, ‘Get out of here, leave me alone, I’m doing something.’ And that guy [Velasquez] went over and kicked that bag 1,000 times.
I do believe something like that happened.” Sonnen continued, comparing Velasquez with current heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou.
“If we went head-to-head and I wanted to argue Cain, and you wanted to argue Francis, you could always tell me Francis knocked out Cain, right? That debate is going to go on.
We’re not talking about who the best is, or who’s the most effective, or who has the most beautiful résumé. [We’re talking] scary. It’s a unique word.
My opinion? Velasquez.” Another scary factor is Velasquez’s well-publicized trial for attempted murder. When Harry Goularte was accused of molesting Velasquez’s son, the heavyweight allegedly chased Goularte and his stepfather in a car chase, taking shots at the vehicle with his .40 caliber handgun.
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