Tuesday, May 29, 2012

The Forward Roll: UFC 146 Edition


Esther Lin, MMA Fighting

Six months after getting starched by Junior dos Santos, Cain Velasquez is the No. 1 contender. Something about that seems a little bit off to me. Not that Velasquez isn't a great fighter; he is. But when the best argument for him as dos Santos' challenger is "who else is there?," well, that's a problem.

Maybe I just find it strange that in one breath, UFC president Dana White can say Velasquez is worthy of a rematch while in another, say that he thinks Daniel Cormier should consider a move to light-heavyweight.

Velasquez is 6-foot-1, 240 pounds; Cormier is ...

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