How did Cain get hooked up so fast?

[FinalConflict2005]

His first pro mma fight was for Strikeforce. Third pro mma fight and he’s in the UFC (which I watched live in Montreal).

Did he have some insane amateur record? Good manager had connections? UFC desperate for HWs?

 

[Taric]

Javier Mendez

 

[JSN]

Everyone knew he was one of the best prospects ever because AKA is a high profile gym and media could go watch him dummy everyone there and the trainers and management were singing his praises too.

 

[Erocthadon]

He's Mexican.

 

[TheRuthlessOne]

Heavyweight

 

[GordaoPreguico]

He was the great Brown hope . Dana had to sign him.

 

[D'z]

At the time he was coming out of arguably the best MMA gym in the world(AKA), and he was destroying guys in there. There was a lot of buzz.

 

[jx820]

Javier Mendez

This. Sometimes there is a fundamental difference in how trainers talk about a prospect. Same was true of Weidman. Same was true of Jones. Some guys are just clearly a different animal altogether.

 

[Otto!]

He was proud and brown. Deal with it.

 

[Rozko]

He trained at AKA right out of college with the following wrestling pedigree

Velasquez was raised in Yuma, Arizona.[9] He graduated from Kofa High School, where he compiled a record of 110–10 in four years of wrestling, including winning the 5A Arizona Wrestling Championship twice. Velasquez also played football for three years. As a senior, he served as captain of both his wrestling and football teams. As a football player, he played linebacker.[9]

After high school, he attended Iowa Central Community College, wrestling for one season (2001–02) and winning the NJCAA National Championship in the heavyweight (285 lb limit) division.[10] Afterwards, Velasquez transferred to Arizona State University. He wrestled for the Sun Devils for three seasons and compiled a record of 86–17, placing 5th in the country in 2005, and 4th in 2006. While at ASU, Velasquez also wrestled alongside future UFC fighters Ryan Bader and C.B. Dollaway.[11]

 

[Leone510]

Whoopin ass and it is not what you know it is who you know, In his case he knows both

 

[The Schmoop]

HW has always been thin in the UFC. It doesn’t take a helluva lot of buzz around a HW to get him in the door of the ufc. Fortunately for him, he was worthy of the hype. Just couldn’t stay healthy.

 

[Emjay]

Geography

 

[Bboy]

I remember when they were pronouncing his weirdly at first. Saying his name like "Kah-een" or something like that.

 

[MMAart]

He was the great Brown hope . Dana had to sign him.

 

[Blossom's Hat]

The brown pride tattoo really opens doors thanks to affirmative action

 

[AndrewGolota48]

He was an super hyped up prospect and he lived up to it.

 

[tasticles]

He was proud and brown. Deal with it.

A dumb mexican? Got it

 

[Pliny Pete]

I remember when they were pronouncing his weirdly at first. Saying his name like "Kah-een" or something like that.

So, the proper pronunciation, yea I member that too

 

[Deleted member 549255]

Prime Cain is one of the best of all time...