Coach: Cain needs couple of wins, then title shot

Cain Velasquez is confident that he will have, soon, a chance to regain the heavyweight title, today in Junior dos Santos’s hands. And who says so is Javier Mendez, founder of AKA, gym where the former champion trains at. On an interview given to TATAME, he affirmed Cain believes UFC will offer him a rematch in case he wins two of three fights.


“Cain knows he blew it, that he stopped before the guy (Junior), but he’s confident that he’ll have the chance to fight for the championship again. Possibly in two or three fights from now. He first has to prove he deserves that chance, so he’ll have to defeat his two next opponents, or at least one in a convincing way so that Zuffa says “ok, you deserve another shot”. When Zuffa offer us that fight, we’ll work on it”.


Javier also analyzed Velasquez’s performance on the night he lost his belt to the Brazilian, in November, at UFC on FOX. He complimented the power of Junior’s right hand and highlighted he had warned the American not to stand still before the challenger because it could be fatal.


“When we started training, the first thing I told him was not to trade punches with Junior. I told him not to stand before him because the guy’s a great boxer, the best in activity. Once you do that, you’re screwed. I did my job. The fight presented itself, Cain stood in front of him for a seconds and Junior landed a powerful right hand. Junior came prepared, Cain was prepared, but the win went to the one who imposed first his game, and that was Junior”.


via:Tatame