Cain Velasquez is an American former mixed martial artist and professional wrestler, born on 28 July 1982 in Salinas, California, to a Mexican father and an American mother. He began his mixed martial arts career right after college by joining American Kickboxing Academy, and became a two-time Ultimate Fighting Championship Heavyweight Champion in the heavyweight division. He retired from mixed martial arts in 2019 and turned to professional wrestling, first with the Mexican promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide and then with WWE, which released him in April 2020. In 2022 he was charged in connection with a shooting, and he was sentenced in 2025 and paroled early in February 2026.
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is an American former professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
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became a two-time UFC Heavyweight Champion
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is an American former professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
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is an American former professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
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competed in the heavyweight division and became a two-time UFC Heavyweight Champion
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Velasquez began his mixed martial arts career right after college, joining American Kickboxing Academy.
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