Velasquez at team Renzo Gracie Mexico. Photo: Publicity
Two of the heavyweight names in world MMA, Brock Lesnar and Cain Velasquez, will face off October 23 for the UFC belt at the 121st installment of the UFC. Both are heavy-handed fighters with wrestling as their main armaments. But what’s the pair’s Jiu-Jitsu like?
It’s no news that Lesnar has two-time absolute world champion of Jiu-Jitsu Rodrigo Comprido on his side to sharpen up his ground game. Velasquez doesn’t want to be left behind and is also sprucing up his Jiu-Jitsu for the showdown. The son of Mexicans, the UFC heavy-hitter was in Mexico, where he worked out at the country’s Renzo Gracie branch under the command of Mario Delgado, our GMA.
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