Bloody Elbow's Connor Ruebusch analyzes the brilliant performance with which Fabricio Werdum overthrew UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez in Mexico City.
Cain Velasquez seemed a little off right from the get-go. Whether the result of so-called ring rust, or merely the accumulated effects of a multitude of injuries, there was a certain stiffness to Velasquez when he took to the Octagon opposite Fabricio Werdum last weekend, a choppiness in the movements of hips and legs that stood out right away. There was also, as Joe Rogan and Mike Goldberg were happy to point out from the commentary booth, the considerable issue of altitude--or as swathes of well-meaning pedants have pointed out in…
