Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez was aꦡll set to fight another former UFC Heavyweight Champion 🀅in Fabricio Werdum at UFC 207.
However, a mere few days before the event, the Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC) wouldn’t grant Velasquez a license to fi꧅ght to due his ongoing back injury.
Velasquez recently took to his Facebook pa🌠ge to explain the situation fr🍰om his side of it all:
Velasquez hasn’t competed🃏 since UFC 200 this past July, where he defeated Travis Browne by TKO in the opening round of their fight.
Ve𒁃lasquez was also looking to avenge a previous defeat he suffered to Werdum at UFC 188, the loss would make Werdum the UFC Heavyweight Champion.
Werdum didn't end up get⛦ting an opponent for UFC 207.
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