{"id":7460,"date":"2010-07-10T01:23:41","date_gmt":"2010-07-10T06:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=7460"},"modified":"2010-07-10T01:23:41","modified_gmt":"2010-07-10T06:23:41","slug":"brock-lesnar-gets-date-for-ufc-title-fight-with-cain-velasquez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/07\/10\/brock-lesnar-gets-date-for-ufc-title-fight-with-cain-velasquez\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock Lesnar Gets Date For UFC Title Fight With Cain Velasquez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As UFC President Dana White confirmed, Brock Lesnar and Cain Velasquez will not be doing battle in September.  Fans will not have to wait much longer for Lesnar&#8217;s next UFC Heavyweight Championship bout, however, as the fight has been confirmed for a UFC pay-per-view in October.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:right;margin-left:5px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/sports\/ufc-2008-lesnar-defeats\/image\/2713000?term=brock+lesnar\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/view2.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/image\/2713000\/ufc-2008-lesnar-defeats\/ufc-2008-lesnar-defeats.jpg?size=234&#038;imageId=2713000\" border=\"0\" width=\"234\" title=\"UFC 2008 - Lesnar Defeats Couture\" height=\"162\" oncontextmenu=\"return false;\" ondrag=\"return false;\" onmousedown=\"return false;\" alt=\"Nov 15, 2008 - Las Vegas, Nevada, USA - UFC Heavyweight champion RANDY COUTURE, left, battles challenger BROCK LESNAR in their title fight Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008 in Las Vegas, NV. Lesnar won the title and the fight in 3:07 of the second round after the referee stopped the fight Photo via Newscom\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/\/JavaScripts\/OTIjs.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Dana White told MMAFighting that the dominant heavyweights will square off in the main event of UFC 121, tentatively slated for Anaheim&#8217;s Honda Center on October 23.<\/p>\n<p>The card has not yet been formally announced, but rumors say it will feature Paul Taylor vs. Sam Stout on the undercard.  Some sources have said Quinton &#8220;Rampage&#8221; Jackson might be fighting on the card as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Brock Lesnar Gets Date For UFC Title Fight With Cain Velasquez<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As UFC President Dana White confirmed, Brock Lesnar and Cain Velasquez will not be doing battle in September. 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