After one of the most explosive nights in UFC history, there's a lot of pieces to pick up. But Cain Velasquez, the guy who shattered Brock Lesnar's face, might be able to look down on the heavyweight division for a while. Brent Brookhouse explains:
UFC 121 Aftermath: Cain Velasquez Reigns, Tito Ortiz’s UFC Future In Doubt
Cain Velasquez was just way too good for Brock Lesnar’s undisciplined game tonight. It is entirely possible that we may see Velasquez on top for a very, very long time.
Losing Lesnar as a legitimate heavyweight challenger might hurt the UFC. Losing stalwart Tito Ortiz might hurt less.
Ortiz didn't exactly get a vote of confidence from UFC boss Dana White after his loss to Matt Hamill last night, and that might mean he's seen his last octagon as a member of the premier MMA body in the world.
It's not a stretch to say that Ortiz was one of the three or four most important fighters in the early days of the UFC, but with rising stars like Hamill, whose deafness hasn't prevented him from running off a 10-2 UFC record, and Jon Jones, whose only loss came to Hamill, and by disqualification, it's hard to see where the aging Ortiz, 1-4 in his last five fights, fits in.
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