UFC targeting San Jose for Velasquez vs. dos Santos
Let’s not waste any time.
Junior dos Santos just defeated Shane Carwin last week to earn a future UFC Heavyweight Title shot against Cain Velasquez, but the UFC already appears to have the date and location set for the upcoming bout.
According to the L.A. Times, the two top heavyweights will meet on the champion’s stomping grounds of San Jose, California.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship is pursuing Nov. 19 as the date that heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez will make his first title defense against once-beaten Junior dos Santos at San Jose’s HP Pavilion, company chairman Lorenzo Fertitta told The Times Thursday.
Velasquez (9-0, 8 KOs) is from Yuma, Ariz., but he trains in San Jose and was born in Salinas, the son of a migrant worker.
Velasquez hasn’t fought since October, when he upset champion Brock Lesnar at Honda Center in Anaheim by first-round TKO. Velasquez underwent shoulder surgery after the fight, forcing the layoff.
The Nov. 19 date is expected to be UFC 138, and it will be the first time San Jose has held a UFC PPV event.
In fact, the promotion hasn’t been to California since Velasquez defeated Lesnar in Anaheim at UFC 121.
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