Chael Sonnen Narrates a Gym “Story” About Cain Velasquez That Would Humble Even His Teammate Khabib Nurmagomedov

Retired UFC fighter Cain Velasquez is one of the best heavyweight fighters in UFC’s history. He boasts a record of 14 wins and 3 losses inside the octagon. He has fought the likes of Francis Ngannou, Brock Lesnar, and Travis Browne, just to name a few. Retired UFC veteran Chael Sonnen shared a ‘gym’ story about Cain Velasquez in one of his recent YouTube videos.

Cain Velasquez is a two-time UFC heavyweight champion. He was at his peak in 2014. At that time, Velasquez was considered the best heavyweight in the world. He has three ‘Knockout of the Night’ honors to his name. He also shares the record for the second most wins by knockouts with Junior dos Santos.

Cain Velasquez is currently active in professional wrestling. He also made a few appearances in WWE in 2019-20. He is currently wrestling in Mexico at Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide.

Cain Velasquez was once asked to do ‘1000’ kicks

Chael Sonnen mentions that he heard a story about Cain Velasquez, which has never died down. The story is about the first day Velasquez visited the American Kickboxing Academy. Sonnen said, “There’s a story, and it has never died down. Cain Velasquez goes into AKA [American Kickboxing Academy]. He’s trying to introduce himself or get the attention of Javier Mendez.” 

Javier Mendez is a well-known coach who has trained fighters like Khabib Nurmagomedov, Daniel Cormier, BJ Penn, and more. Sonnen mentions that Mendez was occupied that day with some of the other fighters in the gym. But Velasquez was persistent. He says, “Javier is working with somebody when this guy [Velasquez] is coming over trying to talk to him.”

Javier Mendez wanted to pay attention to him, but he didn’t want to ignore the other fighter. “The third time that he comes back and interrupts Javier, he tells this guy ‘go kick that bag 1000 times and then come see me,” said Sonnen. Velasquez then went on to proceed with what Mendez had asked of him and started kicking the punching bag. Although not exactly sure, Sonnen believes the story was around that incident.

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Cain Velasquez officially retired from mixed martial arts in 2019 and then shifted to pro wrestling. Currently, Cain Velasquez is now facing about 10 charges, including one for attempted murder. Recently, he was granted bail by the judge for 1 million dollars. We will have to wait and see what follows.

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