{"id":146537,"date":"2015-05-29T06:45:26","date_gmt":"2015-05-29T13:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=146537"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:11:58","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:11:58","slug":"werdum-questions-velasquezs-injury-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/werdum-questions-velasquezs-injury-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Werdum Questions Velasquez&#8217;s Injury Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/WERDUM-VELASQUEZ.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-134006\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/WERDUM-VELASQUEZ.jpg\" alt=\"WERDUM VELASQUEZ\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/WERDUM-VELASQUEZ.jpg 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/WERDUM-VELASQUEZ-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/WERDUM-VELASQUEZ-585x305.jpg 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/WERDUM-VELASQUEZ-390x203.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fabricio Werdum isn&#8217;t so sure that Cain Velasquez was as injured as he said when he pulled out of their previously scheduled fight.<\/p>\n<p>Werdum spoke with <a href=\"http:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/2480048-fabricio-werdum-blasts-cain-velasquezs-inactivity-my-belt-is-the-real-one\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bleacher Report<\/a> about his upcoming opponent and mentioned that the UFC champion knew things wouldn&#8217;t have gone his way that night.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what he had to say:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;This is my opinion: Cain Velasquez didn&#8217;t fight Nov. 15 because he knew I was there [in Mexico] a long time and I was ready for that fight. 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