{"id":62198,"date":"2013-06-13T15:01:20","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T22:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=62198"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:59:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:59:41","slug":"cain-velasquez-vs-junior-dos-santos-targeted-for-ufc-166-main-event-in-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/cain-velasquez-vs-junior-dos-santos-targeted-for-ufc-166-main-event-in-houston\/","title":{"rendered":"Cain Velasquez vs. Junior dos Santos Targeted for UFC 166 Main Event in Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/cain-wins.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27877\" title=\"UFC 146 - Weigh In\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/cain-wins.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The third in <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/video-dana-white-velasquez-vs-jds-iii-is-a-no-brainer\/\">a trilogy<\/a> of exciting heavyweight title fights is now targeted for the main event of UFC 166 as heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez (12-1) defends his title for the second time against former UFC heavyweight champion, Junior dos Santos (16-2). Dana White told members of the media during a scrum for UFC 161 earlier today.<\/p>\n<p>UFC 166 is said to be scheduled in October at an unconfirmed Houston, Texas venue.<\/p>\n<p>With each man winning one of their last two bouts, this third will be a tie-breaker but in no way does it mean that this meeting will be the two dominant heavyweight&#8217;s last.<\/p>\n<p>#1 contender Junior dos Santos last fought in the co-main event of UFC 160 against Mark Hunt in a brutal fight that ended with a <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/video-watch-jds-ko-mark-hunt-right-here\/\">spinning-heel kick<\/a> in the third that rendered Hunt unconscious and dos Santos a <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufc-160-post-fight-bonus-report-junior-dos-santos-glover-teixeira-tj-grant-take-home-50000\/\">&#8216;Knockout of the Night&#8217;<\/a> bonus recipient.<\/p>\n<p>For champion Cain Velasquez, he last occupied the main event slot of UFC 160 and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/video-watch-cain-velasquez-take-out-bigfoot-right-here\/\">destroyed<\/a> Antonio &#8216;Bigfoot&#8217; Silva for the second time, first in a title fight, in<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufc-160-results-cain-velasquez-defeats-bigfoot-silva-via-1st-round-tko\/\"> 1-minute and 21-seconds.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This will be the fifth consecutive fight card that both men have shared a spot on while UFC on FOX 1 and UFC 155 saw the two pitted against one another.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the last two heavyweight champions will resume their Octagon rivalry for a scheduled 25-minute fight and based on the first two bouts, an accurate prediction for the outcome is far from likely.<\/p>\n<p>For the latest MMA news visit <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\">BJPENN.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The third in a trilogy of exciting heavyweight title fights is now targeted for the main event of UFC 166 as heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez (12-1) defends his title for the second time against former UFC heavyweight champion, Junior dos Santos (16-2). 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