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UFC 121: Lesnar vs. Velasquez

Velasquez goes from Hispanic hero to icon with first round TKO of Lesnar

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ANAHEIM, Calif. — All the questions of how Brock Lesnar would last in the deep waters of the fourth or fifth round in a UFC heavyweight title fight will have to wait for another day to be answered. Cain Velasquez trained for a 25-minute fight but only needed a little more than four to become the organization's newest champion, doing so via TKO on Saturday night in the UFC 121 main event at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.