Cain Velasquez takes UFC title from Brock Lesnar

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Referee Herb Dean stops the fight in the first round as Cain Velasquez defeats Brock Lesnar by TKO Saturday at UFC 121 in Anaheim. (Jae C. Hong / Associated Press)

The heavyweight of Mexican descent delivers a flurry of punches in the first round to earn a technical knockout.

By Lance Pugmire
LA Times
10:57 PM PDT, October 23, 2010

The first heavyweight champion of Mexican descent emerged Saturday night, as Cain Velasquez, the son of migrant lettuce farmers, defeated Brock Lesnar to capture the Ultimate Fighting Championship title fight.

Velasquez, 28, survived an immediate charge by the heavier Lesnar by blasting punches that knocked the nearly 300-pound former pro wrestling star stumbling across the octagon and crashing to the canvas twice before a final Velasquez flurry caused referee Herb Dean to stop the fight 4:12 into the first round at Anaheim's Honda Center.

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