10 Things WWE Fans Need To Know About Cain Velasquez

8. He Was A College Wrestling Star

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Sun Devils

And he was absolutely bang on. Like many an interdisciplinary martial artist - and upcoming opponent Brock Lesnar - Velasquez absolutely tore up the mats as a high school wrestling champion. Whilst attending Kofa High School in his home town of Yuma, AZ, the future UFC star amassed a phenomenal 110-10 record, bagging the state's 5A Arizona Wrestling Championship twice along the way.

Cain's stellar record migrated over to Iowa Central Community College, before he was offered a wrestling scholarship to go along with the football offer at Arizona State University. As mentioned earlier, Velasquez banked it all on the singlet and picked the former. He had three prolific seasons with the institute's Sun Devils, where he competed alongside future UFC colleagues C.D. Dollaway and Ryan Bader.

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Benjamin was born in 1987, and is still not dead. He variously enjoys classical music, old-school adventure games (they're not dead), and walks on the beach (albeit short - asthma, you know). He's currently trying to compile a comprehensive history of video game music, yet denies accusations that he purposefully targets niche audiences. He's often wrong about these things.