Cain Velasquez captured heavyweight gold for the first time at UFC 121, when he stopped Brock Lesnar with punches 4:21 into the opening round at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.

The American Kickboxing Academy product will return to action for the first time in more than a year at UFC 188, when he locks horns with interim heavyweight king Fabricio Werdum in Mexico City.

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