Cain Velasquez

United States
Born 1982-07-28, Salinas

Also known as

Cain Ramirez Velasquez · Cardio Cain

Description

American former mixed martial artist and two-time UFC heavyweight champion. A collegiate wrestler at Arizona State University, he trained at American Kickboxing Academy (AKA) in San Jose, where he earned a brown belt in Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu under Dave Camarillo and a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under Leandro Vieira.

Teachers (2)

  • Dave Camarillo
    sports_martial_artsGuerrilla Jiu-Jitsu Probable
    Probable
    Wikipedia and multiple MMA outlets report Velasquez earned a brown belt in Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu under Dave Camarillo while training at AKA; single secondary source
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    location_onAmerican Kickboxing Academy badge (2006)
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    Wikipedia and multiple MMA outlets report Velasquez earned a brown belt in Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu under Dave Camarillo while training at AKA; single secondary source
    “Velasquez is a brown belt in Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu under Dave Camarillo”
    — Cain Velasquez - Wikipedia (EN). Wikipedia (English)link history info
  • Leandro Vieira
    sports_martial_artsBrazilian jiu-jitsu Probable
    Probable
    Multiple independent MMA outlets report Leandro Vieira of Checkmat awarded Velasquez his BJJ black belt in October 2013; corroborated by Wikipedia
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    location_onAmerican Kickboxing Academy badge (2013)
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    Multiple independent MMA outlets report Leandro Vieira of Checkmat awarded Velasquez his BJJ black belt in October 2013; corroborated by Wikipedia
    “a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Leandro Vieira”
    — Cain Velasquez - Wikipedia (EN). Wikipedia (English)link history info

Lineage

Ranks (2)

  • sports_martial_artsGuerrilla Jiu-Jitsu
    receipt_longBrown belt Probable
    Probable
    Wikipedia states Velasquez is a brown belt in Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu under Dave Camarillo; date of promotion not stated
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    BJJ Ranking System
    granted by Dave Camarillo
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    Wikipedia states Velasquez is a brown belt in Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu under Dave Camarillo; date of promotion not stated
    “Velasquez is a brown belt in Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu under Dave Camarillo”
    — Cain Velasquez - Wikipedia (EN). Wikipedia (English)link history info
  • sports_martial_artsBrazilian jiu-jitsu
    receipt_longBlack belt Probable
    Probable
    Widely reported in October 2013 across multiple independent outlets (MMA Mania, BJJEE, GracieMag) that Leandro Vieira awarded Velasquez his black belt prior to UFC 166
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    BJJ Ranking System (2013-10)
    granted by Leandro Vieira
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    Widely reported in October 2013 across multiple independent outlets (MMA Mania, BJJEE, GracieMag) that Leandro Vieira awarded Velasquez his black belt prior to UFC 166
    “a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Leandro Vieira”
    — Cain Velasquez - Wikipedia (EN). Wikipedia (English)link history info

Sources

Cain Velasquez - Wikipedia (EN). Wikipedia (English)link history info

Identifiers

https://martial.is/entity/01KZQ7BS7KNPWQ10BYV9FFKFMD
Wikidata

Cite and reuse

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Plain text
Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Cain Velasquez. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01KZQ7BS7KNPWQ10BYV9FFKFMD - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
BibTeX
@incollection{martialis_01KZQ7BS7KNPWQ10BYV9FFKFMD, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Cain Velasquez}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01KZQ7BS7KNPWQ10BYV9FFKFMD}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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