UFC welterweight title contender Jon Fitch revealed in an interview with FiveOuncesOfPain.com that heavyweight prospect Cain Velasquez could be headed to the UFC:

Sam Caplan: I’m sure there are a ton of other big-time prospects at AKA. Can you tell us about some guys we should be on the lookout for?

Jon Fitch: There are two guys that stick out the most. One is another Purdue wrestler that just graduated named Nathan Moore. He’s been training with me out here and he was also a team captain at Purdue. He fights at 185 (pounds). Tremendous ability. He’s more of an athlete than I am and a better wrestler than I am. He’s picking up the striking and jiu-jitsu very quickly so he’s a name to watch out for in the next couple of years.

And then the biggest one is Cain Velasquez. I like to call him “Sugar Cain.” He’s a heavyweight and he’s the biggest and baddest heavyweight you guys have ever seen. He’s going to turn the heavyweight world upside down in another year or two. Nobody is going to be talking about Kimbo. Nobody is going to be talking about Fedor or Randy. Everybody is going to be talking about Cain.

Sam Caplan: Has Cain fought pro yet?

Jon Fitch: Yeah, he’s fought a couple of fights for Bodog. The problem is that we can’t find fights for him because won’t just take fights against him. I think what’s going to happen is that he’s going to fight at UFC 83. I think he’s got a fight and they’ve got him on that card. So he’ll be making his debut, I think, at UFC 83. I’m not 100 percent sure on that but he’s been training for that and I think that’s going to happen. He’s tough. He was an All-American at Arizona State. He’s just a tremendous athlete.

Fitch was very candid during the interview, revealing his thoughts on Brock Lesnar, his prediction for the rematch between Georges St. Pierre and Matt Serra at UFC 83, his take on Kimbo Slice, and much more! CLICK HERE to read the interview in its entirety.

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