Cain Velasquez Rumored to Face Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva at UFC Event in April

According to the Portal Do Vale Tudo site, Antonio Silva is rumored to be making his UFC debut at an event this April. "Bigfoot" will be thrown in with the big dogs as he will be taking on former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez. Velasquez is looking to rebound after his first-round KO loss to Junior dos Santos at the inaugural UFC event on Fox. Cain was riding a nine fight win streak before "Cigano" handed him his first loss, defeating the likes of Brock Lesnar and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira with his quick, devastating boxing prowess.

Silva is coming off a loss to a American Kickboxing Academy teammate of Cain's, Daniel Cormier. Following that first-round stoppage loss, "Bigfoot" underwent shoulder surgery to repair an injury he had received in that fight. Velasquez just recently came off of a torn rotator cuff prior to his return against Dos Santos, which gave him a layoff of over a little over a year. If this bout goes down as scheduled, Silva will be facing a year and a half layoff.

This matchup could provide us with a very good bout if it does in fact come together. Will the wrestleboxing of Velasquez put Silva to sleep like Daniel Cormier's did? Or will the size and power of Antonio Silva be too much for a lighter heavyweight in Velasquez like it was for Fedor Emelianenko?

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