The first of three UFC Primetime shows featuring the buildup to the Brock Lesnar-Cain Velasquez fight premiered last week on Spike TV and featured a heavy dose of Cain Velasquez.
Episode one opens up in the Silicon Valley, San Jose, Calif., at the "Home of Champions" the world famous American Kickboxing Academy where coaches Javier Mendez, Dave Camarillo and Bob Cook are waiting for the arrival of Cain Velazquez.
"Out of everybody I've ever had, he's the best I've ever had," Mendez tells the audience. "Better than BJ (Penn), better than Frank (Shamrock), better than Cung Le. He has more than all those guys I've ever trained, and those are amazing athletes.:
All three coaches go one to talk about Velasquez cardio, with Camarillo explaining that Velasquez's goes so hard in training that his sparring partners are unable to go the full five minutes with him, and that each partner only goes two-and-a-half minutes before someone else takes their place.
Cook, the strategy coach, continues; "We're constantly calling up and getting new sparring partners for him because he goes through them. We always tell him "don't break your toys.""
"You're going to see Brock Lesnar gets exposed for the first time," Cook warns. "There is going to be somebody who is a better wrestler, a better striker, a better ground guy, in better shape, and Brock's not going to have enough to deal with him.
Halfway across the country and in a completely different world, we are introduced to the UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar.
"I just love to fight and that is all I want to do," Lesnar tells the camera. "I just love to be a gladiator."