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Originally Posted by AikaImmortal
Both guys have an NCAA wrestling background?
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Yup. Velasquez was a very physical wrestler at Arizona State. His coaching at heavyweight was a bit weak, but he was pretty good nonetheless. Not sure exactly, but he was at least a 2x All American. As soon as he got out of school, he started training at AKA. He's just 2-0, but both fights were for good sized promotions, that being Strikeforce and Bodog. He'll be fighting at UFC 83
Carwin was an All American at both wrestling and football at Division 2. He was the NCAA Division 2 National Champion at heavyweight. He started his MMA career at 300lbs training under Ron Waterman I believe. But he made 265 for his last fight. He's very physical as well with an extremely active GnP. He'll be fighting at UFC 84.