Cain Velasquez To Be Part Of AAA TripleMania XXVII

Cain Velasquez set for TripleMania.

At a press conference earlier today, Lucha Libre AAA announced that former UFC Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez will be part of their TripleMania event on Aug. 3. An opponent was not given, but the promotion teased the idea of Cain working with Psycho Clown, Pentagon Jr, and Texano Jr.

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Velasquez has teased the idea of entering the world of professional wrestling in the past and even spent time at the WWE Performance Center. Injuries have hampered Velasquez' UFC career, though he did say at the TripleMania press conference that he has 2-3 fights left in UFC. He coming off a 26-second KO loss to Francis Ngannou at UFC on ESPN.

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