“I remember our first meeting with Kane. I think it was 2006. His manager said he has an amazing heavyweight with great stamina that I would like. And I replied: “Great.”
As soon as the manager told me that he was Mexican, I lost interest, thinking: “He must be a fat Mexican, a good fighter, but too heavy, overweight.” I’ve never seen a fit Mexican heavyweight,” Mendez said in an interview with the Red Corner MMA YouTube channel.
Let us remember that Velasquez is a former UFC heavyweight champion. The American with Mexican roots hung up his gloves in 2019.