Cain Velasquez issues statement on withdrawal from UFC 196 main event against Fabricio Werdum

If Cain Velasquez fought in two weeks at UFC 196, he might have sustained long-term damage, the former UFC heavyweight champion wrote Sunday on Facebook.
UFC president Dana White made the announcement via Twitter just a few minutes earlier. Velaquez had to pull out of his main event title fight with Fabricio Werdum due to a back injury. Stipe Miocic will be the new opponent for Werdum, the UFC heavyweight champion, on Feb. 6 in Las Vegas.
In a statement on Facebook, Velasquez wrote that it was a