Sam Caplan had an interesting quote from Jon Fitch that talked about rising Heavyweight star, Cain Velasquez. If you haven't heard of Velasquez, you probably will be hearing about him very soon as Jon Fitch hints that he is coming to the UFC:

And then the biggest one is Cain Velasquez. I like to call him “Sugar Cain.” He’s a heavyweight and he’s the biggest and baddest heavyweight you guys have ever seen. He’s going to turn the heavyweight world upside down in another year or two. Nobody is going to be talking about Kimbo. Nobody is going to be talking about Fedor or Randy. Everybody is going to be talking about Cain.

Sam Caplan: Has Cain fought pro yet?

Jon Fitch: Yeah, he’s fought a couple of fights for Bodog. The problem is that we can’t find fights for him because won’t just take fights against him. I think what’s going to happen is that he’s going to fight at UFC 83. I think he’s got a fight and they’ve got him on that card. So he’ll be making his debut, I think, at UFC 83. I’m not 100 percent sure on that but he’s been training for that and I think that’s going to happen. He’s tough. He was an All-American at Arizona State. He’s just a tremendous athlete.

According to some sources, Greg Savage at Sherdog has said that it will be announced that he has signed on for a UFC 83 fight. It should be all but confirmed by today or tomorrow.

I heard rumblings about Cain Velasquez when WCO was being put together and then eventually was cancelled. The buzz around Velasquez is incredible, and his skills are apparently unbelievable. He's training currently out of American Kickboxing Academy and has a solid background in wrestling, capturing All-American honors by winning fifth in the NCAA championships while at Arizona State. He's got a well-rounded game for a heavyweight from what I've heard, but I'd be very interested in see.

Bringing in new talent is something the UFC's Heavyweight division has needed for quite some time. I talked about this being a crossroads for how the UFC looks at the division. They can either sink more money into guys like Arlovski, or pitch them to the curb and look for new talent. It looks like Arlovski is still leaving the promotion, but now the UFC has some solid talent for the future that they can build upon. Look for more heavyweights to make their move to the UFC soon.

As for the Fedor/Randy comparison, I'm really hesitant to jump on the Velasquez bandwagon with that talk surrounding him. Is he really potentially going to be better than Fedor? I'm not convinced. Fedor's transitional MMA game is on another planet, and until I see a Heavyweight with that kind of transition speed, I'll still consider Fedor the best Heavyweight in the world.