It was very hard to ignore Cain Velasquez watching him on his UFC debut against Brad Morris, winning via TKO in the first round, and now four fights later... he still remains unbeaten. Sporting a 7-0-0 MMA record, he has speared through the heavyweight competition picking up wins over Jake O’Brien, Denis Stojnic, Cheick Kongo and his latest victim, Ben Rothwell.

At UFC 110, he will face his toughest challenge in Minotauro Nogueira. A win over Nogueira, will surely get him on the right path for a shot at the UFC heavyweight title.

When caught up with Cain, while he didn’t comment much about a prediction on the fight, he did leave us with these words, “It’s going to be an exciting fight. You’re going to see a war that night.”

Elie: Welcome to Australia, what does it feel like to be here?
Cain: It feels great to be part of the first UFC show ever here, it feels really good.

Elie: When you got the call to fight Minotauro, what were your thoughts?
Cain: Great, you know. I keep fighting better and better people. I think he’s one of the best out there, so I was really excited about the opportunity.

Elie: So what do you think a win over him would do to your career?
Cain: You know we’ll see, I never know, I never really think about what’s going to happen afterwards. I’m always thinking about just the win. That all depends on what the UFC says.

Elie: Congratulations on your last win against Ben Rothwell, how did you feel about that fight?
Cain: I felt good about it. It felt really good cause he was talking a lot of trash before the fight and I just really think there’s no need for it. We do it at the night of the fight.

Elie: Does it ever affect you when they trash talk before a fight?
Cain: It doesn’t affect me. I think it’s more fuelling the fire pretty much. You know there’s really no point. I mean you say you’re going to do something, well ok; well I’m not that kind of guy, I’d rather show you than tell you.

Elie: Did the fight go as planned?
Cain: It did. There’s just a couple of stuff I need to work on and I’ll just look at the film and just go back and just work on it in practice.

Elie: Cheick Congo is your first fight you went the distance, how did it feel, cardio wise?
Cain: It feel good. I think cardio is one of my strongest points. I know I can always do the three 5 minute rounds or the five 5 minute rounds.

Elie: So tell us about your first fight, the nerves?
Cain: I fought in Fresno California. It was a Strikeforce show, it felt good you know. I thought I was going to be a lot more nervous than what I was, but I wasn’t. All the years of competing in wrestling, it felt like a wrestling match pretty much. I felt a little bit nervous, but not super nervous.

Elie: So going to your first UFC fight, was that any different?
Cain: Probably the same too. It was in Montreal where they had the biggest crowd in UFC history where it was Matt Serra fought St. Pierre the second time and I fought an Australian guy named Brad Morris.

Elie: You’re undefeated how important is that to you to stay undefeated?
Cain: I think for me it is very important. I want to keep with record I want to keep winning, I don’t want to lose, but everybody loses one day or another. I’m really proud of myself for having this record right now, but I’m trying to work my hardest, so I can keep staying undefeated.

Elie: What are your predictions on the Minotauro fight?
Cain: It’s going to be an exciting fight. You’re going to see a war that night. Two tough guys going out there and just throw it all out there. We’re just going to leave everything in the cage.

Elie: Who’s the hardest fight you have had so far in the UFC?
Cain: I think it will be the Congo fight. There’s some mistakes I did on my feet, where I let him capitalize on it, I shouldn’t have. But I did. I got to learn from my mistakes and I think that is what I’m doing.

Elie: Any last comments?
Cain: I’m just happy to be here. I’m excited for the fight and I really can’t wait.