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Cain Velasquez vs Travis Browne

A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.

Meetings on record

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Cain Velasquez and Travis Browne met once (2016). Cain Velasquez won in 2016 by ko.

SOURCE·Cain Velasquez and Travis Browne — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·both records name the other·REVIEWED AUG 2026

How this head-to-head is established

  1. This pairing exists only because at least one of the two articles' own results tables names the other fighter. No matchup on this site is speculative and none is a hypothetical.
  2. Every figure in the comparison below comes from that fighter's own page and carries the same source line. A dash means the source states nothing, not that the value is zero.
  3. Common opponents are found by matching linked bout lists, which is only possible because every fight list here is linked to every other. A shared opponent is not a transitive result and this page does not treat it as one.
  4. Nothing on this page predicts an outcome. It is a comparison of what is on record.

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Side by side

What both records stateAUG 2026
Cain VelasquezTravis Browne
77″ (195.6 cm)Reach79″ (200.7 cm)
73″ (185.4 cm)Height79″ (200.7 cm)
+5.5%Reach advantage0%
14–3Record18–7
86%Finish rate89%
9Longest unbeaten run12
17Recorded bouts26
—Stance—

A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.

Common opponents

Both fought these 4. This is the comparison the siloed databases cannot make, because it needs every fight list linked to every other.

OpponentCain VelasquezTravis Browne
Fabrício Werdum L L
Fabrício Werdum L L
Antônio Silva W L
Cheick Kongo W D

Both records, drawn

The same ledger line on each: wins stamped above the rule, losses below, the mark's shape carrying how it ended.

Cain Velasquez

20002010win v Jeremiah Constant, 2006, kowin v Jesse Fujarczyk, 2006, kowin v Jake O'Brien, 2008, kowin v Brad Morris, 2008, kowin v Ben Rothwell, 2009, kowin v Cheick Kongo, 2009, decisionwin v Denis Stojnić, 2009, kowin v Brock Lesnar, 2010, kowin v Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, 2010, koloss v Junior dos Santos, 2011, kowin v Junior dos Santos, 2012, decisionwin v Antônio Silva, 2012, kowin v Junior dos Santos, 2013, kowin v Antônio Silva, 2013, koloss v Fabrício Werdum, 2015, submissionwin v Travis Browne, 2016, koloss v Francis Ngannou, 2019, ko
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 2006–2019
2010 win vs Jeremiah Constant (2006)win vs Jesse Fujarczyk (2006)win vs Jake O'Brien (2008)win vs Brad Morris (2008)win vs Ben Rothwell (2009)win vs Cheick Kongo (2009)win vs Denis Stojnić (2009)win vs Brock Lesnar (2010)win vs Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira (2010)loss vs Junior dos Santos (2011)win vs Junior dos Santos (2012)win vs Antônio Silva (2012)win vs Junior dos Santos (2013)win vs Antônio Silva (2013)loss vs Fabrício Werdum (2015)win vs Travis Browne (2016)loss vs Francis Ngannou (2019)
winlossdraw / NC2006–2019

Travis Browne

20002010win v Brian Campbell, 2009, kowin v Matt Anderson, 2009, kowin v Mychal Clark, 2009, decisionwin v Sergio Calderon, 2009, kowin v Tom Lozano, 2009, submissionwin v Michael Westbrook, 2009, kowin v Evan Langford, 2009, kodraw v Cheick Kongo, 2010, drawwin v James McSweeney, 2010, kowin v Aaron Brink, 2010, kowin v Abe Wagner, 2010, kowin v Rob Broughton, 2011, decisionwin v Stefan Struve, 2011, koloss v Antônio Silva, 2012, kowin v Chad Griggs, 2012, submissionwin v Josh Barnett, 2013, kowin v Alistair Overeem, 2013, kowin v Gabriel Gonzaga, 2013, kowin v Brendan Schaub, 2014, koloss v Fabrício Werdum, 2014, decisionloss v Andrei Arlovski, 2015, koloss v Fabrício Werdum, 2016, decisionloss v Cain Velasquez, 2016, kowin v Matt Mitrione, 2016, koloss v Aleksei Oleinik, 2017, submissionloss v Derrick Lewis, 2017, ko
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 2009–2017
2010 win vs Brian Campbell (2009)win vs Matt Anderson (2009)win vs Mychal Clark (2009)win vs Sergio Calderon (2009)win vs Tom Lozano (2009)win vs Michael Westbrook (2009)win vs Evan Langford (2009)draw vs Cheick Kongo (2010)win vs James McSweeney (2010)win vs Aaron Brink (2010)win vs Abe Wagner (2010)win vs Rob Broughton (2011)win vs Stefan Struve (2011)loss vs Antônio Silva (2012)win vs Chad Griggs (2012)win vs Josh Barnett (2013)win vs Alistair Overeem (2013)win vs Gabriel Gonzaga (2013)win vs Brendan Schaub (2014)loss vs Fabrício Werdum (2014)loss vs Andrei Arlovski (2015)loss vs Fabrício Werdum (2016)loss vs Cain Velasquez (2016)win vs Matt Mitrione (2016)loss vs Aleksei Oleinik (2017)loss vs Derrick Lewis (2017)
winlossdraw / NC2009–2017

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