Joe Rogan Experience #2568 - Ross Edgley · Aired Oct 20, 2026
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Cain Velasquez fought in his first fight against Junior Dos Santos with a torn meniscus in his knee.
The finding
What remains unresolved
Both men discussed pre-fight knee injuries around their first bout. The contemporaneous report inspected here quotes dos Santos describing a meniscus injury; it does not establish that this was Velasquez's precise diagnosis. Joe may be recalling a real injury, but this specific attribution needs a primary medical or first-person record.
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Quick answer
Is it true that Cain Velasquez fought in his first fight against Junior Dos Santos with a torn meniscus in his knee?
We can't say yet. Both men discussed pre-fight knee injuries around their first bout. The contemporaneous report inspected here quotes dos Santos describing a meniscus injury; it does not establish that this was Velasquez's precise diagnosis. Joe Rogan said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2568 - Ross Edgley, aired Oct 20, 2026, at 57:16. We couldn't settle it from the evidence we captured, so it stays an open question, not a false claim. The supporting source is mmafighting.com, linked below.
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