I don't think people here are giving Kongo's takedown defence and hands or Velasquez's gnp, chin and power anywhere near enough credit. Kongo has never been dominated and held down anything like Cain did, his last 3 opponents were knocked out from his strikes (which are among the best in the world) but CV never even hit his back. And Stevo, Velasquez won't be troubled even by a WC take down defence IMO purely because take downs are just one of the multiple weapons he has (Oh yeah, and he's a former 2 time All American wrestler in college so if anyone can take them down, he can). That is the first time he hasn't won by K.O. and that's because it was his first shot at a top 5 UFC HW (who's never been stopped inside the octagon).
I don't really agree about him dropping down either, he weighed in at about 240 on Friday I think and he's only 26. So that's either a HW career or a 35lb cut every fight for a fighter who will naturally get bigger like nearly all HWs do. In 4 years I'd say he'll have to cut to make 265 just like Lesnar so I can see no reason why he would drop down at all.
What reasons do people have for him dropping down? Other than Lesnar (who he is a few classes above in terms of talent and will be getting close to matching for size soon).
This boy is class. Crocop was damn right to avoid him.