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Brock Lesnar faces the moment of truth in the UFC
By Rod Hood | February 1, 2008
Brock Lesnar more than an actor from the fake world of the WWE, he has an impressive pedigree of wrestling and all round athletic ability. In high school he wrestled at
The opportunity to make some big money after college captured Lesnar’s attention and he spent the next six years in professional wrestling here is the US and then in Japan, during that time he even tried out for the NFL with the Minnesota Vikings where he showed promise but ended up being cut do to an injury.
The true Brock Lesnar wanted real competition, something that the fake world of WWE didn’t fulfill within him. He had been thinking for some time about making the career transition over to MMA as the interest in MMA continued to gain popularity and the payday for fighters also began to make it more appealing.
Brock faces his first test in the UFC against a dangerous Frank Mir and by the time you read this that fight may be history and it is on to more exciting opportunities for Lesnar or back to the drawing board. I predict that Lesnar is going to fare very well in this match up and if he keeps the fight standing, which in my opinion will be his strategy then he can make it a long night for Frank Mir. The longer they go the more the fight favors Lesnar as he is known for his outstanding conditioning and Mir is at the opposite end of that rating scale.
The fight is in one day so this post will be out dated by the time most read it but it is only the beginning of the conversations about Brock Lesnar’s UFC career. I’m picking Lesnar to overwhelm Mir and go on to be a force to be reckoned with in the Heavyweight division. If that doesn’t happen he’ll apply the lessons learned and come back hungrier then ever and feel free to tell me I didn’t know what I was talking about and regardless of how it does go down comment on what’s next for Brock Lesnar and who’s next and ultimately what do you predict his career will look like over the next 2 years?
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February 6th, 2008 at 3:05 am
Brock showed us his need for some more training in his ground game. He also showed us how devastating he can be with his power. I think in time Brock can be a force to be reckoned with in the UFC I just think it is too early to be crowning him the next champ. I anticipate a lot of ground work to be happening between now and his next fight in London June of this year.