Comments on: The Fairytale of UFC 116: Lesnar Earns His Crown… and MMA Fans get a Spectacular http://www.total-mma.com/2010/07/10/the-fairytale-of-ufc-116-lesnar-earns-his-crown-and-mma-fans-get-a-spectacular/ Completing the perspective on Mixed Martial Arts Tue, 22 May 2012 07:40:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Tommy Hackett http://www.total-mma.com/2010/07/10/the-fairytale-of-ufc-116-lesnar-earns-his-crown-and-mma-fans-get-a-spectacular/#comment-59690 Tommy Hackett Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:53:01 +0000 http://www.total-mma.com/?p=799#comment-59690 Heh. Yeah, I'd be one who disagrees there. Fedor was on top of the HW MMA world for seven years. Let's wait until Brock stays on top for seven months before talking all-time... Re: his stellar record, don't forget that Lesnar also lost to Mir in that six bout span and the Couture he beat was not really among the elite heavyweights anymore. Off the top of my head, I'd say BJ Penn's first six bouts are probably at least comparable. He blew away several top fighters including Caol Uno, and then fought the top guy to a majority decision. TH Heh. Yeah, I’d be one who disagrees there. Fedor was on top of the HW MMA world for seven years. Let’s wait until Brock stays on top for seven months before talking all-time…

Re: his stellar record, don’t forget that Lesnar also lost to Mir in that six bout span and the Couture he beat was not really among the elite heavyweights anymore. Off the top of my head, I’d say BJ Penn’s first six bouts are probably at least comparable. He blew away several top fighters including Caol Uno, and then fought the top guy to a majority decision.

TH

]]> By: David Bateman http://www.total-mma.com/2010/07/10/the-fairytale-of-ufc-116-lesnar-earns-his-crown-and-mma-fans-get-a-spectacular/#comment-59246 David Bateman Mon, 12 Jul 2010 23:29:18 +0000 http://www.total-mma.com/?p=799#comment-59246 For me, Brock is just a phenomenon. I've always loved the guy- his work ethic makes me feel guilty for ever resting. In my opinion, he was always going to overtake Fedor, because no-one else has fought the same quality he has in their first few fights and done as well. Who else can say they've beaten fighters of the quality of Frank Mir, Randy Couture and Shane Carwin in their first six fights? For me, that shows Brock will one day be considered the greatest HW ever. By the time he has fought 20 times, his record will be unbelievable. While I always thought Lesnar would overtake Fedor, I didn't expect it to happen so soon. I thought he'd be ranked no.1 HW 2-3 years down the line, after demolishing all the UFC's HW division. A lot of people will disagree with this, but in my opinion, if Lesnar can beat Velasquez and Dos Santos/Nelson, his record will already be more impressive than Fedor's. For me, Brock is just a phenomenon. I’ve always loved the guy- his work ethic makes me feel guilty for ever resting. In my opinion, he was always going to overtake Fedor, because no-one else has fought the same quality he has in their first few fights and done as well.

Who else can say they’ve beaten fighters of the quality of Frank Mir, Randy Couture and Shane Carwin in their first six fights? For me, that shows Brock will one day be considered the greatest HW ever. By the time he has fought 20 times, his record will be unbelievable.

While I always thought Lesnar would overtake Fedor, I didn’t expect it to happen so soon. I thought he’d be ranked no.1 HW 2-3 years down the line, after demolishing all the UFC’s HW division.

A lot of people will disagree with this, but in my opinion, if Lesnar can beat Velasquez and Dos Santos/Nelson, his record will already be more impressive than Fedor’s.

]]> By: Tommy Hackett http://www.total-mma.com/2010/07/10/the-fairytale-of-ufc-116-lesnar-earns-his-crown-and-mma-fans-get-a-spectacular/#comment-58849 Tommy Hackett Sat, 10 Jul 2010 06:10:30 +0000 http://www.total-mma.com/?p=799#comment-58849 "Love or loathe him, no one can deny Brock Lesnar the title of number one heavyweight in MMA, and not just because Fedor lost…" Yeah, you know I'm not a fan of the guy. I'll say it's about 75% Fedor's loss and 25% Lesnar's win... but you have to rank Lesnar #1 at this point. I prefer to just fall back on both results being a victory for jiu-jitsu though. Ha! “Love or loathe him, no one can deny Brock Lesnar the title of number one heavyweight in MMA, and not just because Fedor lost…”

Yeah, you know I’m not a fan of the guy. I’ll say it’s about 75% Fedor’s loss and 25% Lesnar’s win… but you have to rank Lesnar #1 at this point.

I prefer to just fall back on both results being a victory for jiu-jitsu though. Ha!

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