Posted by Jonathan Snowden on 3rd March 2008
They say what goes around comes around. And it’s come full circle for former UFC and Pride Heavyweight Champion Mark Coleman. In 1996 the young and hungry Coleman was face to face with a washed up old wrestler named Dan Severn. In August, when Coleman sees a washed up old wrestler staring back at him, it will be because he’s looking in a mirror. Now, he’s Dan Severn and Brock Lesnar is Mark Coleman. He’s the stepping stone for the young and hungry rising star. What goes around comes around.
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Posted by Bill Thompson on 3rd February 2008
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By: Bill Thompson
Powerful, energetic, exciting, fast, freakish, and highly skilled are all adjectives that can be used to describe Brock Lesnar. All of this was put on display last night in his bout against Frank Mir. From the start people wanted to dismiss the UFC’s signing of Brock as nothing more than a sideshow attraction. Their signing of Brock was certainly nothing more than an attempt to make a few bucks off of a former professional wrestling superstar, correct? Last nights fights should have shown that not to be the case, that Brock Lesnar is all the adjectives described above and that he is a great addition to the UFC’s heavyweight roster. Unfortunately I think somewhere along the line the UFC themselves forgot this fact and as described above decided to try and make a quick buck off of Brock instead of waiting for the long term investment to develop. There is still time to rectify that erroneous assessment, but the real question lies in whether or not the UFC will be smart enough to take advantage of the best heavyweight to possibly ever come down the pipe line or if they will watch him fall to the wayside.
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Posted by Jonathan Snowden on 2nd February 2008
By Jonathan Snowden
Tomorrow night Brock Lesnar and Tim Sylvia will enter the Octagon, Brock for the first time. They will both have something to prove, to themselves and to the fans. Sylvia should by rights be a legend. He’s a two time heavyweight champion at the peak of his powers. He’s beaten some of the best heavyweights in the world decisively, a who’s who of heavyweight MMA: Arlovski, Rodriguez, Monson, Vera. Despite this he is despised by the fans, or worse, ignored. When he fights Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira for the UFC’s Heavyweight Title it will be in the very large shadow of Brock Lesnar. And Tim Sylvia is not happy.
“Brock’s done alot in WWE. He has a big name. Is the wrestler going to beat the fighter? They’re trying to hype it up that way. I understand the philosophy of him getting all the exposure. I think they’re bringing him in to get him beat. That’s why he’s getting all the exposure he’s getting,” Sylvia said. “Your average bozos who don’t know anything, see Brock coming in or these superstars like Kimbo Slice who haven’t really done anything and they think they’re studs.”
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Posted by Dave Walsh on 21st January 2008
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Posted by Jonathan Snowden on 21st January 2008
Brock Lesnar: Apparently untested
Brock Lesnar: YAHOO
DON”T BET ON BROCK LESNAR!!!
Has any untested fighter gotten such undeserving hype in the history of the sport? Has anyone ever had a worse tattoo?
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