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I miss BROCK LESNAR... do you?

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#1 ·
common. the ufc isn't the same without him. is he the best heavy weight fighter? no. but you cant deny that he made the ufc far more entertaining. would love to see him and overeem square off.
 
#34 ·
Definitely miss seeing him. No one in MMA electrifies an arena like can.

I've been intrigued by the guy ever since I saw him wrestle in college, the guy is just a freak specimen, it's a shame he didn't eat healthier because he was never the same after the disease.
 
#39 ·
Yeah I miss him. Interesting to see the comments seem to be almost 50/50. A poll would of been good.

As for Brock, yeah he got a kicking in his last 2 fights but he was a draw. He had a certain charisma that draws fans and I don't believe any other HW can match him for that.

Got to echo Fedornumber1!s comment. IMAGINE if this dude came straight in to MMA from college. Jits would come easy to him and he would have had since 2000 (that right?) to develop his stand up skills. Pretty sure dude would be HW king right now.
 
#41 ·
I miss watching him get his ass beat and would love for more fighters to get a chance to prove how overrated he was. I really wish he didn't have that injury so I would have to hear that weak ass excuse. Brock at his peak right now couldn't crack the top 10. I can't beleive all the people that bought the hype, even harder to beleive people still by the hype post being exposed.
 
#50 ·
Brock at his peak was a champion and diverticulitus isn't a weak ass excuse btw. I can understand you not liking the man but he lost to Cain and Overeem, not exactly scrubs.

Why don't you post the ten mythical fighters that would beat him.Pheelgood hates him more than you ever will and he'd never claim he's not top ten.

Edit: You sound like a butthurt ***** that got his ass kicked in school by gentleman bigger and more athletic than you. Brock was a beast and proved it.
 
#46 · (Edited)
As personality went in the begining, a big NO for his arrogance and dirty mouth. However I am to believe we're suppose to get better every day, each one at its own pace, so I think the hard ride he had through illness already showed a great change in his attitude lately.
Fighting wise, how not enjoy his presence in the cage. Leaving skill set aside (not completely, for he is a skilled wrestler), only his phisical strenth and speed for his size would still pose a big challenge for any HW today. Imagine if he learn other aspects of the game? Interesting.
 
#56 ·
To me, Lesnar could never take a punch. His disease changes nothing. Carwin would smash Lesnar like he did in the first all the time, Velasquez and Overeem too. He didnt look different in any of them than he would have anyways imo. He never faced strikers like them before and wouldnt be able to handle them, with the exception of the Carwin fight, anytime in his career. He was a great wrestler, shown by dominating Mir and he had really heavy hands. He won the UFC title and defended it against legitimate opponents. Lesnar deserves the respect he gets, but dont take away the good wins and put it down to his illness.
 
#57 ·
Do I miss Brock Lesnar? Yes and No. He was originally brought in by Dana just so he can pull in some of the WWE crowd. He was given a title shot despite being 1-1 in the UFC and his post fight speech after his fight with Mir was less then inspiring. All of these things made me hate him. But on the other hand I can respect all that he has accomplished in the short amount of time he had in MMA. Not only did he prove himself to be a decent fighter but he became champion and had 1 successful title defense.
 
#61 ·
He did beat an old past the hill Couture to get the title, then defended against Mir (which from his debut) proved a desirable match-up. Then nearly lost his next to someone who had never went past the first round and only lost due to gassing. He wasn't ever anything special. When he fought against people that that were his size and more skilled he got dominated! He had no legacy and really wasn't ever that good, he just used his considerable size advantage to win a couple fights. I quite frankly I'm happy to see him go cause he wasn't that good, and only provided (what Dana called) freak show match ups against lesser or underweight fighters.
 
#62 ·
Nope. Don't miss him at all, and this is coming from someone who is and was a fan of a lot of his work in the UFC.

I'm not a Brock hater at all.

But the fact is, once someone punched him in his mouth he realized real quick he didn't want to be a UFC fighter. His next few fights after that were him collecting a pay check and surrendering the moment someone stood up to him.

Given that is pretty much indisputable, there's nothing to miss. He was what he was. He came in, he did some things, he had some exciting fights, then he wilted, then he caved, now he's gone.
 
#65 ·
Don't miss him at all.

He was highly over-rated, and happened to come into the UFC when the HW division was in shambles, and was able to win the belt because of his size and wrestling. If he came in the UFC now (or even 1 year ago), he wouldn't win the belt. He just doesn't have the skill level to compete at the top level of the sport.

If his career wasn't fast tracked by Dana he may have never won the belt either. Once the blueprint on Brock was known (that he doesn't react well to being hit), his career went downhill pretty quick. If he had to take a few more fights on his way up, that blueprint may have come out a lot sooner than it did. Brock was able to use his size and wrestling over physically weaker and smaller opponents at the start of his career. Once he started fighting bigger guys that could stop his takedowns and he had to stand (Carwin, Velasquez, Overeem) it was clear how bad his stand-up was.

He never deserved his title shot, and while recently we've seen a number of undeserved title shots, I don't recall nearly as many back in the "pre-UFC 100" days. Mir beat Lesnar at UFC 81 vis submission. Lesnar beat Herring at 87, and gets a title shot at 91, while Mir was sidelined from his win at 81 until 92 -- the event after Lesnar was basically handed the title from an aging Couture.

Beyond that, I just don't like his personality. He's cocky, thought he was better than everyone, and was a sore loser. I thought his UFC 100 interview was bad for the sport, and just found him to be a genrally unlikeable guy.
 
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