Brock Lesnar Expected to Return to UFC in 2012
by Mike Fagan on Aug 18, 2011 6:21 PM EDT
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Amid subtle product placement, Brock Lesnar took to Youtube to announce "I'm back." But that was it. Brock gave no indication of if he was in the gym or when he expected to fight again. (He did, however, shoot a bunch of heavy guns and talked about "animal disintegration.")
MMA Weekly caught up with UFC President Dana White, who shed some light on the former heavyweight champ:
"Brock's gonna get back in the gym in September. Start training again, cause he hasn't done anything since his surgery -- training wise. Brock will probably be back the first of the year."
Some speculation arose that Lesnar would be the man to anchor the UFC's first event on Fox, which they announced would take place on November 12 in Anaheim. You can officially toss his name out of that ring.
Frank Mir has been linked as the most likely opponent for Lesnar's return. That was the UFC's intention before Lesnar's latest round with diverticulitis. Lesnar and Mir split a pair of bouts at UFC 81 and UFC 100.
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If Frank Mir was smart...
he’d be training with Dennis Siver perfecting the spinning back kick to the gut.
If Frank Mir was smart...
He’d stop being a douche.
by SLIP15 on Aug 18, 2011 6:32 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
Haha, so wrong but also so funny.
"No man dies for what he knows to be true. Men die for what they want to be true, for what some terror in their hearts tells them is not true."
If Frank Mir was smart (which he isn't) he'd be Chael Sonnening his way into a rematch with Carwin...
I’m sure he no longer wants any business with Lesnar, Cain, Dos Santos or Overeem…he just doesn’t belong to the same category those guys do anymore
by Gisele Federico Navarro Mendez on Aug 18, 2011 6:44 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
I think Frank is probably one of the brightest guys in the division
And I guarantee that he wants another crack at Brock.
Tatum: I think he's a good man. I like him. I got nothing against him, but I'm definitely gonna make orphans of his children.
by Dave Strummer on Aug 18, 2011 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
Honestly, if he stays more active off his back
Lesnar is probably the best fight for Mir in the upper HW echelon, since he’s a better striker and can possibly submit him on the ground. Whereas if he can’t get Overeem, Velasquez, Carwin or dos Santos down, he’s screwed.
"With gold thou boughtest Gýmir's daughter,
and so gavest away thy sword:
but when Muspell's sons through the dark forest ride,
thou, unhappy, wilt not have wherewith to fight."
~ Lokasenna
Might be true,
but what does that say about how smart the rest of the guys in the division are?
Newsflash: heavyweight cagefighters aren’t rocket scientists.
Frank may not be dumb, but doesn’t have 1/10 the intelligence he thinks he has.
No, if he was smart he'd be pushing for a fight with Schaub
Carwin beat the hell out of him.
Exactly!
I don’t think he wants anymore of that. I don’t mind watching Mir fight but the brock and carwin fights were just awesome in how brutally they ruined him. I think Mir is a good fighter, don’t really care for him and I think a Schaub fight would actually be entertaining.
"The fact that society may find speech offensive is not a sufficient reason for suppressing it. Indeed, if it is the speaker's opinion that gives offense, that consequence is a reason for according it constitutional protection."
Totally agree!
Mir should get Schaub, winner gets next title shot (…did I just say that?)
Give Carwin vs Overeem (winner gets Lesnar in early 2012….if Overeem wins, then he get title shot after Mir/Schaub gets theirs…….would this sufficiently piss Overeem off?…if he has to win twice in the UFC before he gets title shot?) and give Big Nog a swan song fight against CroCop.
**This is assuming Schaub beats Nog and Nelson beats CroCop…Nelson gets Rothwell if both win, rematching their IFL fight. Loser of Mir vs Schaub gets loser of Cain vs JDS.
You remember what happened last time he fought Carwin?
It would happen again.
Xtreme Couture- The best never rest! The girl in my av is Kari Sweets (you're welcome).
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by ElliotMatheny on Aug 18, 2011 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Well -- is it Carwin who is "not the same"
or is JDS just THAT good? Or a bit of both?
Mir will have a better gameplan against Carwin for the rematch, that’s for sure.
Junior is definitely that good.
Carwin was rusty and not in great shape, but even the Carwin who showed up against JDS would still maul Frank. He’s just his physical superior by far. Man vs. Child.
Xtreme Couture- The best never rest! The girl in my av is Kari Sweets (you're welcome).
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-Socrates
by ElliotMatheny on Aug 19, 2011 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions
I hope that he fights around wintertime
So that we can see the warrior beard again.
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i was really hoping that would've done him some good
o well. i’d love to see it again
"Then when he hit me, and I woke up. I remember thinking, sh-t, I better do something or I'm going to lose this fight," Struve said. "Then he hit me again."
"For me everything is still fine. I’m OK. I’ve done it and it was OK. About half a year ago, it was in Russia, in Siberia. Everything was fine. I put the fork underneath him and stabbed him in the heart. And that was it. The other hunters dismembered, prepared the bear." - Aleksander Emelianenko
by invinciblearmour. on Aug 18, 2011 6:54 PM EDT up reply actions
best beard ever
even Jim Rome complimented him on it
"Brock's approach to the trash talking was more primal. He was going to revenge fuck Frank Mir's corpse until his ghost had a baby." - Seanbaby
by Earl Montclair on Aug 18, 2011 6:54 PM EDT up reply actions
THE Beard
:p - orcus
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Not the Frank Mir Trilogy
NNOOOOO!!!!
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Zero interest in Lesner/Mir III
But the timing MIGHT be good for Lesnar/Overeem.
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"If MMA is like dog fighting, those are some pretty fucking smart dogs."
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by jackbox on Aug 18, 2011 6:35 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Yep that clinches Machida vs. Davis as main event.
I went whale watching the other day. I think. There were a lot of people in that lake.
Mir?
I guess they just want to give Brock a gimme fight because no one wants to see Lesnar-Mir III.
The only substitute for victory is overkill.
.
"Brock's approach to the trash talking was more primal. He was going to revenge fuck Frank Mir's corpse until his ghost had a baby." - Seanbaby
by Earl Montclair on Aug 18, 2011 6:53 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs
Pixie sticks are a hell of a drug.
Learn JiuJitsu.
Always looking for that new danger.
by RolloTomasi on Aug 19, 2011 1:25 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
He needs a winnable fight
and this is certainly that. People just wanna throw him in against the top of the division because he’s a spectacle but the guy has I think 7 fights total. He needs more experience and needs to build up a win streak.
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they should pull Kongo from the meathead fight and give him Lesnar
"Brock's approach to the trash talking was more primal. He was going to revenge fuck Frank Mir's corpse until his ghost had a baby." - Seanbaby
by Earl Montclair on Aug 18, 2011 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Kongo has too much power. Brock needs to fight someone with:
A. zero takedown defense or scrambling ability
B. bad striking
c. no power
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by Austin Martin on Aug 18, 2011 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Brock's not getting anybody outside the top 15
He’s far too expensive to waste on a can
:p - orcus
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Kongo's takedown defense blows
I went whale watching the other day. I think. There were a lot of people in that lake.
yup
"Brock's approach to the trash talking was more primal. He was going to revenge fuck Frank Mir's corpse until his ghost had a baby." - Seanbaby
by Earl Montclair on Aug 18, 2011 7:05 PM EDT up reply actions
hmm. kind of true.
Cheick may actually be the best choice to cater to the general audience, because of his image (/somewhat pimping an article I wrote)
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by Austin Martin on Aug 18, 2011 7:08 PM EDT up reply actions
fuck all of that
he needs to fight a top level dude. kill that noise about winnable fights.
this is the fight game and he needs to beat someone that will challenge him. if you want gimmie fights, get the fuck out of the top level of the division.
by Victor Rodriguez on Aug 18, 2011 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions
But Kongo doesn't die and can hit back. Hard
"What do you know about my vision? My vision will turn your world upside down, tear asunder your illusions and send the sanctuary of your own ignorance crashing down around you. Now ask yourself: Are you really ready to see that vision?"
-Huey Freeman
by dgonz on Aug 18, 2011 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
he can't do that off his back
"Brock's approach to the trash talking was more primal. He was going to revenge fuck Frank Mir's corpse until his ghost had a baby." - Seanbaby
by Earl Montclair on Aug 18, 2011 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions
That is still amazing. I’ve only watched the fight once cause I was sad for Barry but damn that is awesome.
I like the end
Pat’s soul has already vacated his body but his eyes are wide open staring after Kongo as he walks away.
"What do you know about my vision? My vision will turn your world upside down, tear asunder your illusions and send the sanctuary of your own ignorance crashing down around you. Now ask yourself: Are you really ready to see that vision?"
-Huey Freeman
You just picked the one guy with a worse ground game than him
Brock would wreck Kongo.
I went whale watching the other day. I think. There were a lot of people in that lake.
Eh. I wanted an excuse to post that awesome gif
I don’t care about Brock enough to argue about who would win.
"What do you know about my vision? My vision will turn your world upside down, tear asunder your illusions and send the sanctuary of your own ignorance crashing down around you. Now ask yourself: Are you really ready to see that vision?"
-Huey Freeman
Kongo's chin is fucking unbelievable
"Brock's approach to the trash talking was more primal. He was going to revenge fuck Frank Mir's corpse until his ghost had a baby." - Seanbaby
by Earl Montclair on Aug 18, 2011 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions
seriously...this is up there with the gif of BJ dodging the takedown by learning to fly
There are just some things you’re not supposed to be able to do.
"What do you know about my vision? My vision will turn your world upside down, tear asunder your illusions and send the sanctuary of your own ignorance crashing down around you. Now ask yourself: Are you really ready to see that vision?"
-Huey Freeman
Aforementioned gif...just because I can't talk about it without wanting to see it
"What do you know about my vision? My vision will turn your world upside down, tear asunder your illusions and send the sanctuary of your own ignorance crashing down around you. Now ask yourself: Are you really ready to see that vision?"
-Huey Freeman
by dgonz on Aug 18, 2011 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
Well,
I actually don’t think Kongo has an epic chin. He does have very good recovery though.
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by ElliotMatheny on Aug 18, 2011 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Joey Beltran!
"Brock's approach to the trash talking was more primal. He was going to revenge fuck Frank Mir's corpse until his ghost had a baby." - Seanbaby
by Earl Montclair on Aug 18, 2011 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Would you really want to see Brock lose to someone nicknamed
the Mexicutioner?
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by Austin Martin on Aug 18, 2011 7:11 PM EDT up reply actions
it would amuse me a little
plus Beltran WARS
"Brock's approach to the trash talking was more primal. He was going to revenge fuck Frank Mir's corpse until his ghost had a baby." - Seanbaby
by Earl Montclair on Aug 18, 2011 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions
At least someone gets it. WorldisARGUMENT used the jump to conclusions mat today.
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by Austin Martin on Aug 18, 2011 7:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Dude, chill. Did I say that?
What I do know is that Brock would be coming off a REALLY long layoff, getting his colon removed, and Joey Beltran is a tough mofo. It’s not an easy fight.
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by Austin Martin on Aug 18, 2011 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions
It's not a tough fight
Brock takes down Beltran and pounds him out. Beltran is only ever brought in to STANDANDBANG. Look at his fights.
I went whale watching the other day. I think. There were a lot of people in that lake.
It's not a hard fight
Joey Beltran absorbs a lot of punishment but his entire offense consists of walking forward and winging arm punches.
Lesnar dominates him. Easily.
It’s pretty easy, if you have any sort of technique.
by Horselover Fat on Aug 18, 2011 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Brock got knocked out by the #1 HW in the world
Brock can’t beat anyone. I’d pick Sean Gannon to KO him easily.
I went whale watching the other day. I think. There were a lot of people in that lake.
by SSreporters on Aug 18, 2011 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
draft James Toney
he wanted Brock last time around.
no. i am not seriously endorsing a James Toney return to the UFC
by Victor Rodriguez on Aug 18, 2011 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions
It woudl look a lot like...
his fight with Herring.
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by Chad Raynard on Aug 18, 2011 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Kimbo, in other words.
"With gold thou boughtest Gýmir's daughter,
and so gavest away thy sword:
but when Muspell's sons through the dark forest ride,
thou, unhappy, wilt not have wherewith to fight."
~ Lokasenna
Bring Barnett over and let's have a blond beared man fight
did that sound like a gay fantasy?
by Gisele Federico Navarro Mendez on Aug 18, 2011 7:04 PM EDT reply actions
It's in the first link they mentioned in the article.
AKA zakkree. Twitter.
Conductor and sole passenger on the Fitch bandwagon.
by Zachary Kater on Aug 18, 2011 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Haha
Just go with it.
It’s a giant man, hip-firing a giant semi-auto rifle, blasting tiny little furry critters; what’s not to like?
It's that much more impressive
If you’ve ever fired that rifle (a Barrett M82)… it weighs about 30 lbs and has a kick comparable to a 12 gauge shotgun.
by Damnatio Memoriae on Aug 18, 2011 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Do people really shoot guns like that?
It’s too close to my balls to even bother trying.
I am hard pressed to think of a Main Event
Suitable for the UFC’s debut on national television. Breaking it down Andy will be ready but whom to fight him. GsP is a no go, Cain fights a week prior, I mean all the huge mega fight like people are pretty well booked. BJ Condit would be good but that is booked for the GsP undercard.
Who do they put as a headliner for this card?
MIR
VS
Frank will win
"Brock's approach to the trash talking was more primal. He was going to revenge fuck Frank Mir's corpse until his ghost had a baby." - Seanbaby
by Earl Montclair on Aug 18, 2011 7:12 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
But really who do you see as headlining that card???
I cannot think of 1 compelling fight that has not already been announced….I think they will move a fight to this date
machida vs hendo
hendo has already failed on network tv though
"I have smoked weed with alot of UFC champions" - Joe Rogan
"Você ta fudido. Se vai levar muita porrada, ta ligado?" - Anderson Silva
I’ll sig bet you if that fight ever happens. Mir gets wrecked.
by Tats16 on Aug 18, 2011 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
deal
"Brock's approach to the trash talking was more primal. He was going to revenge fuck Frank Mir's corpse until his ghost had a baby." - Seanbaby
by Earl Montclair on Aug 18, 2011 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions
How on earth would Murr win against Reem?
by Horselover Fat on Aug 18, 2011 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Terrible matchup for Mir.
"Referees, be sure to step in and stop the fight on time tomorrow, because I might get carried away in the moment and my many punches may end up destroying my opponent." - Tatsuya "CRUSHER" Kawajiri
mir ko's him in the 2nd
the world is stunned
"I have smoked weed with alot of UFC champions" - Joe Rogan
"Você ta fudido. Se vai levar muita porrada, ta ligado?" - Anderson Silva
I doubt anybody would want to fight there
after the last event.
Maybe they'll start making a stadium a month before the event this time
Shit looked like it was half done when they had the event.
Mir v. Lesnar III?
"Maybe I’m old-fashioned, but it seems to me that when the giant who holds up the Earth dies, we are screwed!"
by AwkwardwithwordmakingisGoldberg,huhJoe on Aug 18, 2011 7:21 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
they are 1-1 and their last fight helped generate over 1.6 million PPV buys, i would ask why not.
by darkotto23 on Aug 18, 2011 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Because the first time out Mir was getting pummeled before he got off the lucky sub, and the second wasn’t even remotely close. As much as i don’t really like Lesnar, i don’t really want to see Mir get his face turned into hamburger again. I’d rather see a fight that looks closer to the “anything can happen” state that attracted me to MMA.
Mir’s knee bar against Lesnar was a super slow and telegraphed attack on the leg that only worked because Lesnar was ridiculously under-informed in jiu jitsu. Despite Mir’s credentials, I don’t really see that happening again, and I’d much rather see someone else capable of punching Lesnar in the face a lot, doing so.
Also, for the average MMA buyer of PPV, the buys had a lot more to do with “Lesnar vs. Anyone” being on the ticket. All of his fights have been huge buys.
"Maybe I’m old-fashioned, but it seems to me that when the giant who holds up the Earth dies, we are screwed!"
by AwkwardwithwordmakingisGoldberg,huhJoe on Aug 18, 2011 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Also their last fight was UFC 100. That was a huge event in of itself.
"Maybe I’m old-fashioned, but it seems to me that when the giant who holds up the Earth dies, we are screwed!"
by AwkwardwithwordmakingisGoldberg,huhJoe on Aug 18, 2011 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions
There's nothing as anoying as the Mir-hate on BE
by blutspender on Aug 18, 2011 8:03 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Overeem love is worse than Mir hate.
by The so-called Beautiful on Aug 18, 2011 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Overeem is charismatic.
come on. let him seduce you with his charm…
that’s sexy right there. you know you want some.
by Victor Rodriguez on Aug 18, 2011 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Are you saying Frank Mir doesn’t have any charm?
"Referees, be sure to step in and stop the fight on time tomorrow, because I might get carried away in the moment and my many punches may end up destroying my opponent." - Tatsuya "CRUSHER" Kawajiri
that's the creepiest charm I've ever seen
:p - orcus
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by Chris Hall on Aug 18, 2011 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
that’s a trollface, homie.
Overeem is smooth like cream.
by Victor Rodriguez on Aug 18, 2011 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Arrggghh....... His Face!!!
Don't be scared Gomi...
by ThatsHowIRoll on Aug 19, 2011 1:06 AM EDT up reply actions
REEM is a K-1 champion and one of the most exciting HW in MMA.
Your style is lame, and your breath stinks….work on it.
Learn JiuJitsu.
Always looking for that new danger.
why is everyone so against Mir Lesnar III?
by Our Bovine Public on Aug 18, 2011 8:17 PM EDT reply actions
Personally, I’d actually like to see Brock fight someone besides Mir for a change. I mean he has had what 5 or 6 fights in his career and 2 of them are already Mir.
by captainStevo on Aug 18, 2011 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions
It doesn't excite me
But it makes a ton of sense.
- It’s a good story they can market to the casual audience.
- Mir is a prick but a great promoter.
- It’s a pretty safe bet that Lesnar will win and they get him back on track.
And this is where I disagree
I don’t think Lesnar winning the trilogy is a safe bet. While Mir is still a shitty wrestler, his wrestling has improved over the years (just think of the beautiful judo throw he did on Nelson), he used to be a pure jiu jitsu guy but he now has knockout wins over Nogueira (in fact being the first guy to stop Nogueira by strikes), Cro-Cop (although it was “THE WORST FIGHT OF ALL TIMEE!!!!!!” if you started watching UFC when BORCKLSENAAAAR!!! came up..) and almost Cheick Kongo, while giving Carwin a harder time striking than Lesnar ever did.
I know that guy is a douche and his face looks like it’s trying to compete with C.B. Dollaways but I don’t get how you can say he’d be easily defeated by Brock Lesnar.
The last thing I want to see is Brock fight again. If he does fight again they should put him in his rightful spot and match him up against another up and comer like Schaub.
IM SO HAPPY BROCK IS BACK!!!!
because i want to see him get utterly humiliated again and run out of mma for good.
from birth to death, its just like this.
Why would you want that? Love him or hate him hes pretty damn exciting to watch. I pretty much always cheer for him but i’d be sad if he retired. I love watching his fights.
He really hasnt been in a boring fight since he started fighting
:p - orcus
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GSP
Schuab should fight Nelson again and Mir should be put up against someone who is dominating right now like Travis Browne. Cro Cop should be fighting Big Nog at 134. If the rumors are true than Brock should fight Overrated..I mean Overeem at UFC 140. Damn, Carwin gets done dirty maybe he could fight Mir again?
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