I agree.  He's not gonna draw like Brock Lesnar, that's for sure.  He'd be Sean O'Haire-like.

Right...but I think the point is...his built in fanbase (pro wrestling fans) don't like him...actually that isn't fair because people who don't like someone will tune in to hope they get beaten down (it's the principle pro wrestling thrives on)...the pro wrestling crowd just don't care about him.

Lesnar is going to be a top 10 heavyweight when all is said and done...you can bank on that.  Once he calms down and doesn't do the whole "freak out trying to bash someones face in within 30 seconds and then leave a limb exposed" thing which was honestly a rookie mistake, and one that you'd likely get away with not fighting a guy like Mir in your second fight.  I know a lot of people made up their minds on Lesnar before he ever had a pro fight, but I firmly believe he will be a top ten heavyweight.

I don't know that Lashley couldn't be a better fighter, but was just making the point that he doesn't have that same level of "must sign him now" that Lesnar did based on his lack of drawing power in comparison.  Honestly if I were the UFC the only reason I'd sign him would be to put him in with Lesnar because THAT would draw.

Man if I can't take my cheap shots what is the fun of blogging? Clearly I'm slinging mud to cover for my lack of knowledge of the topics I'm addressing -- isn't that blogging 101?

There are, fan for fan, as many mouth breathing MMA fans as there are pro wrestling fans. You can make fun of the idiots without offending the intelligent ones in the bunch. If someone takes offense, they must fall into the mouth breathing category, in which case you don't care what they think, anyhow.

amen, brent...... i guess that piece o paper i have on the wall with the letters MBA on it came from the Mouth Breathers Association....

I wouldn't say that all pro wrestling fans are mouth-breathers (but I've had long stretches of my life where my allergies didn't allow for much nose breathing, so it's not a preferred insult). But comparing them to fight fans is odd. I mean, it isn't a sport - it isn't even competition of any kind. It's certainly an athletic endeavor, but at its core it's a soap opera. Not that there's anything wrong with that: lots of good entertainment qualifies as soap opera. But I can't imagine that whatever qualities wrestling has that motivates people to like it are the same qualities that bring fans to MMA.

I don't personally have the ability to suspend disbelief long enough to watch pro wrestling (though I watch plenty of other crap entertainment), so I'm certainly not able to judge what it is that people like about pro wrestling. So what is it, Brent?

-- Don't believe a word I say, I don't train BJJ