Mixed martial arts career Pics of Brock Lesnar
_037.jpg)
Hero's
(2007)
Ultimate
Fighting Championship (2008–2011)
_152.jpg)
_153.jpg)
_154.jpg)
_155.jpg)
_156.jpg)
_157.jpg)
_158.jpg)
_159.jpg)
_160.jpg)
_161.jpg)
_162.jpg)
_163.jpg)
_164.jpg)
_165.jpg)
_166.jpg)
_167.jpg)
_168.jpg)
_169.jpg)
Hero's
(2007)
On
April 29, 2006, after the final match of the K-1
World Grand Prix 2006 in Las Vegas, Lesnar announced his intent
to join K-1's mixed martial arts league, Hero's. He trained with Minnesota
Martial Arts Academy under
Greg Nelson and Minnesota Assistant Head wrestling coach Marty
Morgan.[123] Lesnar
announced on August 12 in Las Vegas that he had signed a deal with the K-1
promotion.[124]His first fight was
scheduled against Choi Hong-man of Korea on June 2, 2007, at the K-1 Dynamite!! USA show.[125][126] However,
prior to the match, Hong-Man was replaced by Min Soo Kim.
Lesnar submitted Soo Kim with strikes in 1:09 of the first
round to win his first official MMA match.[11]
Ultimate
Fighting Championship (2008–2011)
During UFC 77, it was announced that Lesnar had
reached a deal to fight with the Ultimate
Fighting Championship (UFC).[4] On
February 2, 2008, Lesnar made his debut with the promotion in an event titledUFC 81:Breaking Point against former UFC
Heavyweight Champion, Frank Mir.[127] Due
to his large hands,[128] Lesnar
was wearing 4XL gloves for the fight, making him the second man in Nevada's
combat sports history to wear such gloves after Choi Hong-man.[129] Lesnar
secured an early takedown and began landing numerous punches but was docked a
point after a punch hit Mir on the back of the head. Following another takedown
by Lesnar, Mir managed to secure a kneebar and force a submission at 1:30 of
the first round and Lesnar lost in his UFC debut.[127] At UFC 82, former UFC Heavyweight Champion
and Hall of Famer Mark Coleman was
announced to fight Lesnar at UFC 87.[130] However,
Coleman withdrew from the fight due to an injury and was replaced by Heath Herring.[131] Early
in the first round, Lesnar dropped Herring with a straight right punch. For the
rest of the fight, he kept it on the ground and won by unanimous decision.[132]
Lesnar's
next opponent was Randy Couture for the UFC
Heavyweight Championship at UFC 91 on
November 15.[133]Lesnar would beat
Couture via a technical knockout in the second round and became the new
UFC Heavyweight Champion.[134]
On
December 27, 2008, at UFC 92, Frank Mir defeated Antônio Nogueira for the Interim Heavyweight
Championship and was to face Lesnar for the Undisputed UFC Heavyweight
Championship at UFC 98. Immediately after winning the Interim
Heavyweight title, Mir found Lesnar in the crowd and shouted at him
"You've got my belt." Due to a knee injury to Mir, the title
unification match with Lesnar that was originally slated to be the UFC 98 main
event was postponed.[135] Lesnar
won the postponed rematch with Mir at UFC 100 on
July 11, 2009, via technical knockout in the second round. The win earned
Lesnar Beatdown of the Year honors, withAnderson Silva, from Sherdog for
2009.[136] During
his post-match celebration, Lesnar flipped off the
crowd who had been booing him. Lesnar also made a disparaging comment about the
pay-per-view's primary sponsor Bud Light, claiming they "won't pay me
nothin'" and promoted Coors Light instead.
Lesnar later apologized for his remarks at the post-fight press conference,
where he held a bottle of Bud Light and endorsed their product.[137]
In
January 2009, Lesnar signed an endorsement deal with Dymatize Nutrition. A compact disc (CD)
containing training footage of Lesnar was included with boxes of Dymatize Xpand
and Energized Xpand.[138]
On
July 1, 2009, it was reported that the winner of the Shane Carwin vs. Cain Velasquez fight at UFC 104 would
face Lesnar but the match was scrapped and Lesnar was scheduled to defend his
belt against Shane Carwin atUFC 106 on November 21.[139] On
October 26, 2009, it was announced that Lesnar pulled out of his Carwin bout
due to an illness. UFC President Dana White said
Lesnar had been ill for three weeks, claiming he had never been this sick in
his life and that it would take him a while to recover; his fight with Carwin
was rescheduled forUFC 108 on January 2, 2010.[140] Lesnar
initially sought treatment in Canada but later told reporters that he had
received "Third World treatment" at a hospital in Brandon, Manitoba, and that seeking better
treatment in the USA saved his life. Lesnar, who describes himself as a
conservative and supporter of the Republican Party, went on to criticize
Canadian health care further and stated that he shared his experience in an
effort to speak "on the behalf of the doctors in the United States that
don't want health
care reform to happen
and neither do I."[141]
On
November 4, it was confirmed that Lesnar was suffering from mononucleosis and that his bout with Carwin would
have to wait a bit longer and the fight for Lesnar's heavyweight championship
was cancelled.[142] On
November 14, at the UFC 105 post-fight
conference, Dana White stated, "[Lesnar]'s not well and he's not going to
be getting well anytime soon" and that an interim title match might need
to be set up.[143] In
addition to mononucleosis, it was revealed that he was suffering from a serious
case of diverticulitis, an intestinal disorder, which
required surgery.[144] After
further diagnosis, Lesnar underwent surgery on November 16 to close a
perforation in his intestine that had been leaking fecal matter into
his abdomen, causing pain, abscesses, and overtaxing his immune system to
the point that he contracted mononucleosis. From the level of damage to
Lesnar's system, the surgeon estimated that the intestinal condition had been
ongoing for around a year.[145]
In
January 2010, Lesnar announced on ESPN's SportsCenter that he was scheduled to make a return
to the UFC in the summer.[146] A
match between Frank Mir and Shane Carwin took
place on March 27 at UFC 111 to
determine the Interim Heavyweight Champion, and Lesnar's next opponent.[147] Carwin
defeated Mir via knockout in the first round, becoming the new Interim
Champion. After the fight, Brock came into the ring and stated "It was a
good fight but he's wearing a belt that's a make believe belt. I've got the
real championship belt."[148]
Lesnar
faced Shane Carwin at UFC 116 to
unify the heavyweight titles.[149] Early
in the first round, Carwin knocked Lesnar down with punch, gave him a cut above
his left eye, and used a ground and pound attack the rest of the round. In the
next round, Lesnar was able to take Carwin down, attain a full mount, then move
into side-control and finish the fight with an arm triangle choke. With the
victory, Lesnar became the Undisputed UFC Heavyweight Champion, earning his
first Submission Of The Night and giving Carwin his first loss.
Lesnar's
next defense was against undefeated top contender Cain Velasquez on October 23, at the Honda Center in
Anaheim, California at UFC 121.[150] Dana
White announced via SportsNation that the UFC would bring backUFC Primetime to hype the fight.[151] He
was defeated by Velasquez for the title by TKO in the first round.[152]
On
January 11, 2011, Lesnar was announced as a coach of The Ultimate
Fighter Season 13, opposite Junior dos Santos,[153] with
the two expected to fight on June 11 at UFC 131,[154] however,
he was struck with another bout of diverticulitis and had to withdraw from the
bout on May 12.[155] He
was replaced by Shane Carwin who
lost against dos Santos at UFC 131.[156]
Lesnar
underwent surgery on May 27 to help battle his problems with diverticulitis.
Dana White said that he had a 12-inch piece of his colon removed.[12]
ESPN
The Magazine, in its May 2011 issue, did a story listing the highest paid
athlete based on base salary and earnings for the most recent calendar year or
most recent season in 30 sports. Lesnar topped the list for MMA at
$5.3 million, which included his reported bout salaries and estimated
pay-per-view bonuses.[157]
In
the summer of 2011. Lesnar announced that he was ready to get back into the
Octagon, stating that "I feel like a new man. Healthy. Strong. I feel like
I used to feel."[158] His
return match was scheduled to be at UFC 141 on
December 30 in Las Vegas against former Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem.[159] Overeem
would win the fight by way of technical knockout in the first round.[160][161] The
result of the fight is very controversial as Overeem later tested positive for
elevated levels of testosterone prior to his next scheduled fight.[162] After
the defeat, Lesnar announced his retirement from MMA, mentioning his struggles
with diverticulitisand saying "tonight was the
last time you'll see me in the octagon".[160][161]
Speculation
about a possible Lesnar return to MMA lasted three years until 2015. In early
2015, Lesnar started training for a return to the UFC, and said he was offered
a deal "10 times" more than what he had made previously in his MMA
career. After two months of training, Lesnar opted to re-sign with WWE and
officially closed the door on a return to MMA, stating that while training he
felt "physically great, but something was lacking mentally".[163][164] In
addition, Lesnar eplained on an interview with SportsCenter that "I'm an
older caveman now, so I make smarter caveman decisions." suggesting that
Lesnar understands he has a wife and three kids to take care of, as well as
choosing to sign with WWE rather than MMA because he can "work part time
with full time pay."[165]
|
Brock Lesnar
|
|
|
Born
|
|
|
Residence
|
|
|
Nationality
|
|
|
Height
|
|
|
Weight
|
266 lb (121 kg; 19 st 0 lb)
|
|
Division
|
|
|
Reach
|
81 in (206 cm)
|
|
Style
|
|
|
Stance
|
|
|
Fighting out of
|
Alexandria, Minnesota
|
|
Team
|
DeathClutch Gym
|
|
Trainer
|
|
|
Wrestling
|
|
|
Years active
|
2007–2011 (MMA)
|
|
Total
|
8
|
|
Wins
|
5
|
|
By knockout
|
2
|
|
By submission
|
2
|
|
By decision
|
1
|
|
Losses
|
3
|
|
By knockout
|
2
|
|
By submission
|
1
|
|
Other information
|
|
|
University
|
|
|
Spouse
|
|
|
last updated on: September 5, 2011
|
|
No comments:
Post a Comment