Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Brock Lesnar: UFC Monster


Brock Lesnar is 6'3, 265 lbs of pure muscles and has a reach of 81 inches. He also wears a 4XL UFC gloves. Lesnar started a career in mixed martial arts and had his first fight in June 2007. He then signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship in October 2007. On February 2, 2008, Lesnar made his debut with the promotion in an event titled UFC 81:Breaking Point against former UFC Heavyweight Champion, Frank Mir. Lesnar made an early takedown, but was deducted one point for hitting Mir on the back of the head.Following another takedown by Lesnar, Mir managed to secure a kneebar and force a submission with only 1:30 left in the first round.

He then went on to fight Heath Herring which was a very standard fight but lesnar won by unanimous decision.

Lesnar's next opponent was Randy Couture for the UFC Heavyweight Championship at UFC 91:Couture vs Lesnar on November 15. Lesnar beat Couture via a technical knockout in Round 2, becoming the UFC Heavyweight Champion.

Then Lesnar won the rematch with Frank Mir for the UFC Heavyweight Championship at UFC 100 on July 11, 2009. During his post-match celebration, Lesnar flipped off an aggresive crowd which had been booing the decision, buried the PPV's primary sponsor Bud Light, promoting Coors Light instead, and implied he would have sex with his wife after the show. He would later apologize for his actions in his post-fight press conference, where he held a bottle of Bud Light.

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