Brock Lesnar is Friggin’ Huge But I could Take him…
22 August 2008
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- Brock Lesnar Makin’ the Catch
Before gaining prominence in WWE, Lesnar was an accomplished amateur wrestler, and won the 2000 NCAA wrestling championship. In WWE, Lesnar was the 2002 King of the Ring, and won the 2003 Royal Rumble. He is also a three-time WWE Champion, and is the second youngest WWE Champion in history.
After leaving WWE in 2004, Lesnar pursued a career in the NFL. He played for the Minnesota Vikings, before being cut from the team for no-showing at practices due to injuries.
Lesnar returned to professional wrestling at the end of 2005, and joined New Japan Pro Wrestling, where he won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship in his first wrestling match since leaving the WWE. He was stripped of the title in July 2005, although he held the physical belt until June 2007.
Lesnar started a career in Mixed Martial Arts, and had his first match, in June 2007. He has since signed with Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
During UFC 77, it was announced that Brock Lesnar had reached a deal to fight with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).73 On February 2, 2008, Lesnar made his debut with the promotion in an event titled UFC 81 against former UFC Heavyweight Champion, Frank Mir. Lesnar secured an early takedown, but was deducted a point for hitting Mir at 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.
I love it when wrestlers go from one discipline to another, picking up different techinques along the way. Kind of sucks that Lesnar had to get into pro wrestling though… Not a big fan.
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