A very interesting article has been posted about Former WWE Champion and
current UFC World Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar on YAHOO!
SPORTS.
In the story, MMA reporter Ken Pishna examines "the new Brock" versus "the
old Brock."
It will have been nearly a year and a half since Brock Lesnar
submitted to Frank Mir’s kneebar at UFC 81 in February of 2008 – the fight that
marked Lesnar’s UFC debut when the two rematch at UFC 101 on July
11.
And this time when they meet, the stakes will be much higher. Each
now owns a piece of heavyweight championship real estate. Lesnar is the UFC
heavyweight champion, having bested Randy Couture with his heavy hands and
destructive knees. Mir is the interim champion. He earned the designation by
doing something no one had ever done before; knocking out then interim champ
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, at a time when Couture’s UFC title and status were
still up in the air.
With a professional record of a mere 3-1, Lesnar’s level of
experience is the easy target… and one which Mir has latched on to.
“I think that a lot of people realize that he was only 1-1, he had a
.500 record in the UFC when he got a title shot,” the interim champ commented to
MMA Weekly recently. “So I think the more that he can
scream about my belt, people maybe don’t look at his.”
Misdirection may be a strategy that Mir sees coming out of Camp
Lesnar, but Lesnar’s lead trainer, Greg Nelson of Minnesota Martial Arts
Academy, believes there’s a lot more to the champion than his experience
belies.
“Brock’s an entirely different fighter. He’s grown leaps and bounds
in the skill level. He’s going to be a wiser fighter. He’s going to be more
well-rounded,” Nelson stated. “It’s going to be an entirely different Brock when
he goes in there.”
Mir and Lesnar were initially slated for the rematch to happen at UFC
98 later this month. Mir, however, had to undergo minor surgery to repair the
meniscus in his knee, putting off their date until July.
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