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Between WWE runs, Brock Lesnar had a whole other career where he used his freakish strength and athleticism to actually dominate professional fighters the way he dominated John Cena in the theatre of professional wrestling recently at SummerSlam. While diverticulitis cut his career short, all of his fights are an interesting look at what happens when you throw a freak of nature in the Octagon.
Lesnar is exactly that – a physical freak of nature built like a Sherman tank. He was also a decorated collegiate wrestler who in his college days would become champion in the Big 10 conference in the U.S. twice (the Big 10 is the oldest Division 1 athletic conference in the U.S.). All told in his college career Lesnar was a two-time Njcaa All-American, the 1998 Njcaa Heavyweight Champion, a two-time Ncaa All-American, two-time Big Ten Conference Champion, and the 2000 Ncaa heavyweight...
Between WWE runs, Brock Lesnar had a whole other career where he used his freakish strength and athleticism to actually dominate professional fighters the way he dominated John Cena in the theatre of professional wrestling recently at SummerSlam. While diverticulitis cut his career short, all of his fights are an interesting look at what happens when you throw a freak of nature in the Octagon.
Lesnar is exactly that – a physical freak of nature built like a Sherman tank. He was also a decorated collegiate wrestler who in his college days would become champion in the Big 10 conference in the U.S. twice (the Big 10 is the oldest Division 1 athletic conference in the U.S.). All told in his college career Lesnar was a two-time Njcaa All-American, the 1998 Njcaa Heavyweight Champion, a two-time Ncaa All-American, two-time Big Ten Conference Champion, and the 2000 Ncaa heavyweight...
- 9/1/2014
- by Jay Anderson
- Obsessed with Film
Monday night Raw 18th March, 2002. A three way match is being contested for the now defunct Hardcore Championship. The ring is a mess, garbage cans, road signs, kendo sticks, bodies are littered amongst the ring but that is before the real devastation is truly about to begin. From out of the crowd appears this monster, the size of a heavyweight and with the agility of a cruiserweight he performs his repertoire of devastating moves, laying waste to the three participants. Stood in the ring amongst the carnage ex Ecw boss Paul Heyman raises the beasts hand. The The Next Big Thing has arrived.
The next big thing had most certainly arrived, although Lesnars career was a short one it was a highly accomplished and rewarding. He captured the WWE Championship no less than three times, became the youngest competitor ever to hold the title (at the time) won the King of the Ring...
The next big thing had most certainly arrived, although Lesnars career was a short one it was a highly accomplished and rewarding. He captured the WWE Championship no less than three times, became the youngest competitor ever to hold the title (at the time) won the King of the Ring...
- 4/9/2012
- by Andrew Smith
- Obsessed with Film
On December 30, 2011 at Ufc 141, Brock Lesnar entered the octagon for the eighth time against Alistair Overeem (36-11). Two minutes, twenty six seconds, and a liver kick later, the fight and Lesnar’s career were over.
In the post-match interview with Rogan, Lesnar humbly declared his retirement after two tough years of illness, surgery, and successive losses. He was an Ncaa champion, a professional wrestler, a failed football player, and now a retired cage fighter.
Its now our job to figure out what Brock and his short, but enigmatic career actually meant.
The Fighter
Brock is a free style wrestler. Or perhaps I should say, “was” because the last time he wrestled competitively prior to joining the Ufc was way back in 2000 when he was an All-American and National Champion for the Minnesota Golden Gophers. And nothing says bad ass like a gopher. Especially the golden ones.
With a 106-5 record in college and junior college,...
In the post-match interview with Rogan, Lesnar humbly declared his retirement after two tough years of illness, surgery, and successive losses. He was an Ncaa champion, a professional wrestler, a failed football player, and now a retired cage fighter.
Its now our job to figure out what Brock and his short, but enigmatic career actually meant.
The Fighter
Brock is a free style wrestler. Or perhaps I should say, “was” because the last time he wrestled competitively prior to joining the Ufc was way back in 2000 when he was an All-American and National Champion for the Minnesota Golden Gophers. And nothing says bad ass like a gopher. Especially the golden ones.
With a 106-5 record in college and junior college,...
- 1/1/2012
- by Robert Curtis
- Obsessed with Film
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