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Brock Lesnar was already an enormous star main into UFC 100 means again in July 2009, however his continued rivalry with Frank Mir solely helped to develop his MMA legend.
A 12 months prior, Mir has rapidly submitted the wrestler with a tough kneebar from his again. The previous and future WWE Celebrity would rapidly rebound with a pair of wins over Heath Herring and Randy Couture to seize UFC gold, however Mir picked up an interim title by knocking out Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira in the identical interval. Identical to that, the rematch was lined up and set atop the marquee UFC 100 occasion.
The struggle itself was one-sided. Although Mir survived into the second, he had no actual reply for Lesnar’s wrestling, unbelievable energy, and paint can-sized fists. Lesnar grounded Mir in each rounds and smashed his face bloody for one of many extra iconic moments in UFC historical past.
The struggle may be seen within the above video participant in full. Given we’re nonetheless two weeks away from the subsequent UFC occasion, the timing is ideal for a throwback title conflict! Actually, the one bummer about this video is that Lesnar’s legendary post-fight interview — which featured him butt horseshoes, mild beer preferences, and risqué night plans — has been reduce off.
At any fee, 2009 was an terrible very long time in the past. Brock Lesnar hasn’t competed since 2016 and returned to skilled wrestling. Frank Mir hasn’t fought since 2019, however he did not too long ago signal with the retirement house referred to as International Struggle League and may very well be competing once more in 2025.
Only for enjoyable: the place would you rank a PRIME Brock Lesnar within the trendy Heavyweight standings?
Insomnia
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In Sam Sheridan’s 2010 e book A Fighter’s Thoughts — a wonderful learn for any struggle fan and/or athlete — there’s a piece that discusses aid being the commonest response to a loss.
Light-weight banger alert!
One wonders what number of of these kilos are straight stomach.
Doo Ho Choi vs. Bryce Mitchell is unquestionably the struggle to make.
Wild stuff taking place over on this planet of slap.
Slips, rips, and KO clips
This knockout nearly seems to be faux, however it will take a Hollywood A-lister to drag off the knee collapsing on itself fairly like that.
Cung Le is a kind of guys who doesn’t get a lot love these days, however the Sanshou fighter was positively a particular athlete throughout his peak.
Keep in mind how lengthy it took France to legalize MMA? Take into consideration that whereas watching the beneath clip.
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