Brock Lesnar video UFC 87: 'Heath Herring fails under pressure'

If Herring fold under pressure, then this fight is a lock for Lesnar to win. I dont think theres a HW who will pressure as much as Lesnar? And Ive also been saying for a while that it would suck if Lesnar had no chin!

I don’t see Herring foldin’ under pressure. He’s fought the best in the business. Brock really wouldn’t be somethin’ new for him. The question really here is that if Brock has new tricks in the bag so as to confuse Herring…You know what I mean? Like HErring has already saw almost everythin’ from fighters. From cans to the top of the foodchain, this guy has seen it all. the thing is, he hasn’t seen anythin’ like Brock so far IMO…

Brock wont have any tools that could surprise Herring. THe questions are:

can Brock Control and POund out Herring on sheer FOrce, and Brute Strength? Will Hearing be able to deal with his combination of size and athleticism?

Can Brock’s chin hold up? Unless Brock immediately shoots (which he probably will like the Mir fight), Herring has pretty good stand up and I would actually like to see Brock’s chin tested by a Herring Punch or a knee.

If THe fight drags on, What kind of Cardio does Brock have?

These are all questions that sooner or later will need to be answered about Lesnar. Hopefully this fight can shed some light on a few questions.

Well I guess the only thing that could surprise Herring at this point is Brock’s sheer strength and agility for a guy his size. That sums up the contents of Brock’s tricks in the bag I think, hehe!!

u r right Negation. He will have to surprise and beat Herring obn strength and athletic ability which is very possible.

John, Lenar shot righ in on Mir at the start of the fight. Then after the BS back of the head call, 3 consecutive hammer fists with no warnings does not constitute a standup and point deduction, and they got stood back up, Brock dropped Mir with a straight right.

Call me crazy, but I think that the heavier, a little out of shape Heath Herring would have a better chance than the new slimmed down version.

I see the same sort of thing happening here, with Lesnar taking Herring down and finding that Herring is a lot more experienced than he thinks. The eventually get back up and throw some bombs but IMO Lesnars sheer athleticism will get into Herrings head if he can’t push the pace before Lesnar does. I like Herring based on KO Kiss but as it has been stated he had his chance against the best and flopped, its time for some new blood. John I replied to your post in the Couture thread

Maybe u r right. Herring has to Crack him if he wants any chance of winning! All I know is if Herring cant at least slow down or delay being taken down, he will be in for a LONG night!

Negation and john, it shouldn’t be a surprise to Herring at all, as Lesnar’s main weapons that anyone knows of are his size, strength and quickness. Although, it might be one thing to see a tape of it, it could be something else entirely to have it coming at you in person! I know this is supposed to be a “new” Crazy Horse, but it better be light years ahead of the old model. I just can’t see him enforcing his will on Lesnar, who I think will win via TKO late first round.

Cogito, u missed my response to your response. Check it out its still under the scorpion king thread!

Yep I got the response back thanks, I didn’t realize that posting the sites was moderating you so that my fault for not simply asking instead of implying. Won’t happen again. Like I told Kevin in another tread I like all the blogs and the news and such, it was just bothering me I couldn’t check a lot of this stuff for myself. Thanks for the sites as well I didn’t know of a couple of them

No problem Cogito, and if you need sites that provide video’s of mma fights, I have found myvideofight.com and mmasraps.com to be the best!

Again regards, I’ve been using MMAlinker which is pretty good as well.

B.W. I agree here, its like this is what Herring will be saying after the fight.

“I’ve faced one guy who was bigger than Brock. Then I faced another guy who was as strong as him. Then I faced another guy who was as fast and explosive as him. And I faced a wrestler that was better than him. Turns out when you put that stuff into one guy its something I’ve never faced before…”

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Good point…. Couture is the exception in a lot of things including being a very good 45yr old champion. Thank you for your comment… Not a Brock hater just think he is fighting too many good fighters too soon.

You really don’t consider 35 as bein’ in the late 30’s…Randy Couture fought his 1st MMA fight at age 33.

KEYS to Victory:

Brock:

-Avoid standing up with Herring as much as possible. Take him down right away!

-Once Brock gets the takedown its crucial that Brock controls Herring from rolling out of bad positions. Herring is a master at rolling out of positions on the ground and creating scrambles. If Brock doesnt control him, in a scramble, Herring could catch Brock in a bad position and slap on a submission.

-Stay Under control! He gets his adrenaline pumping and just goes Bezerk as soon as the fight starts, which is cool but he has to stay under control while trying to pound out Herring so that he doesnt punch himself out or leave a leg or arm out there for Herring to catch a submission on!

Herring:

-KEEP THE FIGHT STANDING! If he just gets taken down at will, it will be a very long, or should I say short night for Herring. No one has seen Brock’s chin, so Herring has to try and test it. His confidence will grown and Brocks will diminish every second that the fight remains standing.

-come in with the same conditioning that he had in the Kongo fight. If he doesnt, he will have nO SHOT whatsoever!

-He BETTER HAVE improved takedown defense. Kongo is anything but a good wrestler and Cheik was taking him down at will. I know that Heath wasnt anticipating takedowns in that fight but through out his career, Heath has never shown good take down defense. That has to change if he wants to have any chance at winning this fight. His best chance of winning is to come into the with in great shape and drag the fight out as long as possible, since Brock hasnt fought more then 10 minutes through out his entire mma career.

-Create scrambles by rolling out of bad positions on the ground. He needs to create scrambles to get brock in a bad position and capitalize by catching him in a submission or standing back up. If he could some how sweep Brock and put him on his back, Brock may be like a fish out of water, but I wou7ldnt count on that scenario.

THis should be a good one!

I hope your right. I could see it going either way but I definitely rooting for Lesnar.

The only way to submit Lesnar is the way Mir did — with an ankle lock or knee lock. He has no neck to get an arm around, and his arms and shoulders are just too massive. There are maybe 5 HWs in the world who could have pulled off the sub that Mir did.

its a midwest accent thing. you wouldn’t understand.

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I liked Mr. Fixit, he was deviously smart. Brain and brawns.