Brock Lesnar vs Frank Mir 2 booked for UFC 98 in Las Vegas
by MMAmania.com on Jan 22, 2009 10:45 PM EST
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The final round of the mini heavyweight tournament set up to declare an undisputed division champion will take place at UFC 98 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 23.
Reigning champion Brock Lesnar will lock hamhocks with Frank Mir for the second time in the main event of the blockbuster pay-per-view (PPV) event, which is sure to be the second -- if not the biggest -- show of 2009 for the promotion.
In fact, with the drawing power of Lesnar, combined with the interest in seeing if he can exact revenge against the Brazilian jiu-jitsu specialist after a "controversial" first encounter, has all the ingredients to be the most-watched event ever in the 15-year history of the organization.
Lesnar and Mir first met at UFC 81: "Breaking Point" in February 2008. Mir locked in a fight-ending kneebar in the very first round; however, prior to the stoppage, Lesnar had Mir on ropes and almost
out with a barrage of unanswered and powerful blows.
The man in charge of the action that night, referee Steve Mazzagatti, pulled Lesnar off Mir because of illegal blows to the back of the head. "The Next Big Thing" was docked a point for the infractions, and when the fight was restarted, Mir was able to pull off the electric victory.
Mir went on to earn a spot as coach The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 8 as a result of the big win (literally and figuratively) opposite then interim division champion Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira. The pair was then scheduled to fight for the interim title, which was still in a limbo of sorts after Randy Couture walked away from the organization because of a contract dispute, at UFC 92: "The Ultimate 2008" on Dec. 27 after the show wrapped.
Lesnar -- a decorated amateur wrestler and former World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) superstar -- went on to face mixed martial arts veteran Heath Herring at UFC 87: "Seek and Destroy" in August. It was just his third professional bout since making the transition to the sport and only the second inside the Octagon. Herring was a 41-fight veteran who had competed all over the world.
In short, it was another stiff test for Lesnar right out of the gate. He passed it with flying colors, earning a convincing unanimous decision. And, in the process, a big money championship match against Couture at UFC 91 that same year when "The Natural" decided to return.
He went on to defeat Couture via second round technical knockout, which didn't sit well with too many MMA purists, including Mir. It was the first leg of the mini tournament to declare an undisputed division kingpin -- Mir and Nogueira would still face off in the other side of the bracket.
On New Year's Eve weekend Mir and Nogueira -- widely regarded as among the top fighters in the sport for year -- finally collided. Mir was a massive underdog, but it didn't appear to be that way when the opening horn sounded to start the match. He peppered Noguiera with a stiff jab and landed several uppercuts that knocked the resilient Brazilian to the mat on numerous occasions.
Then, in the second round, Mir did what no man before him ever had, finishing the legendary Nogueira for the first time in his prestigious career. And he did it with crisp stand up and not his bread and butter, the submission game.
So here we are finally ready to write the final chapter in this long and unpredictable tale on May 23. There's currently no way of knowing how it will all end, but rest assured that it will very interesting to witness before, during and after all the action unravels on fight night.
Guaranteed.
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Why am I not looking forward to this?
by BAH-TEE-STAH! BAH-TEE-STAH! on Jan 22, 2009 10:49 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Maybe you’re dead inside. This is the first fight on Brock’s road to shutting all the haters up. This is a way better main event than we are getting in Montreal. Brock takes this fight by verbal tap in the first round.
by jay on Jan 22, 2009 10:54 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe they’ll beef up the Montreal card by bringing Starnes in. Wishful thinking maybe.
by Duff on Jan 22, 2009 10:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
QUESTION FOR ALL THE MANIACS: What do you think the odds for this fight will be? Violentmike is pretty good at predicting fight odds….what do u guys think?
By the way, Violentmike is a Fraud who doesnt even like mma! He isnt ordering Affliction this weekend because he will be busy watching the WWE Royal Rumble!
Violentmike’s favorite mma fighter is the Undertaker! Lmao! I saw those cheap shots you threw at me the other day Mike. Did you think I wasnt going to FIre back?
by john on Jan 23, 2009 11:17 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
There probably won’t be a value play on this one. The best case scenario is Lesnar minus-140 Mir plus-110. It will probably be Lesnar -125, Mir -110.
by PW on Jan 23, 2009 1:18 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
“Maybe you’re dead inside”…. perfect response and agree with your post 100%.
by Psyqo78!!!!!!!!!!!!!®™ on Jan 22, 2009 11:19 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think beating Randy should shut the haters up.
by iagoof22 on Jan 22, 2009 11:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The co-main events are rumored to be A.Silva vs. Leites and Chuck vs. Shogun. I look forward to seeing what Lesnar decides to do in this fight. He will dictate where it takes place so I wonder what he plans to do. I am looking forward to seeing the Spider live though.
by jay on Jan 23, 2009 12:03 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Those are still 2 pretty damn good fights. I certainly wouldn’t mind seeing them live.
by naturalshadow on Jan 23, 2009 2:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
though i despise lesnar, you cant deny his drawing power. the ufc is a business and he’s making them a lot of money…unfortunately
by connor on Jan 23, 2009 12:17 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
because you love wwe,and you dont know jack sh*t about mma.
by rustedface on Jan 22, 2009 10:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
True that…And Batista is scared sh!tless of Goldberg.
by Syd[a.k.a. "The Negation"] on Jan 22, 2009 11:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
This shit shouldn’t even be allowed on this site.
by iagoof22 on Jan 22, 2009 11:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Because you already know who’s going to win. LESNAR VIA DEATH. Mir only has his submissions against Brock, and they wont work this time.
by Liddell-Marquardt-GSP-Sherk on Jan 22, 2009 11:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
how can you say that though? there s quite a few “ifs” in this fight, 1 IF frank mir shows up the same way he did against nogueira,and IF he works his boxing game and dances around he wins BUT on the otherside IF brock lands that big shot to start off and gets out of the gates first he can slow frank down and take his confidence away and IF brock lesnar uses his brain and not panics he wins this fight..
my pick is lesnar by UD
by randy murders on Jan 22, 2009 11:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Frank Mir looked good against Nog because Nog just stood there and ate punches. Frank could turn the same way against Lesner but Lesner will not be the punching bag Nog was he will without doubt take Mir out. Mir looked impressive because Nog was that bad. When Lesner beats Mir, Mir will slip back the rankings where he belongs. I have always thought Mir was overrated, and I have seen nothing to change my mind. I not actually a Lesner fan (as far as I am concerned it was his size and strength that beat Randy nothing else, if the were equal in that area, Lesner would not have made it out of the first round) but I will be hoping that he beats Mir right back out of the top five where he belongs.
by Ade on Jan 23, 2009 6:33 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
ADe: I couldnt agree more! Mir is one of the most over rated UFC creations of all time!
by john on Jan 23, 2009 8:32 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
KEV and JOHN and OTHERS PLANNING ON ATTENDING THE TRIP, UFC 98 being late May makes UFC 100 fit right into our summer timeline…..
by ViolentMike on Jan 23, 2009 9:54 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah everyone already knows who’s gonna win because we all know that this fight is fixed to try and make it look like Brock Lesnar is some new superstar. Dana is paying off Mir to take a dive in this one so that Brock can attain stardom. Same way Big Nog was paid off to lose to Mir so that the Lesnar vs. Mir 2 rematch can happen. I mean come on Big Nog has never been knocked out and all of sudden Frank Mir who has NEVER been noted for his standup knocks him out. Fedor would demolish Lesnar and the only reason that Dana offers the Fedor vs. Lesnar fight is because he knows that Fedor won’t sign with the UFC and if Fedor did sign with the UFC then he would be happy to let Lesnar loose (because Fedor won’t take a payoff) and let Fedor be the star that he is but in the UFC.
by ~MMA~GURU~ on Jan 23, 2009 6:19 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You sound like yo really believe all that WWE pre planned result stuff is going down in the UFC. Nog could have possibly got beaten by Herring, Nog was even worse agains Tim Sylvia in his next fight and I got slated for saying that Tim Sylvia could have won that fight if he had any balls and did not always try to go for a safe descision. Mir just did exactly what I thought Sylvia could have done if did not always try to play it safe. Nog has steadily gotten worse in his last three fights even though he won the last two. I do not think that Mir was any better than Herring or Sylvia, he was just smarter.
by Ade on Jan 23, 2009 6:41 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Mir/Lesnar II
Matt Hughes vs. Matt Serra
Sean Sherk vs. Frankie Edgar..
this is gonna be a fantastic card!
by Joe Piervincenti on Jan 22, 2009 11:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
not really…hughes and serra – - WHO CARES! really though this fight is so dumb….and Sherk/Edgar is goin to be similiar to Edgar/Maynard with Sherk just holding him down and beating him senseless. And i think Brock Lesnar is 1 of them 10 that will demolish Mir.
by newfie on Jan 23, 2009 7:37 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Too many wrestlers on this card for my taste!
by john on Jan 23, 2009 8:29 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
lol Matt Hughes vs Matt Serra that fights a joke, Serra’s gonna get rocked.
by BMO on Jan 23, 2009 8:50 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I agree with Joe, it does look like a good card, at least on paper.
by naturalshadow on Jan 23, 2009 2:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Proberbly cos it marks the start of a heavyweight wresstler that will proberbly dominate this whole weight group soley relying on his ability to lie ontop for the duration of the bout ( thats when he is not blindly swinging uncontroled punches that cost him points) the only reason he got the title shot was ufc polatics it wasnt earnt which is why alot of people dont respect him.
by G star on Feb 11, 2009 12:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
as far as brock not earning the shot… to be fair, he had as many wins as couture did before he got his first title shot. And he proved he deserved by WINNING, plain and simple. How can a guy capable of defeating the champ not be worthy of a shot?
by captain on Feb 19, 2009 4:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
But here’s the issue Brock said if he was in the other heavyweights shoes he would be irritated too that this new guy with a name behind him comes in and gets a title shot. What was Brock supposed to do not take the fight that was offered him? Then everyone would just call him a coward. He took the fight and won so shut up because he didn’t make anyone give him the fight. I don’t understand why people hate Lesnar because he got a title shot so soon, it wasn’t his doings… Trying thinking first before being a blind hater. And G star this is not directed specifically at you I have just seen many of these some responses.
by Edge Crusher on Mar 2, 2009 11:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Brock’s gonna KTFO Mir’s big ego..Hammer fists from hell round 3.
by daftmania on Jan 22, 2009 10:49 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Brock ain’t gonna make the same mistake against Murr..
by daftmania on Jan 22, 2009 10:53 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Brock still has a big weight advantage, but not enough. Mir has beat him once, just beat Nog, and ready to come back as the Mir before the accident. Look for an armbar the second round. Mir is the real champ anyways.
by Bluepit on Jan 22, 2009 11:01 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
He won’t be come May.
by Psyqo78!!!!!!!!!!!!!®™ on Jan 22, 2009 11:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
lol yeah i see mir throwing up those submissions but he wont be successful with them
by randy murders on Jan 22, 2009 11:53 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Actually Brock is the real champ since he beat Couture who was the real champ. Mir is the Interim Chump. Get it right!
by ProKev on Jan 22, 2009 11:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Actually Couture retired over a year before his fight with Brock and he said himself that Nog is the real champ and he gave the belt up. It is only because of “the big pay per view” the UFC gave him his title back. Couture is the man, but at that time WAS NOT the champ. Get it right D-bag!
by Bluepit on Jan 23, 2009 12:47 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Couture only retired after the Chuck Liddel loss. He never said he retired the second time around after beating Gonzaga… He was trying to get out of his UFC contract if you remember but wasn’t retired.
UFC never stripped him of his belt due to legal reasons therefore he was still the man. The heavyweight division was in limbo so they made up a belt and called it the interim champ and that’s what Mir now has. But Brock has the real belt.
Couture may have said Nog was the man because he is a humble person that doesn’t like to talk crap but we all know it was Randy Couture. Lets put it this way, if Couture beat Lesnar, then everyone would agree Couture is the man, but since Lesnar won, every so called MMA “Purist” is having a panic attack. Get over it! Lesnar is the man.
Whether you like it or you don’t like it, learn to live with it, because Brock Lesnar is the best thing going today. (In the UFC Heavyweight division only)
by ProKev on Jan 23, 2009 1:58 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Easy to see you are a pro wrestling fan with that attempt at a Ric Flair impression.Anyone who knows anything about MMA knows that Brock is too inexperienced to carry the division yet and the longer he remains champ it just makes the UFC look bad.He’ll be a dominant champ some day no doubt but he’s not there yet.
Mir to win-Don’t care how just as long as it happens for the good of the sport.
by john on Jan 23, 2009 8:10 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That post was not written by the real JOHN. Change your name yo impostor!
Brock is going to beat the crap out of Mir. He is going to keep the fight standing and Knock Mir the F out!
by john on Jan 23, 2009 8:31 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Will the real slim Johnny please stand up! Please stand up! lol I didn’t know you could have the same name on here! That sucks!
by Dana's a Crossdresser on Jan 23, 2009 9:33 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
doesnt it!~ I know my name is Generic, but that me…everyone knows JOHN, so to late to change it now. I wish mania would include a feature that keeps people from using the same name as an already exsisting blogger!
by john on Jan 23, 2009 10:34 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yo dudes, maybe there is more than one John in the world that posts on here. Maybe the REAL John should change his name to, I dunno, theREALjohn, since he gets angry about it alot.
by Synyster [[2009 Year of Gegard Mousasi]] on Jan 23, 2009 10:57 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I have been on this site for years now, why should I have to change my name? I got seniority on this site OVER the fake JOhn’s…let them change their name. I used to use Johnstradamus occasionally, but then Jesse holland swagger jacked me and I stopped picking 80% winners, so they name doesnt fit anymore!
Including a feature to keep people from using duplicate names, wouldnt be all that difficult.
Synyster, how would you like it If I used your name? U r pretty well known on this site….would you want someone using your name, and posting the opposite of what you are thinking?
by john on Jan 23, 2009 11:14 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m just saying man, John is a pretty common name. I think if someone used my name, as long as it is, it would be pretty much blatant trolling going on. But yeah, two guys using “john” on the same site, and not even claiming to be the “real” john, should be too much of a problem. But whatever.
And john, please don’t use my name. lol.
by Synyster [[2009 Year of Gegard Mousasi]] on Jan 23, 2009 12:08 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t understand why it would make the UFC look bad. Yes, I was a pro wrestling fan growing up. But I’ve also been watching the UFC since UFC 1. I am actually a fan of MMA a lot more now but I must say I laugh everytime I see the term “MMA purist”. This is not a sport like baseball that has been around for over 100 years were you can say something like that.
You say that Brock is too inexperienced to be a dominant champ? Well, what UFC heavyweight has been a dominant champ? I cannot recall a UFC heavyweight who has been able to successfully defend his title more than 2 times. Brock Lesnar is great for the UFC. He brings in a lot of fans and sells tickets. Have you ever seen a 275 pound man move that quickly? He is just awesome to watch.
by ProKev on Jan 23, 2009 6:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
mir is not fedor he will not be able 2 put a armbar on him. im not counting mir out but still thinklesnar wins.
couture only been KOed by chuck before he fought brock now he KOed him. mir alredy Koed 3 times in his career. lesnar wins by tko in 1st or not coming out of the corner for the third round.
by beast3000 on Jan 22, 2009 11:10 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Standing I see brock taking it with a knockout jab lol
Goes to the ground 50/50 either man tko or sub
by phenomenal angel on Jan 22, 2009 11:13 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I see brock keeping it standing and knocking good old murr’s head off .. despite the 3 puch combo that Mirr finally figured out and put 2 use on a punch drunk boxing bag named Big Nog
by Jakob on Jan 22, 2009 11:18 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Thinking back on their first fight, I can remember all the creeps coming out of the closet and suddenly professing their love for MMA, as if Brock was the beginning of the sport. Fans such as these were fallacious in their assumptions Brock would be anything other than a walking billboard for the UFC. In a way, he was the beginning of the sport for several uneducated basic cable watching WWE/WWF fans, but not for me. Friends of mine have been fortunate enough to train with Brock, who they claim has no jaw, as big as his head seems, while others claim Mir was “once” an amazing fighter…If you’re an MMA fan, you will be rooting for Mir and his camp, regardless of how much of a cocky s.o.b. you think him to be.
by Rancho Coocoo on Jan 22, 2009 11:18 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Right on my man.Mir can be a douche outside of the octagon but inside he’s just highly gifted and a much better fighter to represent the UFC as it’s champ.
by john on Jan 23, 2009 8:14 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
who were your friends that trained with brock? cause i know brock owns his own gym in Alexandria, MN, with the windows all blacked out and the only people that train with brock are the people that brock hand picks and invites into his gym. i actually know a couple of these people, so im just wondering which one is your friend…
by Andrew on Jan 23, 2009 9:30 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
yep. sounds like someone making a lot of “claims” to me. my buddy got train with brock a bit years ago before he went into the WWE at a wrestling camp in minnesota and said he was a great guy.
by kitsunex on Jan 23, 2009 1:53 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Why would Brock request to train with Couture – a wrestler who greatly improved his stand-up – in Las Vegas?
by Rancho Coocoo on Jan 23, 2009 6:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Did you really talk about a fallacious argument and then go on to use one of the most notorious fallacious arguments, Irrelevant Conclusion or more specifically “argument ad hominem?” Go back to philosophy 101. I and many of my friends are “true” MMA fans and will be cheering for Brock because I think he is insanely fun to watch and for those of you who only want to see kick boxing… GO FUCKING WATCH KICK BOXING! This is M M A, and there is no argument what so ever that Brock has ever done Lay and Pray. The only time people could make any case is the Herring fight and people that make that argument are either a hater or do not understand the fight game. If you watch Herring’s previous fights he is notorious for getting mounted and then going to his back and then rolling back into guard. Brock got on his back and did not let him roll into guard while at the same time Herring had wrist control on Brock and when he didn’t Brock devastated him with knees and fists. His face was messed up after the fight and it did not come from one punch. I guess what I am trying to say is you do not have to be a fan of Brock but don’t try and make shit up and become a hater just because its cool and after that trying getting clue!
by Edge Crusher on Mar 2, 2009 11:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
NO ONE IN MMA CAN BEAT MIR AT THIS MOMENT!!!!!!!!
by TOMMY-OUZO on Jan 22, 2009 11:23 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Well, only 10 other fighters on this planet that is…
by Syd[a.k.a. "The Negation"] on Jan 22, 2009 11:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
MMA fans have to have the shortest memories in the world. Mir looks good in one fight and he’s all of a sudden un-stoppable? Mir loses to Brock 9 times out of 10.
by jay on Jan 23, 2009 12:08 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
And to Arlovski and Fedor 11 times out of 10.
by jay on Jan 23, 2009 12:09 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Since when has Mir looked good in only one fight?
That’s what I want to know.
hahaha.
by Madnuts on Jan 23, 2009 12:33 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ok I will say that Mir looked pretty good before the accident, when he was younger. But post accident he doesn’t seem as co-ordinated. or something is just off about the way he moves, it’s not smooth. I’m not saying Lesnar is going to look any better but will win this fight. I’m not hating on Mir, I like them both about the same. I just don’t envision Lesnar making any dumb mistakes this time, but one mistake is all he has to make. Know what I mean?
by jay on Jan 23, 2009 1:33 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ok I’d like to see anyone move as well as they used to after a crash like Mir was in.Yeah he’s slower and not as smooth but fact is he’s come back from a crash that should have ended his career.How many think Brock could do it or anyone else for that matter.Fact is not many guys would come back like Mir did and yeah he hit a few bumps on the way and has had to work hard but I for one respect the man for that and all you Mir haters should start resecting him for it too.
by john on Jan 23, 2009 8:18 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I said in my posts that I like Mir ass much as Lesnar as a fighter, the guy is a douche though.
by jay on Jan 23, 2009 8:44 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
…THe REAL JOhn would never praise frank MIr!
by john on Jan 23, 2009 10:35 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Brock is much improved since the last time they fought. I think he will knock Frank all over the ring but this time he wont make the mistake of going to the ground and getting caught in a basic heel hook. Lesnar will keep it standing and win by knockout. The same as he did to Couture. Franks only hope will be to try and take him down and nobody has been able to yet.
by mike on Jan 22, 2009 11:26 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Brock’s gonna STFU Murr! The 1st one was a fluke, we all know that. Brock was still green. Now he’s ripe for the pickin’. I mean, he’s 100% ready for Mir.
Mir’s one-trick, 3-hit punch combo[w/c always ends with a right uppercut]will be of no use. Brock will just eat those for breakfast. The question here is, can Mir eat Brock’s straight right?[the same right that sent Herring rolling on the canvas across the octagon]…I don’t think so.
by Syd[a.k.a. "The Negation"] on Jan 22, 2009 11:35 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
that does kinda remind me of his style
by randy murders on Jan 23, 2009 12:23 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hulk Hogan would beat the hell out of all of them. Nothing beats the big leg drop!!
by Vinny Mac on Apr 5, 2009 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
God I hate seeing Lesnar win.
I hope Mir subs him.
Mir beat one of my idols, Nog, and that makes me have so much respect for him as a fighter.
I know Mir is cocky and a lot of people aren’t fond of his attitude, but look who he’s fighting.
Please Mir, take that belt away from Lesnar.
by Madnuts on Jan 22, 2009 11:48 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
nice speech i want to mir to win too but lesnar prolly will with his big lunchboxes
by Jared on Jan 23, 2009 12:08 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Lmao.
Thanks man.
But I pray to the gods of MMA that you are wrong.
haha
by Madnuts on Jan 23, 2009 12:23 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
So Brock has about 5 months more to practice sub-defence and improve his ground game/striking??? Yeahhhh, good luck there Frank. One phrase that sums up the months leading upto the fight, “Dead man walking”
by Neil1k on Jan 22, 2009 11:52 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Mir looked good last fight but Brock is going to be the best HW in the world by year end. Fedor has had a lack of quality fights The Fedor lovers are even trying to say AA is one of the best LOL. Fact is Brock’s pure size and strenght = FREAK even the great Fedor will get tossed around giving up 50LB’s and it aint fat!! Not only bigger, stronger even faster. Add his wrestling ability you got almost two M. Hughes put together. I believe he’ll be rated #1 HW in the world by year end. This fight might be as lopsided as the Fedor fight but it will be 10 times more exiting watchinf the potential of Brock start coming out! Brock TKO due to Hulk Ground Smashes!!!
by Beaver on Jan 23, 2009 1:16 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Are you for real?
I’ll second your prediction that Brock will be the best HW in the world, but it ain’t happening until (a) He wins about 5 more fights (all top 10 guys), and (b) Fedor is either injured and can’t fight anymore, or retires, and © he removes that penis from his chest.
by introvert on Jan 23, 2009 9:15 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
…..and, you do know that his donkey kong hammer fists would be swallowed up and arm barred in about 2 seconds by Fedor….right?
Or, have you not seen Fedor fight?
Question for you…
Do you think Brock could step into a cage with Tim Silvia and not even get hit, drop him like a schoolgirl, then choke him out in 36 seconds?….um…no. How long until Brock is capable of doing something like that?…I’d say 5-6 years…definately not going to happen in a year.
I fear you are confusing the #1 HW MMA fighter in the world with the #1 HW Ultimate Fighter…the Ultimate Fighter HW division is the weakest division in all of MMA.
by introvert on Jan 23, 2009 9:20 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Actually the #1 HW is Brock. Fedor can fight Hong Man and Barnett and have his following of moron’s that think he’s #1. A fighter that pick’s his own battle’s gains no respect from real MMA fan’s. Fedor’s just a number and you WWE fan’s .like numbers. Real MMA fan’s like fight’s.
by Beaver on Jan 24, 2009 10:42 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
FLASHES OF WHITE LIGHT……FLASHES OF WHITE LIGHT……..FLASHES OF WHITE LIGHT 2, and there won’t be a moron for a ref this time, mir gets tko’d in the first. :P
by nathan on Jan 23, 2009 12:29 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
. . . so where can those half naked pictures of arianny be found on the web?
by COR on Jan 23, 2009 1:15 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
don’t believe mir has it in him i was the biggest fan of his but now can’t stand the and brock has grown on me i want him to avenge his loss and destroy mir then have mir fight nog 2 and then after his victory i hope nog will dethrone brock and hold the title…………..no matter how great mir looked against nog he is not what he used to be and nogeuira is more than able to bounce back.
by fyi on Jan 23, 2009 1:22 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Good luck with that one…
by Take a look in the Mir on Jan 23, 2009 12:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
i wish i sayed in the states, these cards just make me sick!! Iv paid a fortune for the 95 card and its easily the worst card I can remember, every other card seems to be stacked!! Dont get me wrong im happy with some of the fights and they will be good, but the main event just sucks….its not even a co-main event!!!!!!
i cant beleive Dana is actually goin to leave the card the way it is!! Not one 205 fight on there, hell id even like to see houston on there just to beef it up or herring, but something atleast!! Its gony be a big flop otherwise, I really cant see it selling out????
by mo on Jan 23, 2009 1:49 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
no, ppl wants to see big guys fight!.. 205 is the best division by far in the UFC
by RoB on Jan 23, 2009 7:52 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
guys dont you just feel a bit worried about ufc 100.mir/lesnar defo wont be on it.and if anderson silva/chuck/rampage/penn/gsp pick up injuries who are we left with?will it be nog/randy main event?
by scott on Jan 23, 2009 3:16 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
If that were to happen, the smart thing would be to change the name of the event to a Fight Night and postpone 100! That way, they still give a fight on that date! But, let’s all hope that don’t happen!
by Dana's a Crossdresser on Jan 23, 2009 9:54 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
LOL lol lol lol soo the we hate frank mir bandwagon continues i think its time to be realistic here look at the way randy was getin on with brock in the last fight and he was far smaller yea the outcome was still brock but do all u wwe fans have a clue???? apart from being bigger in every other department frank mir has brock licked!!!! come back and mouth about the wwe champion in maybe 2 years then he might have the xsperience and the chance!!! and before any1 says quit hating on brock but thats the thing i dont i think hes good for the ufc just not good enough to beat frank!!! HERE COMES THE PAIN lol
by Chris gamble on Jan 23, 2009 3:27 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
brock by tko in the second… i picked these guys to be the final of the tourny and brock to win so i hope he comes through with some more hammers, this will be fight of the night for sure!
by markg on Jan 23, 2009 4:40 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
if u see brock lesnar chest above, it look like he have dick tatto on his chest. FACT!
Mir win by submission.
by JHK on Jan 23, 2009 5:08 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
brock is definately gonna win this fight…mir will not win this by submission..u have to think this will be like 15 months since there first fight and u know dam well brock has been training non stop in sub. defense…and anyone that thinks that mir has a chance of knocking brock out is f-ing crazy man….brock took mir down the whole fight last time and mir aint gonna take brock down…so i see this fight standing and definately ending by the second round…brock
by greg on Jan 23, 2009 5:28 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Mir is going to bulk up to 300+ lbs with pure roid muscle to counter Lesnar.
Mir wins by roid rage.
by DubNub on Jan 23, 2009 7:51 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
He won’t make weight at 300 pounds, so Lesnar by disqualification?
by jay on Jan 23, 2009 8:46 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I want to see the Mir vs. Lesnar fight, but this card has entirely too much wrestlers on it.
by Bill Maher on Jan 23, 2009 9:15 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
I gotta go with Mir on this one. I like how most people attribute his last win to the fact that Big Nog was off his game. He was off his game because Mir took him off his game. He came out with something he didnt expect. Im looking for this one to end in the same way the first one did. But hopefully Mir can land a few punches first, that would be fun to watch.
by Take a look in the Mir on Jan 23, 2009 12:30 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I have always like Frank but lately his mouth is getting a little annoying. Frank will have to tap him quickly or he will get pounded out by big Brock. Personally I think Brock will just be to much for Frank to handle as he was to much for Randy as well. To big, to strong mixed with some serious wrestling = a badass dude.
by Spyder on Jan 23, 2009 12:55 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Mir 2nd round leg lock. I like Lesnar, but Mir’s submissions are a different animal, Brock beat Randy, a wrestler, Brock beat Heath, a brawler, he loses again to a better technician who isn’t that much smaller than he is, once you get to 250, no big diff.
by The Slovak on Jan 23, 2009 2:25 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Man its cool to see someone pick Mir and have a reason other than some bonehead argument about Brock can’t fight cuz he was in the WWE. But, I do have to say brock will not be 265 come fight night he is a wrestler and his body cuts and puts weight on with no problem. Mir will be 250 but Brock will be about 275-280 and he is stronger than a typical 280 pounder, even one that trains heavily so yeah I do see that being an issue but I like the logic of your decisions on the types of fighters Brock has beaten.
by Edge Crusher on Mar 3, 2009 12:09 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Heres how it goes down, bell sounds and Lesnar does his wanna-be Bob Sapp bull rush move he does everytime, Mir clinches and it goes to the ground. Lesnar tries to donkey kong/hulk smash his way to ref stoppage while Mir rolls him into an armbar and rips Brocks arm in half. I dont see this fight going past 3 minutes into the first.
MIR MIR MIR MIR MIR MIR
by Kibs on Jan 23, 2009 5:57 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
pffft please ! this bullrush he uses ‘every time’ where was that in the randy fight ?? he only rushed Herring after he knocked him 2 the ground .. did u expect him 2 mosey on over whistling while Heath got up ???
by Jakob on Jan 23, 2009 9:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Brock Lesnar by flying heel hook :P
No, seriously.. Mir is way too good on the ground. Mir will win by submission. Brock is a huge guy though, should be fun to watch :)
by bjdh on Feb 5, 2009 9:20 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I hope lesnar wins via armbar and snaps mir’s arm in half. Maybe that will shut up mir for a while. No doubt mir is a great gifted fighter, but brock is just a beast. The first fight, brock nearly killed mir and the fight shouldve been stopped. there have been fights that have been stopped for less. brock lost because he was a noob and got caught in a b.s. kneebar. now that brock has been training, his defense has gotten better. Yes he hasnt fought a bjj guy since mir, but he will be ready. brock handled the legend randy, he will defintely handle mir’s cocky ass.
Brock might not be a polished “champ” but the guy is a freak and will continue being hw champ. His only threat is fedor( fight will not happen in the next 3 years) and when it does fedor will be on the downhill and lesnar will be better. other threats are nog, kongo(guy can win with a head kick lesnar wont see) and thats about it.
by Big Chris2328 on Feb 8, 2009 3:30 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
listen everybody, brock’s gonna murder murr or whatever his last name is, cause the first time he got lucky and caught lesnar with a shitty knee bar, but this time will be differetnt lesnat isnt green anymore, hes got some skills and just beat da crap out od couture, one of the best ever competed in the game, so this is the point, lesnat will knoch the f out of murr and thats it
after murr is kongo, then carwin
so keep dreaming about murr beating lesnar, it just will never happen
AND FEDOR GOT LUCHY AGAINST ARLOVSKY, WHAT A JOKE FEDOR IS
by josh from texas on Feb 26, 2009 2:14 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
LESNAR WILL MURDER MURR
2 ROUND BY DOCTOR STOPAGGE
by josh from texas on Feb 26, 2009 2:20 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
FUCK FEDOR
HES A JOKE
LET HIM FIGHT GONZAGA
HE WOULD CRY LIKE A LIL BITCH
by josh from texas on Feb 26, 2009 2:22 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
^^is this guy serious^^^^?
I like Lesnar in this fight but get a clue about Fedor. Fing luck ha! Just because he was loosing a boxing match for about 2 minutes and then Knocks the guy the f out does not make him lucky. What a terrible argument. It was simply a case of Arlovski having quick boxing strikes (and he looked good that night) vs Fedors more looping punching style so Arlovski landed more. If that fight went past the 1st that round could have still easily went to Fedor if it went to the ground or any number of things. I can’t even fathom how rediculous it is to call a guy lucky that gets hit with a few punches that don’t even rock him and then he knocks the guy out.
by Edge Crusher on Mar 3, 2009 12:16 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Are you all kidding? Have you seen Frank Mir lately? The man is on top again. And Brock Lesnar has NO business in the UFC. Sure he’s making them money but I’d rather watch anybody BUT Lesnar. My money is on Frank Mir, Round 2, submission.
by CluvsMir on Feb 27, 2009 1:20 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
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