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There's quite a few Sherdoggers and MMA fans who dismiss and discredit Lesnar and say that it's only his size and pre-UFC fame that won him fights. What a joke. If Lesnar had not been famous prior to entering the UFC he would have merely been a beast, freak athlete, with an incredible 106-3 collegiate wrestling record and NCAA wrestling champion. That alone would have been formidable for any opponent. Add that with his rare speed for someone his size and granite chin (he doesn't react well to being hit but has a great chin) and you've got a truly dangerous opponent, if he could improve his reaction to being hit he'd be damn near unstoppable even with his limited striking ability, his wrestling and ground game would be too much for any current UFC fighter (yes, even Werdum I'd bet).
Lesnar never turned down a fight. He never asked for certain opponents, and he always faced top competition. People talk shit about Couture, Mir, Herring, and Carwin but Couture was the champ at the time, who else was he supposed to fight? Mir was a BJJ expert who had broken people's limbs in the Octagon and would want to be taken down by Lesnar, Herring was a tough veteran from Pride, and Carwin was a monster striker who had finished EVERY SINGLE ONE of his opponents in brutal fashion with strikes or submissions up until the Lesnar fight.
Lesnar won and defended the UFC HW belt for the most times in UFC history, tying other fighters like Cain and Couture. And Cain fought the same 2 fighters for 5 fights, nearly 3 years of fighting and one of them was a Bigfoot Silva of all people. Werdum, whom some consider the best HW ever since defeating a declining Fedor, couldn't defend the belt 1 time. Yet, Werdum is somehow a GOAT while Lesnar isn't even a 'fighter'. What a joke.
Say what you want about Lesnar, but he's one of the best HW champs the UFC has ever had. Don Frye acknowledges it. Even if some hater Sherdoggers don't.
There's quite a few Sherdoggers and MMA fans who dismiss and discredit Lesnar and say that it's only his size and pre-UFC fame that won him fights. What a joke. If Lesnar had not been famous prior to entering the UFC he would have merely been a beast, freak athlete, with an incredible 106-3 collegiate wrestling record and NCAA wrestling champion. That alone would have been formidable for any opponent. Add that with his rare speed for someone his size and granite chin (he doesn't react well to being hit but has a great chin) and you've got a truly dangerous opponent, if he could improve his reaction to being hit he'd be damn near unstoppable even with his limited striking ability, his wrestling and ground game would be too much for any current UFC fighter (yes, even Werdum I'd bet).
Lesnar never turned down a fight. He never asked for certain opponents, and he always faced top competition. People talk shit about Couture, Mir, Herring, and Carwin but Couture was the champ at the time, who else was he supposed to fight? Mir was a BJJ expert who had broken people's limbs in the Octagon and would want to be taken down by Lesnar, Herring was a tough veteran from Pride, and Carwin was a monster striker who had finished EVERY SINGLE ONE of his opponents in brutal fashion with strikes or submissions up until the Lesnar fight.
Lesnar won and defended the UFC HW belt for the most times in UFC history, tying other fighters like Cain and Couture. And Cain fought the same 2 fighters for 5 fights, nearly 3 years of fighting and one of them was a Bigfoot Silva of all people. Werdum, whom some consider the best HW ever since defeating a declining Fedor, couldn't defend the belt 1 time. Yet, Werdum is somehow a GOAT while Lesnar isn't even a 'fighter'. What a joke.
Say what you want about Lesnar, but he's one of the best HW champs the UFC has ever had. Don Frye acknowledges it. Even if some hater Sherdoggers don't.
