"...According to Angle, Lesnar thought that he would dominate the match due to his size advantage. Lesnar was not only taller than Angle, but at about 300 pounds, held about an 80-pound weight advantage.
But Angle was undeterred as he used his impeccable technique to best the future UFC Heavyweight Champion.
“Brock was in the ring with Big Show,” Angle said. “He was literally throwing this 530-pound man around the ring like a little kid. I’d never seen anyone lift up Big Show like that without his help, but Brock was picking him up and throwing him around.”
“I said to Big Show, ‘Get out of the ring.’ Then I tapped Brock on the should and said, ‘Let’s go.’ And that’s when we started.”
“I know I’m not the biggest person, but I’ve annihilated people a lot bigger than me,” he said. “You’re one of the best in the world as an NCAA champion like Brock, but when you’re an Olympic gold medalist, that’s a whole other level. The guys who saw Brock and I wrestle that witnessed how much of a gap there is between the two.”
With two massive competitors (and egos) the intensity escalated rather quickly.
“We were doing take-downs, and it was very, very tight,” Angle remembered. “Brock showed me that he knows how to wrestle. A lot of heavyweights are big and strong and know how to use their weight, but Brock knew how to wrestle. He was a lightweight who grew into a heavyweight body, and he brought that technique with him. That’s how good Brock was.”
Although Brock was technically sound, Angle said that he did not score a point on him.
“When I got done with him, I didn’t want to wrestle him again,” Angle said...." - Kurt Angle.
