#4 Brock Lesnar
UFC fans were unnerved when previous WWE and New Japan Wrestling World Champion, Brock Lesnar ventured foot inside the Octagon out of the blue at UFC 81 on February 2, 2008.
Lesnar was seen as a “fake fighting” Champion and not worth a spot in the MMA powerhouse among competitors who had been contending genuinely for their whole lives.
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That was a distortion of a perspective with Lesnar having a long foundation in novice wrestling as a previous NCAA Division 1 Champion (an exceptionally renowned respect in beginner wrestling circles) which said a lot about his battling capacities.
Another thump against Lesnar was that he had just had one MMA battle upon his marking with UFC and was incomprehensibly more unpracticed then whatever is left of the program. That was a genuine grievance, anyway MMA like any game is a business most importantly and like it or not, Lesnar conveyed numerous more eyes to the item that a significant number of it’s more settled stars.
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Lesnar’s UFC debut did not went well. Set against previous Champion, Frank Mir, Lesnar was tossed in at the profound end. Regardless of that, the bigger Lesnar abused his enemy however his inability advised as he imprudently enabled himself to be gotten by a foot rear area snare and had no real option except to tap out.
Lesnar committed no such errors in his second UFC session, overwhelming veteran, Heath Herring all the way as he earned a title shot against Heavyweight Champion, Randy Couture at UFC 91.
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Couture coordinated Lesnar for the first round before the more youthful contender’s prevalent quality prevailed and he ruthlessly knocked the legend out to win the title in simply his fourth pro fight.
Lesnar’s rule was defaced by injury and illnes as his 3 title protections traversed two years. He astonishingly outgunned Mir in a re-coordinate at UFC 100 and the already undefeated Shane Carwin at UFC 116 preceding he lost to Cain Velasquez at UFC 121.
Had Lesnar stayed free from any illness, he likely could have turned into the best Heavyweight Champion in history given his size, quality and blend of striking and wrestling abilities.
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Should Lesnar’s approaching UFC return in 2019 go well, he may well progress toward becoming a Heavyweight Champion again and assert some authority as one of the best Heavyweight Champions ever, more so than he is as of now.
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