Brock Lesnar

Monday night on WWE marked the return of Brock Lesnar. Below is the highlights of Brock’s return to the WEE. After retiring from professional wrestling in 2004 he tried out for the Minnesota Vikings before finding a home in MMA. It took Lesnar four fights to win the heavyweight title. Was he ready? No, but he was a big name in a weak division. He suffered through two bouts of diverticulitis, a knockout loss to Cain Velasquez and another to Allistair Overeem before retiring. No one should be upset that Brock retired because he’s back where he belongs. Lesnar in [...]

In what is being billed the “biggest heavyweight fight in UFC history,” current champion Brock Lesnar and interim champ Shane Carwin will do battle in the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas to unify the organization’s heavyweight strap. Lesnar has been out of action for almost a year, since manhandling Frank Mir — the same opponent that Shane Carwin disposed of in March. Carwin is undefeated — 12-0 — with all twelve of his wins coming in the first-round. Lesnar will look to change that pattern and use his superior wrestling to hand Carwin the first loss of his career. [...]

Unless you have been living under a rock or had the luxury of a mute button over the past month, you have heard the angry swarm of bees during every broadcast at the World Cup in South Africa. That sound — a vuvuzela — has become more popular and fans have been bringing the horns with them to various sporting events. However, don’t expect to hear the sound anytime soon near an octagon. The Ultimate Fighting Championship has banned the horn for their upcoming event, “UFC 116: Lesnar vs. Carwin.” “This decision was pretty simple for me,” president Dana White [...]

Shane Carwin defeated former UFC champion Frank Mir in a devastating fashion on his way to being crowned the new UFC interim heavyweight champion and finding himself next in line for Brock Lesnar’s gold. Carwin took to the internet to thank his fans this morning as he posted on the popular mixed martial arts forum, The Underground. Here is what Carwin’s message read: Thanks to you guys on here that believed in me. It was a long road and I know some of you have been on it with me for some time now. I was “wordless” last night, I [...]

Bonuses have been handed out for last night’s ”UFC 111: St-Pierre vs. Hardy” event. Each fighter receiving a fight night bonuses was awarded an extra $65,000. Knockout of the Night went to heavyweight Shane Carwin who disposed of Frank Mir early in the first-round in the evening’s co-main event. The knockout victory earned Carwin the interim heavyweight title and next crack at current champion Brock Lesnar. Kurt Pellegrino earned himself Submission of the Night for his second-round rear-naked choke finish of Brazilian Fabricio Camoes. The win was Pellegrino’s fourth straight inside the UFC cage and it vaults the 30-year old [...]

UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre had a successful title defense last night at UFC 111 in Newark, New Jersey. The champion won in dominate fashion, taking every round on all judges score cards — including a couple 10-8 rounds. While St-Pierre dominated the entire five rounds of the bout, the champion and crowd were left wanting more. St-Pierre only came close to finishing top contender Dan Hardy on two occasions — a viscous armbar and kimura. Hardy never came close to tapping and he worked his way out of the armbar, while St-Pierre eventually let go of the kimura. Letting [...]

The Bellator Fighting Championships have made announced the signing of top prospect Cole Konrad. He will compete in the promotion’s heavyweight division. Konrad, 26, is incredibly athletic and was recruited by UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar’s wrestling coach Marty Morgan to become a training partner of the UFC champ. Morgan, Lesnar, and UFC heavyweight Chris Tuchscherer cornered Konrad at his fight on Saturday. Speaking volumes of his athleticism, the heavyweight prospect had never played organized football, yet he was approached by then head coach of the New York Jets Eric Mangini to try out for the team. A two-time NCAA [...]

UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture is looking better than he ever has in his legendary career. He has always been one to take the biggest fights and Couture has said that he is willing to go back up to heavyweight for another match with current champion Brock Lesnar. Couture and Lesnar previously faced off at UFC 91 in November of 2008. Couture had Lesnar hurt at one point in the bout, but Lesnar ultimately earned the victory in round two by technical knockout. Couture was speaking with MMAWeekly.com when he commented on a potential Lesnar rematch. “I’ve not been [...]

Brock Lesnar is coming back from a serious illness and is expected to defend his UFC heavyweight title sometime in late June or early July. There is also some big Lesnar news for those in the gaming community. The champion has been named the next cover athlete for UFC Undisputed 2010. UFC Undisputed 2010 has a scheduled release date of May 25, 2010. THQ and the Ultimate Fighting Championship are teaming up once again for the sequal of UFC Undisputed 2009, which sold 3.5 million copies. THQ has already announced some of the latest innovations in gameplay for the 2010 [...]

Cole Konrad (1-0) — one of the top unsigned heavyweight fighters in the world — was victorious in his mixed martial arts debut this past weekend.  He defeated Gary Hamen (1-1) via “polar bear choke” after just 1:13 in the first-round. The fight took place for the M.A.X. Fights promotion. Konrad, 26, is incredibly athletic and was recruited by UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar’s wrestling coach Marty Morgan to become a training partner of the UFC champ. Morgan, Lesnar, and UFC heavyweight Chris Tuchscherer cornered Konrad at his fight on Saturday. Speaking volumes of his athleticism, the heavyweight prospect had [...]