Brock Lesnar: The UFC Years

[@WalkBesideMe]

His joining the UFC was mine and a lot of peoples' impetous to start watching UFC. His drawing of new fans can't be understated, it really was right place, right time

[@goodsolonius7305]

Lmao he was my favorite fighter when I was in high school in 09

[@emjay2d]

That was what I talked about to my younger nephews when I tried to get them to understand MMA. They only understood WWE bullshit. Once i started talking about lesnar and showed them, they were fixated. And they never looked back sense. :D Lesnar did that.

[@thedonofthsht76-58]

Yup Same here! He n kimbo got me watching and I never stopped. The Brock years were awesome though

[@tommydriggers9433]

Oh I promise you dana knew what he was getting into a guy that the world already knows they hired him after 1 fight

[@goodsolonius7305]

@Tommy Driggers yeah he knew he wanted him but first he had to see what he'd got. Making judo heavyweight gold medalist min soo kim verbally tap to arm strikes while mounted sent a pretty clear message lmao

[@locojoe3925]

I think if Lesnar went straight to MMA after college, he would have had the same skill set he had his entire career and would have SMOKED EVERYONE. He would have been the GOAT for a long time. That said, he didn't and while he had a great career he sadly didn't evolve his game enough to compliment his wrestling and athleticism. Dude was a monster though.

[@s.efton98]

I want whatever you've taken

[@ابواحمدأَلْأَنِيسْ]

If means nothing in life

[@thememeconnoisseur4088]

Cain, Overeem, JDS, Werdum, Stipe, etc. all would've walked through Brock

[@locojoe3925]

@@thememeconnoisseur4088 o yeah absolutely but Brock would have been long gone by then. If you read what I said, I'm talking Brock in like 2003. Smash Arlovski and Tim Sylvia

[@thememeconnoisseur4088]

@@locojoe3925 Fair enough, I'd definitely have Brock beating m9st of the guys from back then, though I do feel like Josh Barnett could've given him a very tough fight though

[@mikec5400]

thats just insane when you look at it on paper he had a 5-3 record and was a defending ufc champ

[@jacobwilson7030]

I think if Brock had started MMA right out of college and never went to the WWE, he would probably be in the heavyweight GOAT conversation. Say he trained Muay Thai and BJJ for 2 years from 2000-2002. He would have entered somewhere in the Couture/Barnett/Rodriguez era, I don't doubt that Lesnar would have been a long reigning heavyweight champion. But, real MMA fans know his teammate Cole Konrad is MMA's biggest 'what if' at heavyweight.

[@TheElbowMerchant]

Yeah, I remember the "Polar Bear," HW champion in Bellator. Then he just retired kinda suddenly, but yeah, he was a legit heavyweight wrestler, despite not looking particularly intimidating (a little soft around the middle).

[@jacobwilson7030]

@@TheElbowMerchant 2x NCAA Champ (also at Minnesota) retired to be a dairy commodities trader.

[@iorilamia]

Nah, he does too many steroids to be a goat

[@dylanr8481]

Not true. Brock doesn't have the minerals to get hit. He just does not have it, thats why he scrambled every time someone struck him.

[@TypicalIndian1981]

@@dylanr8481the old Brock didn’t like getting hit the young one would’ve been training like a beast and would’ve become a world class kickboxer

[@coloradowrestlingfan]

Lesnar got signed to Minnesota out of Junior College (Bismarck State). He won a national title there before Minnesota.

[@chrisstarcher6010]

Brock is an absolute legend. I'm not really into the WWE, but anyone who says those dudes aren't athletes are just haters. Thank you, Brock, for giving us amazing entertainment.

[@samlee3039]

No one says they're not athletes tho. They say it's scripted. Still a very very tough sport, though. It's just that's not actual fighting...

[@cigareteking1882]

​@@samlee3039alot of people say they're not athletes

[@nabillahlabat5570]

He started MMA in his late 20s, he had a long time off from actual competition by that point, he was thrust immediately into the top competition, he had a life threatening disease, and through all that he still managed to win the title and defend it twice, only losing to the best of the best, even beating a top 8 heavyweight after a 5 year layoff, of that's not impressive I don't know what is...

[@TheElbowMerchant]

Nobody can convince me that Overeem didn't target Lesnar's body intentionally, knowing he had serious abdominal issues from his battle with diverticulitis. And rightly so. Take what your opponent gives you, and all's fair in love and war.

[@locojoe3925]

As a lover of body kicks, that fight makes me have internal conflicts. It's like legal cheating almost

[@Godzilla52]

I mean Overeem is just straight up a better fighter than Lesnar in any circumstance. There's no way that fight goes past the first round (at best maybe the second) even if Lesnar was in perfect health. That's not even a slight against Lesnar to be honest. Overeem was just so much more skilled and experienced in Mixed martial arts. He had world class kickboxing and a stellar ground game (probably one of the best in the weight class) and this was Reem at his absolute best. Brock was good, but Reem had been honing his skills as a mixed martial artist since he was a teenager and fighting world class competition for over a decade by the time that fight happened. Lesnar just had trouble fighting people that elite (he had the same issue with Cain)

[@youhaveayds8975]

Just like when a fighter talks bad knees you should expect his opponent to throw some oblique kicks, like Leon vs Kamaru 3 yesterday

[@goodsolonius7305]

Idk brock was covering up pretty good with his lunch boxes on gorilla arms so you're supposed to go for the open body then right

[@mufroughler5925]

Allitstair always had brutal knees from the double collar tie it’s his best weapon

[@ynotefil]

I Remember Being So Psyched When I Heard Brock Lesnar Had Signed To The UFC. He Is The Reason Why Most People Purchased UFC 100 And That's Just Fact's 💯

[@jayb.6685]

Brock is surely going to both UFC and WWE halls of fame.

[@joemax4]

His drawing power can’t be understated. He’s one of the key reasons why the UFC, and MMA in general, blew up in popularity during the mid-late 2000s. Was he pushed too fast? Maybe, but he was a draw and Dana White needed to capitalize on that while he could. And it’s not like Lesnar was a complete nobody. The guy showed a ton of raw potential against veterans. You could say a lot of his opponents were past their primes, but even veterans would have a huge advantage over somebody completely untrained with no skills (going against the narrative detractors use against Lesnar). It wasn’t until the health issues popped up that Lesnar’s career started to torpedo. Not saying a healthy Brock would have beaten Velazquez or Overeem, but I think the fights look different had he been healthy.

[@nabillahlabat5570]

People say that won the title from an old randy couture, forgetting that that same randy couture was the one who won the heavyweight title after a year off by beating Tim sylvia, and after that he destroyed a prime Gabriel Gonzaga

[@mikeygraves16]

I always laughed at the whole "Brock HATES getting punched in the face!" because...who tf LIKES it??😂

[@booboodafoo3247]

Justin Gaethje. You’re just a wrestling fanboy or a dipsh!t if you didn’t recognize what people are talking about. Of course fighters don’t wanna get hit but pretty much no UFC fighters do what Brock does when he got hit. He just wasn’t used to getting blasted in the face by heavyweights like everyone else. And he didn’t even hard spar in training so he never got used to it. So, people have a real point when people say that. 7:18 you can clearly see what I’m talking about.

[@bigfluffyhusky1624]

Justin gaethje

[@mikeygraves16]

@@bigfluffyhusky1624 🤔.....touchè lol

[@activeevolution300]

I find it odd, that a lot of people think of Cain as arguably the best HW of UFC history and a Prime Cain is scary asf.. Lesnar lost to him, like a lot of people got knocked out by him so why do we clown Lesnar for his loss? I was no fan of his back then but now? I actually like that he came to the UFC and he was a pretty decent fighter... Did he stay in the pocket and slug it out? no, but lets be real.. who would want to slug it out with a Prime Carwin or Cain?.

[@thememeconnoisseur4088]

JDS?

[@hawks4evr147]

@@thememeconnoisseur4088jds has had a lifetime of experience

[@JordonTheo]

I want you to get bigger. You don't just recap his fights, like some of the "bigger" mma youtubers do. This was great.

[@iliftweight]

Because of Brock I discovered UFC and have been a fan of the sport ever since his fight against Mir

[@Proxy_1996]

This Channel Deserves more love ❤❤❤

[@ItsNotCagefighting]

Thanks man. I just try and keep putting out content and hope something clicks with the algorithm.

[@thedonofthsht76-58]

If Brock went to mma right after college he could have been one of the best heavyweights ever. Before the usada era though lol

[@elizabethgeorge168]

Say what you want about Brock, but he gave us arguably the *best* quote in all of MMA history. "I might climb on top of my wife, and I'm gonna drink a _Coors_ Light because Bud Light won't pay me nothin." 🤣

[@qoizr7505]

Honestly if he had started fighting/training a lot earlier and actually fought his way to the top of the top, I think he would be known now as one of the greatest HW’s ever. And ofc no disease

[@HkFinn83]

+ no usada

[@thesmithersy]

Still great that a pro-wrestler came in and dominated UFC for a couple of years.

[@TheCityLifeProject-]

Great job as always guys!

[@reubenkuzma5940]

maybe one of the most hyped debuts ever

[@DasWarVorbestimmt]

The name of his submission finisher, the kimura and all the history that comes with that name is what led me from watching WWE to watching UFC and falling in love with BJJ. So I can't be objective. But... He beat the heavyweight champion Randy Couture, Frank Mir and Shane Carwin fair and square. It's like Ric Flair said: "To be the man, you gotta beat the man." And Lesnar beat them. So he was the man. Until he wasn't.

[@DasWarVorbestimmt]

@@Sakattack2023 Yes, I do. It was his finisher in the WWE.

[@salabukhalil8677]

I love your videos. The way you occupy a space in the mma community I didn’t know was needed…brilliant. Also, props on sonic adventure.

[@johnf1235]

If it wasn’t for Brock, we wouldn’t have witnessed one of the greatest combat sport’s career of all time; of course, the one and only CM Punk.

[@elizabethgeorge168]

Bruh 💀🤣

[@jameshughes525]

You don't need top-notch skills when you're built like THANOS. Guy did exceptionally well considering the massive lack of experience

[@kennywilkinson913]

Turned down a 45 million dollar contract? 👀 Holy shit, to get punched in the face and twisted up? 💁‍♂️ Gotta give the man his flowers. 🙌

[@L47M]

The size difference between Brock & Randy.. WAS AN ABSOLUTE JOKE !! 🤣🤣🤣

[@ehfoiwehfowjedioheoih4829]

Best mma Chanel by far

[@ChainsGone2012]

Shane Carwin definitely beat him. I've never seen a ref let an unanswered beatdown go for so long without calling the fight.

[@iorilamia]

The sonic BGM is fantastic

[@zeedapezant]

I still give Brock Lesnar big props, he did with a lot of wrestlers wouldn't dare to do

[@B0lshevik]

Y'all missed a great opportunity by saying Mir 'pulled a rabbit out of a hat' instead of Mir 'had a horseshoe up his ass'. Great video either way!

[@donkarnage6032]

Mark Hunt's post-fight complaining is all BS. I understand Hunt's complaint about the UFC knowingly letting Lesnar compete but Hunt also knowingly took the fight because he wanted the bigger paycheck that came with fighting Brock. They shouldn't have allowed Brock to fight but at the same time I have no sympathy for Hunt when he repeatedly said before the fight that he didn't care then whined about it and sued after the fight. He knew exactly what was going to happen and took the fight anyway.

[@danielcantu859]

Completely agree he kept saying don’t care if he’s roided and then complained I get if he was knocked out bad but it went the distance

[@Diispaceyone]

wasn't expecting the sonic adventure music when clicking this video

[@joshthemediocre7824]

I'd say 90% of fight fans don't know their a$$ from a hole in the ground. Lesnar was the man, he did great for a person who was not a trained fighter, just from being a caveman. He was fun to watch and the PPV numbers prove it. I've never cared about steroids, knowing most fighters have always taken them.

[@iorilamia]

Are you 50+?

[@JustbeJealousHD]

I'd say 99%, nevertheless, well said.

[@GIANTMAN123]

Brock is the best MMA fighter ever ❤❤

[@goodsolonius7305]

I can't stand Steve Mazzagatti. Not so much the idiotic deducted point but the late af stoppage

[@blacknapalm2131]

*MMA fighters love Brock* They know he is the real deal, because they see a multi millionaire that never needed to fight but that chooses to fight. Brock did it to challenge himself. Not for money or fame. Most MMA fighters openly state if they had Brocks money they would retire!

[@Daveosbeatz]

I wish he was in wwe when the attitude era was around lol.but he kept it going after with the aggression era so it all made sense and was meant to be

[@DaytimeNightmare]

Good vids 🔋👍

[@mangakey]

Lesnar did great given how little training he had sure the UFC pushed him but you have to have the talent to hang in there with all those killers... A good example is CM PUNK UFC tried to do the same thing and push him to the moon...like they did with Lesnar but Punk just didn't have the ability to hang in there.. and turned into a joke

[@ovalsteiner6543]

Its between honor n "contract"... He proof he can be UFC heavyweight champion, but what people's doesn't understand he can't leave a scar to his face... His WWE toy must be redesigned, n there's other sponsors also.

[@CJH94]

Good old Mark hunt, that was honestly the best way to end that hahahhahaha😊

[@kpr3xd792]

Lesnar is reason I started watching UFC

[@drunkenmmamaster419]

If Brock started MMA before pro wrestling dude would've been unstoppable especially since they never drug tested that hard back in the early 2000's and 2010's

[@matthewpople9639]

I didnt know Brock at all when he came to UFC, so had no bias either way. People can say he had it easy getting to the title match but his debut was still bloody Frank Mir. My mum had diverticulitis and its a brutal disease for a normal person let alone fighter so again, I igive him loads of credit. However, the Carwin fight should have been stopped and Shane the champ

[@dayshmacswain5293]

still going with that loud af intro lol

[@Ryuguji_draken]

He had 81 inch reach thats like the 4th longest arm reach in ufc history

[@HkFinn83]

He beat couture, Darwin and herring, lost to Mir and avenged it in ufc, lost to cain and banged it at the big show in wrestlemania. His only real loss is to overreem. Great record .

[@devanman7920]

If he went into mma early and had afew more years behind him and then went into mma during that period. He would have ran through everyone.

[@johnhorne3052]

I think it's fair to say Alistair really gave him a Reem job.

[@geowa3724]

Lesnar is like a modern day shamrock

[@Jimmylosky]

Brock is a beast

[@Jimmylosky]

Damn Tito Ortiz use to be jacked

[@stevestuff9607]

Lesnar was the beginning of the end. Rousey, McGregor... showponies. It's not even a sport any more, it's a carnival.

[@Jimmylosky]

Beast

[@emjay2d]

You don't have to like Lesnar, but if that era wasn't really fun for you as an MMA fan, idk what to say to you. I bet you liked the mcgregor circus.

[@libertyforamericanow]

Im a white boy, and im jacked! Deal with it! Haha

[@TheVegasRugger]

Brock Lesnar in the UFC freakin irritated me lol

[@Al_Straik]

11:18 Damn Megan...

[@buttonmoon4435]

Funny how diverticulitis never effected lesnar during his wwe career . Neither before or after UFC. I think it was an excuse

[@marqmorris8670]

The difference between Brock and Punk is Brock was a real fighter. Punk can only beat people up if it's scripted.

[@planesstevee]

The problem with brock is he was a poor striker and did not like getting hit. If he learned mma when he was younger he could of been great

[@thedukeofswellington1827]

5:44 i dont get it. If you beat the champ you become the champ. All the rest is noise/commentary

[@mxbblife_mu]

It must be so weird for Brock to work for the WWE for so long... He's literally a real Martial Arts Champion amongst Actors LOL Same with Matt Riddle, except the Champion part...

[@eric.1948]

The problem is most fighters in the heavy weight are not healthy to begin with. Thsts why you dont see many of them.

[@talmiz101]

sooooooo....does this means bobby lashley is next on the card for ya guys?

[@ItsNotCagefighting]

Probably not until next year. We like to do something pro-wrestling related around Wrestlemania time.

[@talmiz101]

@@ItsNotCagefighting okay that makes sense. more power to you guys and thanks for the Quick response.

[@bentonlott6272]

3:12 wait I thought it was a horseshoe??

[@ynotefil]

"Frank Mir had a horseshoe up his ass," "I Told Him That A Year Ago, I Pulled That Sum Bitch Out And Beat Him Over The Head With It!"

[@nashvilleslim]

Oh wow the bully gets his ass beat then he retiers.

[@cameronmartino1994]

Brock is an anomaly in this case, yes all in all he did pretty damn good for himself...

[@LocsPapi8910]

Jack white boy deal with it.

[@joshuamccann7862]

12:52 damaged the sport short term??? By having the biggest ppvs buys for any ufc event? Brock lesnar is a huge reason why the ufc is still even a company.

[@bretthumphrey6821]

Brocks gnp is very soft why hes a huge guy

[@Cainb23]

Fk mark hunt bro was overrated anyway. we love and appreciate brock over here

[@fuksaluksa]

good ol' roid era...horsemeat Reem put brock and his roids in their right place