Brock Lesnar dominattes at UFC 100, and more

For every one person who likes him, their are 100 people that probably hate him. The fact of the matter is that Brock Lesnar proved that his first UFC fight which was a loss to Frank Mir was a fluke. A lot of people accuse me of not being a UFC fan until Lesnar arrived. That could not be further from the truth. The very first UFC fight I ever watched was between Dan Severn and Ken Shamrock from the mid 90’s. I really didn’t know much about it. I began hearing about fighters like Chuck Liddell, Randy Couture, Tim Sylvia and others. It wasn’t until the first Ultimate Fighter that I got interested. Forrest Griffin and Stephen Bonner got me interested with the incredible fight they had.

Now back to UFC 100 and how Lesnar acted. I thought his actions were very unprofessional but it got the UFC some attention. Any press is good press and I think Dana White realizes that. That heel mentality of Brock when he was in WWE is still in him and people want to see Brock Lesnar get beat. Will it happen? I don’t know. Frank Mir did talk a lot of trash over the last year so I guess what Brock did to him only seemed fair.

In other fights, GSP dominated Thiago Alves, and Dan Henderson killed Michael Bisping. The biggest shock of the night for me was preliminary fight. UFC Hall of Famer Mark Coleman defeated Stephen Bonner by decision. That’s crazy.

I would also like to congratulate Chuck Liddell and the late Charles “Mask” Lewis for being inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame. Both are very well deserving.

There are still some great fights to be had in in 2009. UFC 101 will feature BJ Penn vs. Kenny Florian and Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin. At UFC 102 it will be Randy Couture vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Keith Jardine vs. Thiago Silva. Much more to come from the UFC this year. Finally I end the question on everyone’s mind. Who is going to stop “The Next Big Thing” Brock Lesnar?