He was sick of the WWE. He was sick of travel and being away from his family. And he wanted to learn to fight. So after trying football, he stepped in a ring and put some gloves on. How many of us, the legions of keyboard warriors, would have the guts to do that? How many would stand across the octagon from a guy with 30 professional fights and years of training and say, “let’s fight.”
Yeah, he got his ass kicked a few times, but he kicked a few asses, as well. Ultimately, I think that his legacy inside of MMA will be defined a single question. What If?
What if Brock Lesnar had gone straight from U. of Minnesota into MMA, as a no name collegiate champion, 23 years of age? What if he had learned to strike, taken his lumps in the smaller promotions, before being thrust into the big time and world stage of the UFC? How good could he have been?
What if Brock Lesnar had never gone into MMA at all and brought the legion of WWE fans and casual, curious onlookers? Would the rest of the ‘normal’ world get a chance to see Anderson Silva in his prime on Fox? Or would Alistair Overeem even be in the UFC from the purchase of Strikeforce? Would GSP get such huge pay days each time he fights?
That’s the thing about Brock. What if … ?
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