4. UFC Debut: Frank Mir Fight
After leaving the WWE and a failed attempt at the NFL, Brock moved to MMA. Debuting with the UFC in 2008, Brock’s first opponent was no pushover, it was former UFC Heavyweight Champion, Frank Mir.
Frank was one of the best in the world at ju-jitsu, so what does Brock do in light of that? He immediately goes for a take down and put himself in relative danger against the heavyweight submission machine. After getting a point deducted for hitting Mir repeatedly in the back of the head, both fighters are stood up. Brock rocks Mir with a right hand and pounces with full on ground-and-pound that excited the crowd.
Brock leaves his arm out twice and Mir nearly locks in an armbar both times to no avail. Lesnar’s biggest mistake came when he lazily stood up at Mir’s feet, getting tripped back down, and put in a kneebar which ended the fight. While it was his fist big match, many called that move a terrible rookie mistake against someone like Frank Mir.
Although Lesnar did get his win back against Mir at UFC 100, the rubber match seems less and less likely.
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