07th Jun 2010
Brock vs. Fedor
Since Brock Lesnar’s defection from WWE and professional wrestling to the MMA circuit, there has not been a more polarizing figure in the sport. Whether you like admire his macho male image, despise his often off-putting, even chauvinistic attitude or hold your tongue on the subject out of sheer fear he might actually come find you, there is no disputing that Brock Lesnar is a bad, bad man. With his return from illness scheduled for later this summer in UFC 116, it’s time to rehash an old debate that unfortunately has yet to be settled man to man in the ring. The matter at hand concerns who is the rightful heir to the title Mike Tyson once claimed undisputedly as “Baddest Man on the Planet.” The only other conceivable choice is heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko, the most feared Russian export since Ivan Drago. Though the Cold War is over with and Lesnar lacks the likeable, heroic quality that endured movie goers to Rocky Balboa, a matchup between the two towering men would conceivably be the biggest fight (both literally and figuratively) in mixed martial arts history, and potentially gain the type of mainstream media following the fighting world hasn’t seen since the glory days of boxing. (more…)
Since Brock Lesnar’s defection from WWE and professional wrestling to the MMA circuit, there has not been a more polarizing figure in the sport. Whether you like admire his macho male image, despise his often off-putting, even chauvinistic attitude or hold your tongue on the subject out of sheer fear he might actually come find you, there is no disputing that Brock Lesnar is a bad, bad man. With his return from illness scheduled for later this summer in UFC 116, it’s time to rehash an old debate that unfortunately has yet to be settled man to man in the ring. The matter at hand concerns who is the rightful heir to the title Mike Tyson once claimed undisputedly as “Baddest Man on the Planet.” The only other conceivable choice is heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko, the most feared Russian export since Ivan Drago. Though the Cold War is over with and Lesnar lacks the likeable, heroic quality that endured movie goers to Rocky Balboa, a matchup between the two towering men would conceivably be the biggest fight (both literally and figuratively) in mixed martial arts history, and potentially gain the type of mainstream media following the fighting world hasn’t seen since the glory days of boxing. (more…)
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