Brock Lesnar To Appear On ESPN Wednesday At 11am EST

by Kelvin Hunt on Jan 19, 2010 3:00 PM EST in News Comment 6 comments

Brock Lesnar Smashes Frank Mir With A Big Right

The Ultimate Fighting Championship will no longer host a planned press conference for the fighter, but UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar instead will appear on Wednesday's edition of ESPN's "SportsCenter" to give an update on his health status.

Lesnar's head trainer Greg Nelson has already gone on record stating that Lesnar will fight again. The question is when will he fight again? Hopefully Lesnar will shed some light on the situation on tomorrow as I wrote about Lesnar possibly coming back and why Dana White was so tight lipped about the situation. Also, for Lesnar to appear on Sportscenter for this is pretty big in my opinion, and much more effective than just having a UFC news conference.

There are reports that Lesnar has lost a tremendous amount of weight, possibly all the weigh down to 220 pounds from his normal weight of close to 300 pounds. I'd have to say that I believe those reports to be inaccurate. He may have gotten down to that weight at some point during the illness, but it would be hard to believe that he's still currently at that weight. In regards to when he'll return, I'd have to guesstimate and say somewhere around the end of June. The word is he is already training, and this would give time to get back into fighting shape and return to championship form. It was also be perfert timing for him to take on the winner of the Mir/Carwin fight that will take place at UFC 111 at the end of March for the UFC Interim heavyweight title. That fight would main event one of the summer PPV's to crown an undisputed champion, and it would also help continue what looks to be an an unstoppable line up of cards beginning with UFC 111 through UFC 113.

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Summertime, I’m guessing.

by SlickRick00 on Jan 19, 2010 6:30 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

i hope he says he is coming back in may or june

i’ll put 400 bucks on mir to beat carwin. mir is on a mission. depending on what lesnar looks like to me manana i’ll give my best educated guess on who would win that matchup.

i'm all about covering the spread and moneylines. i was building a house, i don't deserve this, deserves have nothing to do with it. bang. "unforgiven"

by wolfmanshowlforever on Jan 19, 2010 6:37 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I’m checking my RSS feeds and it seems like there is a really odd news cycle about Lesnar:

What will he say?
Will he give us a definitive timeline about his return?
Is he returning? Tune in!!
Is he really healthy?

Other fighters are adding their unnecessary 2-cents:
1. Well I train with one of his training partners and they said . . .
2. Veteran R says, he’ll be back for sure in the Spring.
3. Veteran M says, I need to fight him one more time.

It was almost yesterday when fans were complaining about “the roided WWE” guy entering our sport. His first opponent was going to be a 40+ year old Mark Coleman who was smart enough to compete in the LHW division.

The next time they lock the Octagon cage and Lesnar is staring at his opponent, some PPV record or live gate record will be broken.

Happy Holidays and A Happy New Year

by VeeisAnimated on Jan 20, 2010 5:58 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

oh

that PPV is going to do ASTRONOMICAL numbers….

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by Kelvin Hunt on Jan 20, 2010 8:22 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

i agree with the record ppv gate out of curiousty of what they will see

plus even though he has what 5 fights under his belt(4-1) he is still the biggest draw in the ufc. i’m sure when he makes an anouncement there will not be a definite fighting date. i wonder if dana white will be there or lesnar by himself? i hope he comes back sooner than later b/c the ufc needs him. the shows are not selling out b/c of oversatuaration. i’ts the economy and high unemployment that is the problem. the palms gave away alot of comp tickits to cerrone/ratcliff. i’m sure when mir beats carwin if lesnar is ready they would have that fight at mandalay bay in las vegas.

i'm all about covering the spread and moneylines. i was building a house, i don't deserve this, deserves have nothing to do with it. bang. "unforgiven"

by wolfmanshowlforever on Jan 20, 2010 7:04 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Brock Lesnar is the Most Important MMA Fighter

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/329312-brock-lesnar-the-most-important-fighter-in-mixed-martial-arts

Fedor Emelianenko = thebest heavyweight and maybe the best the sport has ever seen.
Anderson Silva = Pound-for-Pound king.
Brock Lesnar = the most important fighter

Happy Holidays and A Happy New Year

by VeeisAnimated on Jan 20, 2010 9:40 AM EST reply actions 0 recs