Did Brock Lesnar Harm MMA’s Image at UFC 100? No, Just His Own

Dude what the fuck? Don't compare Nick and Brock. Say what you want (I know the Diaz haters will) but Nick loves the sports, Brock is raping it.

This picture says "hey look @ me I have a gi-cock-ic cock on my chest!"

Sherdog has a nice article up comparing GSP and Lesnar, but be warned it's over a paragraph long, and I know that will be a tough read for some.

I agree with the train of thought that at the end of the day Lesnar's actions, and Henderson's (Don't try to fucking gloss over something like "Normally I wouldn't do that but, I just wanted to shut him up", because that shit just screams sportsmanship right?), will have little to no impact on the sport and its continued growth.

I think for me, I would much rather have a fighter give a couple interviews here and there and speak his mind, than I would have a fighter give the same canned answers to 400 media outlets.

Obviously there is a difference between speaking your mind with tact and not, but I find it hard to stomach the overly rehearsed and "PC" comments to media outlets, and that's for all sports not just MMA.

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Nice article. I still found the getting on his wife comment amusing. She was actually in the octagon while he said this and I'm pretty sure I saw her actually find humor in the comment as well. But yeah, the rest was inappropriate and I think he'll be learning how to act in the future (although I wouldn't be surprised if I found myself trying to speculate the same way for his next few fights, I mean, he can't be THAT dumb can he...).

Who cares if Brock acted like a total psycho after the bout?

Isn't the reason we all love/love to hate him because he's a giant carcass of id and poor impulse control who is only allowed out to play because he has some truly gifted athletic skills? FFS the man trains and lives in the same building, in a tiny town with his family. He relaxes by going ice fishing and hunting. If he were any sort of appealing we'd all be praising his spartan work ethic and pure limelight shunning motives.

You really think someone like that knows how to behave in public? Who cares? Sorry he beat all your heroes, and sorry he's here to stay for a bit while you gnash your teeth in fanboi frustration, but this is UFC not high tea with the queen. If you need manners so much maybe you should go watch fencing?

Enough with the yip-yap about tryin to compare Hendo's actions to Lesnar's... Hendo didn't go about flippin the fans and bein' an ass to the sponsors after he knocked Bisping. You people gotta realize that it's the referee's job to stop the fight... I didn't see this kinda bs arguments when Rampage knocked Wandy on his ass and kept wailin' off. Brock whooped that ass, yes, but he was bein' a cock for not checkin' his emotions. That's y Dana got on his ass afterward.

(Lizardking, good eye on the grammar...or lack of)

All this back and forth by people with no influence discusssing whether the UFC or MMA needs to be somewhat classy is useless.

Dana tore him a new one and told him to smarten up, so where does that leave those of you talikng about fencing or tea with the Queen? People with jobs and families buy PPV's, not adolescent kids like the majority of people posting on this site who catch the freebie the next day.

Personally I found the most insight into the pile of compulsion and aggression that make up the Lesnar psyche was the comment about how he would go home to have a Coors Light since "...Bud Light isn't paying [him] anything."

To me, having someone win the undisputed heavyweight title and then make mention of sponsor ship money in the post fight interview shows that he's really in this for personal gains and never will be interested in representing the sport as a whole. Or for that matter representing any sort of sportsmanship or humility.

Lesnar is after the biggest slice of the pie that he can get his XXXL mitts on, part of doing that means that he has to be in the biggest fights for the biggest rewards. Being the champ is a great bonus to that but not necessarily the driving motivation behind his career, so I don't see him ever having thoughts cross his mind about being a true champion.

Dana to Lesnar:

Lesnar or Bud Light...Who ya got?

Regardless of whether Brock's good for the sport or not, he's a huge ppv draw and his star power just got bigger. People will tune in just to see what his next stunt is going to be by gauging some of that responses I've heard so far from a few relatively new fans of the sport. Dana may have acted pissed off, but he's happier than hell right now

@Biffmiester

The difference between a guy waiting for the ref to stop him and what Hendo did was that Hendo himself said he knew Bisping was out, and wanted to get one more in.

THAT'S the difference between say a guy pounding away on someone until a referee stops it. There have been a number of fighters that have stopped the offensive assault after landing the haymaker, because they KNEW. They didn't wait for the referee, they simply walked away.

Henderson knew better, and it's people like you who are try to gloss the shit over simply because the guy is a good dude that make me laugh. As far as Lesnar's shit, this article has it right his words hurt nobody but himself, his image, but Henderson's words showed the potential a fighter has to cross that ethical line in the octagon.

Now, had Lesnar sat on top of Mir and continued to pound on him after Herb Dean tried to stop the fight, then Lesnar would have done some damage to the sport, but he didn't.

There is a huge difference between ruining your image, and creating an opening who say the sport is senseless violence. None of what Brock did was senseless violence, it was just nonsense. What Hendo did was senseless violence. But hey, I am sure you'll just gloss over it like he never stated his intentions at all

whats up with all this bullshit about hendo's second shot at bisping's face when he was on the ground? so many fighters hit their opponents when they're unconscious (i.e. rampage jackson vs wanderlei silva iii). if people are going to complain, bicker, and resent such an act, then display some equality. hendo's not the first fighter to do that, and he won't be the last. don't bitch about hendo's extra hit if you don't bitch about every other fighter who does that

ya whats more dangerous, the Stockton Heybuddy or an intentional "hard" shot to the head after you knew you knocked the fucker out? You crybabies need to worry about Hendo and his "shut up technique" more than a middle finger and a little shit talk. Its stupid shit like that that gets the "Human Cock-fighting" votes in your government.

FAGOR ISN'T GOING TO DO SHIT!

Brock will roll right over Cain. I think Carwin's got a legitimate shot though.

Dude, Hendo said more than once he knew Bisping was out while he was in the friggin' air and hand ready to land, not after he landed that 1st shot... It's instinct to continue the attack until the ref steps in; that's what fighting is. So, when he realizes that Bisping is out in mid-air, is he gonna just splash him and land his hand on the mat and risk breaking it, or land the finishing blow? And the whole fuckin' sport is violence-based; that's what fighting is once again... nothing is sugar-coated.

I'd boston crab Brock into a living death if he ever insulted Molsen Golden like that.

I agree with 831 on this one, people throw in that extra punch all the time before the ref comes in and they always do it on purpose, Hendo just admitted to it. Man that Hal guy is so dumb he takes away from how good this site could be. Instead of people speaking intelligently they constantly have to tell that retard to quit talking. Wouldn't be that big of a deal if he knew a thing about the sport but you know he doesn't. I have no clue how he types so much shit when all he ever says is "I'd love to blow Brock lesnar, fuck you i fight, i fight, i'm tough, you guys should know i'm tough, i'm not even witty, i'm tough."

Lesnar didn't embarrass himself at all. He doesn't give a rats ass. At least he's a straight-shooter with the balls to say and do what he thinks. All these 'grudge matches' that end with a handshake- that's bullshit. Lesnar and Mir are still going to talk shit about each other, so why try to cover it up? All these people like Nick and Nate Diaz, even tho they're huge assholes. Henderson, as much as he is seen as a 'class act,' admitted he knew Bisping was out when he threw that last shot. That's no big deal, but as soon as someone talks shit after a win- Oh shit! What an embarrassment! Cole Miller did the exact same thing to Junie Browning, and nobody said anything.
Seems to be a double standard here. CP needs to get off the rag too. Seriously.

Not just families, my man, but if Dana wants to continue to grow the sport he'd be stupid not to cater to every advertiser's wet-dream demographic: young single males with disposable income. Between UFC, Affliction, and other PPV events my MMA bill has been larger then my electricity one.

I also think BudLight is a savvy enough marketer not to be bothered so much with Brock's disdain about not getting paid. They got named checked in the main event winner's speech- not just live but then replayed over again a million times later for free, as you pointed out it will be. GSP was a perfect gentlemen- no one is going to search YouTube for his well behaved post fight comments.

Anheuser Busch should buy Brock a new truck for lending their product the kind of viral marketing they would gladly pay out the nose for had someone else figured out a way to work giving the finger, fucking a women, and BudLight into one clip. BudLight is a lot of things (shitty, cheap, kind of delicious) but badass is not one of them. As you know, this will play great with the kids who are only now embarking on their underage binge drinking adventures.

Dude, watch his interview on MMALive on espn after UFC 100... it was reactionary as true fighters' actions are.

At first I thought what Hendo did was fine also, but after watching the gif on fightlinker, you clearly see him kiss his trusty right hand before marching over and jumping on Bisping in an attempt to behead the now undead brit.

Had he not thanked the gods for blessing ole faithful, I would have no issue with it.

Is it so obvious... do you have any proof of that (someone bringin Hendo to the side)? Or is that just suspicion? It was made public about Dana talkin down Brock and his emotions? If Dana or Fertitta made a fuss about Hendo, he wouldnt have wound up with KO of the night, now would he? It wouldve gone to Brock's KO. In fact, Dana didn't mind that finishing blow whatsoever, neither did the fans in the arena or the announcers... seems like the only ones that seem to be makin' a fuss are those who dont like the violence and/or were pulling for Bisping.

@ Bruham

Alright dude, you obviously haven't been in a bad blood fight before because you are just talking out of your ass. That shit is fucking instinct to go for the kill. Realize that we are animals basically and most of us have that killer instinct. It happens with alot of fighters because the feeling of knocking someone out is so overwhelmingly badass that the adrenaline/rage kicks in and they go for more shots. Go get in a fight then I might take your statements with credibility. When there is even a slight bit of emotion in a fight, things turn out like that. Oh yea, and you do realize this is UFC and MMA, right? Not a fucking Tae Kwon Do sparring session idiot.