Brock Lesnar Retires From UFC

TheDuke · #1 12-31-2011, 12:24 AM

LAS VEGAS -- Brock Lesnar retired from mixed martial arts after Alistair Overeem stopped him with one vicious kick to the body at 2:26 of the first round in their heavyweight bout at UFC 141 on Friday night. Lesnar is the UFC's biggest pay-per-view star and the former heavyweight champion, but his return from a 14-month injury absence ended with Lesnar staggering and crumpling against the cage. He couldn't recover from a kick from Overeem (36-11), the 6-foot-5 Dutch kickboxing star making his UFC debut. Lesnar (5-3) is a former NCAA champion wrestler and pro-wrestling star who rose swiftly to the top of MMA. But he has fought just three times in the past 2½ years while dealing with bouts of diverticulitis, a lower-intestinal ailment that nearly killed him. "I've had a really difficult couple of years with my disease, and I'm going to officially say tonight is the last time," Lesnar said. "This is the last time you'll see me in the octagon."

Source:ESPN

Crowned · #2 12-31-2011, 12:27 AM

That was pathetic, but I did say Overeem would win. Just didn't think Lesnar was this much of a bitch, fuck the pity stories.

TheDuke · #3 12-31-2011, 12:30 AM

Dude had 7 inches of colon removed, nearly died twice and has a 6 inch incision in his stomach. You could see when Overeem caught him he just wasn't right. Don't think that this is a pity story. Dude's body just can't take strikes from fucking rhino's in the octagon. But he can take fake chair shots in a wrestling ring....hmm?

But Dos Santos/Overeem should be one hell of a fight.

Crowned · #4 12-31-2011, 12:36 AM

I think he should return to wrestling, but people talking about the disease is taking away from Overeem's dominance. And I don't think Dana White looked to happy about the sudden retirement. But now Overeem will be the UFC cash cow.

DontKnowMe · #5 12-31-2011, 12:39 AM

The UFC is too big to fail just because Lesnar is gone.
I thought he would lose tonight but didn't see the retirement coming

TheDuke · #6 12-31-2011, 12:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Crowned

I think he should return to wrestling, but people talking about the disease is taking away from Overeem's dominance. And I don't think Dana White looked to happy about the sudden retirement. But now Overeem will be the UFC cash cow.

I'll buy that but watch the fight again. Anytime Overeem hit him in his surgically held together mid section he cringed hard. Overeem is a monster but Brock probably shouldn't have even been in the ring.