I gotta say, this was one of the most exciting nights in UFC since I've been following the sport.
Brock Lesnar looked good but his inexperience proved to be a fault because he exposed himself more than once - first he landed few punches into the back of Mir's head and lost a point. He should have known better than that. Second, he let Mir wrap his legs around his own legs and by the time he figured out what was going on, he was already on the way down to get submitted. Inexperience is a big deal and those two points prove that!
It just goes to show that, as intimidating as you can be with your size, you've got nothing against pure skill. Lesnar is the first ever UFC fighter to require XXXL gloves!!! But power and size cannot match submission skill, even though I hate watching wrestlers and ju-jitu fighters because 99% of the time those fights are boring!
Stone Cold, Undertaker and that Curt guy from WWE and TNA were all present tonight and they all got a lesson in how much of a difference there is between soap opera wrestling and real fighting.
But I like Lesnar and I think he will do good in the future, he just needed to get a quick lesson in what not to do!
Nogueira vs Silva was great too! Unbelievable!
Brock Lesnar looked good but his inexperience proved to be a fault because he exposed himself more than once - first he landed few punches into the back of Mir's head and lost a point. He should have known better than that. Second, he let Mir wrap his legs around his own legs and by the time he figured out what was going on, he was already on the way down to get submitted. Inexperience is a big deal and those two points prove that!
It just goes to show that, as intimidating as you can be with your size, you've got nothing against pure skill. Lesnar is the first ever UFC fighter to require XXXL gloves!!! But power and size cannot match submission skill, even though I hate watching wrestlers and ju-jitu fighters because 99% of the time those fights are boring!
Stone Cold, Undertaker and that Curt guy from WWE and TNA were all present tonight and they all got a lesson in how much of a difference there is between soap opera wrestling and real fighting.
But I like Lesnar and I think he will do good in the future, he just needed to get a quick lesson in what not to do!
Nogueira vs Silva was great too! Unbelievable!
From SI.com said:
Give that guy more jiu jitsu lessons and hes gonna be dangerous. Even Mir during the press conference said he was not winning for the first 1:20. The striking in the back of the head was kinda so so, I consider it part inexperience and part bad timing. Mir was tunring his head back and forth so he wouldn't get nailed. Brock made a mistake and got his leg caught, game over. Looked like Mir tried a couple arm bars and Lesnar was just too big and strong.
