No one has ever topped Brock Lesnar’s buy rate record. Conor McGregor, Ronda Rousey, Jon Jones, while huge pay-per-view draws, have not brought in viewers like Lesnar has.
It’s only fitting that Brock comes back for a match in UFC 200. “The Beast” ended his MMA career on December 30, 2011, suffering effects from colon surgery. Doctors removed 12 inches of his colon which made day to day life difficult, not to mention fights. “The illness had beaten me and I couldn’t be the guy I needed to be in the octagon” said Lesnar.
Over four years later, the former UFC Heavyweight Champion has asked himself what if? What if I could still fight? Do I want my career in MMA to end like this? Those question were answered on June 5, 2016.
“I couldn’t live with that decision. I don’t want to be sitting 20 years from now saying you know what son you should’ve went and did that”.
Lesnar is looking to rewrite a chapter that didn’t end the way he wanted it to. The only thing standing in the way of that ending, Mark Hunt.
Mark Hunt is the eight ranked UFC Heavyweight fighter. One of the best strikers in UFC history, the “Super Samoan” is a tactical fighter that will take advantage of an opportunity to knock, you, OUT! The ability to knock out a fighter with a single punch is Hunt’s MO. Not only a skilled KO artist, but an agile fighter who can duck punches and answer back with a few punches of his own. Most of Hunt’s wins have been through KO, but the startling number is his loss record against submission holds, an 0-6 out of his ten loses.
Expect this fight to go all three rounds, with Hunt looking to run around Lesnar looking for opportunities to strike. Lesnar will try to take down Hunt, knowing his ground game is far superior than the Samoan’s. If Hunt can counter the take downs this will keep Brock on his feet making this fight a strike fest, and that’s something Lesnar doesn’t want.
Brock’s freak athleticism and Hunt’s striking ability add up to one of , or thee, match to watch for UFC 200. Will Lesnar’s time away from UFC effect his performance in the octagon, or will his explosiveness over power Hunt’s tactics and striking ability?
UFC 200 is live from Las Vegas, NV on pay-per-view, July 9 at 9 pm CST!
PREDICTION
Lesnar defeats Hunt by submission in the third round!
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