No one said Kimbo was a great fighter - he wasnt. But he had the fighter attitude.
Brock does not have it. It doesnt show up when theyre winning. It shows when theyre hurt, in trouble, behind. Thats when you see someone who is a fighter, a real fighter.
You make a good analogy with the bully comment. Brock is a bully, not a fighter, and he got exposed as such. As soon as he had some competition, as soon as he took a hit, he ran, gave up, didnt want to do it anymore. You try pointing to his bullrushing through his early fights, duh, against cans and people who can barely walk, let alone fight. (Yes I realize im exaggerating)
As much as I like your a lot of your posts dude, the fact is Lesnar is the biggest fraud in UFC history IMHO, he's the Kovacs of MMA, all hype, no substance.
Yeah, he won the title, against a bunch of people either half brocks size, twice his age, or both. As soon as he got tested, he folded. Fight after fight he embarassed himself, he embarassed the people he beat to win the title, and everyone who showed faith in him with pathetic performances proving he doesnt want to fight, he just wants to dominate, and if he cant dominate he doesnt want to play. Thats a fucking bully, not a fighter. Sorry to burst your bubble.
This is the absolute truth. Brock may have had a better run if he had been exposed to striking much earlier but we will never know now that he has retired.
In a way you can place a little of the blame on the UFC for expecting to much to soon. The UFC wanted to squeeze as much PPV money out of him as they could out of his name recognition. Worst of all they believed their own hype. Rushing Lesnar toward the title was actually the wrong thing to do marketing wise.
Let Lesnar run through a few love level fighters before he gets a shot at the title. This approach would have benefited both Lesnar and the UFC. Lesnar would have gained more octagon experience and the UFC could have really taken the time build/hyped his image and sell more PPVS. Now no one win...except Overoids
On the flip side, because of his ego; bully Lesnar probably wouldn't have agree to fight his way to the title like most fighters have to anyway, so that might just be a moot point.