My husband forces me to watch UFC, and I hate to admit it, but I really get into it. Recently the UFC welcomed a star into the Octagon. When Brock Lesnar stepped in to the ring against Frank Mir, it was supposed to be the first stepping stone on the way to the bright lights of the heavyweight division for Lesnar. Instead, Mir decided to give the former NCAA wrestling great a very rude inception. With a submission loss in his first UFC match, the talented Lesnar is left wondering what happened and what is next.

It was proof again that to compete at the elite level of Mixed Martial Arts, being the best in one area simply isn’t good enough. The best boxers in the world wouldn’t last a full round in the ring with a UFC competitor. The same goes for great wrestlers, Jui Jitsu practitioners, and those versed in Judo. One style is simply not enough to compete in what has become a world of the best athletes out there. For so long, Mixed Martial Arts was a secondary sport, little more than a blood sport for the fans of just a little too much violence.

The UFC has changed this perception, as the best athletes now flock to the major MMA academies to try for a spot on a UFC card. With advances in the rules as well as the knowledge of referees on when to stop fights, the sport has grown to mainstream acceptance. When a star the likes of Brock Lesnar walks in to the octagon only to be taken apart by an ex-champion, it shows just how far this sport has come. There was a time when being prohibitively good at a single portion of the sport would have been enough to jump in and win. All you have to do is look at what the Gracie’s did to the sport in the early days to realize how far it has grown. While Gracie Jui Jitsu has many fine fighters, it is quite clear from the type of fighters they now put out that even they realize that Jui Jitsu alone won’t win fights anymore.

As it stands now, MMA is growing while Boxing is falling, and very soon, the two sports will be on equal footing. Those that pay real close attention will be able to watch as the progression in MMA will allow it to become the main combat sport. It’s really only a matter of time at this point.

I’m done geeking out now…well maybe.

MMA owns! woot i love ufc Chuck liddel yay

I think what's next for Lesnar is a return to the WWE. I've seen others suggest the same thing.

That would be awesome, he would be dominate.

A couple points:

Brock Lesnar will never return to WWE. Ever. As long as somebody named McMahon is calling the shots, I PROMISE that you will never see Brock Lesnar there again. The fans would not stand for it, neither would the guys in the back. His best shot is going to one of the B promotions, like TNA or back over to New Japan Pro Wrestling. But pro wrestling is not what he wants. It never was. Brock Lesnar is one of these guys that walked out of a Gold's Gym with a raw egg and an 8-pack and said "Hey! I saw a WWE truck go by, I'm gonna call them up, I'm a wrestler!" He consistantly botched matches, nearly ended careers, and in the end couldn't handle "the road schedule" and left with his tail between his legs. WWE invested millions and millions of dollars in Brock Lesnar, building character, merchandising, and storylines, just to have him back out.

In MMA, it's much the same. Brock goes to K-1 and destroys Min Soo Kim in 90 seconds with strikes. Video here ---> ... This was a dominant performance, BUT, Lesnar outweighs Kim by a LOT, allowing him to power through his guard like a hot knife through butter. The level of competition in K-1 is nowhere NEAR Pride, much less UFC. And he steps in against Frank Mir, does okay for himself for a bit and then gets submitted in like 3 seconds. Lesnar has zero threshold for pain, if his strikes fail him, he doesn't know where to go. Unfortunately, for Brock, where he went was to the mat on the business end of a grapevined ankle lock from the guy who broke Tim Sylvia's forearm in two places. Video here ---> ... Brock talked a lot of shit and had a lot of sizzle, prior to the one minute mark. Man's gotta spend a LOT more time in the gym learning the trade before he even thinks about getting this title shot that he seems to think he should get.

Brock's a punk. Always has been. And will continue to get his salad tossed in the UFC until he checks his ego and does the hard work.

great video. i was once a fan of wrestling too. but i really don't know the name of those players in that sport. hope that i will be able to watch them again.

Mixed Martial arts are booming very much in the last few years. UFC and Pride and strikeforce collect millions of dollars for the pay per view per month. But this cage fight is really like old roman gladiator fights. Even though there is said to be seldom rules, they fight with rules.

In the relevancy of efficiency, these MMA fighters are also not big overall fighters since now a day they spent much on grappling and grappling have a lot of demerits when used in street.