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Post by Test on Dec 31, 2011 0:23:57 GMT -5
During the post fight interview with Joe Rogan Brock Lesnar announced it was the final time we'd see him inside the octagon. msn.foxsports.com/ufc/story/UFC-141-Alistair-Overeem-ushers-Brock-Lesnar-out-of-Octagon-123011Humbled and beaten, he quickly announced after the fight Friday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena that he was done.
"I've had a couple difficult years with my disease," Lesnar said. "And I'm going to officially say tonight is the last time you'll see me in the Octagon. Brock Lesnar is officially retired. I promised my wife and my kids if I won this fight, I would get a title shot and that would be my last fight. But if I lost tonight ..."
And that was it. With the loss, Lesnar fades from UFC hopeful to part of its history.
"When a guy decides he wants to retire, that's his thing man," Dana White, the president of the UFC, said afterward. "This is the real deal. You don't half-ass this stuff. When you know it's over, it's over." |
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Post by pankrato on Dec 31, 2011 1:36:19 GMT -5
Is this related to his stomach injury?
*Spoilers*
Those knees went to his belly, so it got me worried.
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Post by Test on Dec 31, 2011 7:05:19 GMT -5
I dunno. He apparently told his wife that if he lost he'd retire or he would fight one more time (for the championship) if he won before retiring.
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Post by whitesquare on Jan 1, 2012 11:10:06 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm sad to see him go. He was one of the few HWs that I actually liked. But, with a disease like that, no matter how hard you train, your limits will always be what the disease itself allows to you have. It was a good choice for him.
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Post by elfsar on Jan 3, 2012 12:38:50 GMT -5
I don't remember where but I do recall hearing something years go about Brock originally only wanting to get a few large payouts when he was just starting in the UFC. I think this may have been his intention all along. I really hope it was not due to injury and he left on his own terms. Very sad to see him go. The guy could certainly draw money. Dana certainly looked sick to his stomach in the post-fight interveiw.
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Post by comptonassjer on Jan 3, 2012 19:36:20 GMT -5
big name for ufc to lose. never was a huge fan,but he certainly gained my respect showing that he can fight with the best of them!
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