fiveouncesofpain.com - 2/2/2008
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There are some interesting quotes going around about Brock Lesnar right now in anticipation of his UFC debut tonight against Frank Mir .
First, we have this little nugget of info from Dave Meltzer of Yahoo !:
This week brought a few other surprises. The first is that Lesnar has a freakish reach for a man of his height. The second is he is only the second man in the history of combat ...
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Fame Worth More Than Experience For The UFC
MMAFrenzy.com —
A lot of sites are blogging about the recent Dave Meltzer Yahoo! Sports article, which reports the payouts that Frank Mir and Brock Lesnar will receive for their fight later this evening at UFC 81. After reviewing the numbers, it’s not hard to see why this is causing some commotion. According to Meltzer’s article, Brock Lesnar will receive $250,000 to fight, and an additional $200,000 if he wins. So Lesnar could potentially walk away with nearly half a million dollars for fifteen minutes (or less) of work. Not too shabby for a guy ...
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sports.yahoo.com 2/3/2008 — LAS VEGAS
— Brock Lesnar was everything he was purported to be in his UFC debut.
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UFC Press Releases 2/3/2008
Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - For a little over a minute, former WWE superstar Brock Lesnar looked like he was going to have his way with former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir in his Octagon debut tonight at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. ...