Why is the UFC burying Brock Lesnar?

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Randy Couture interview…
Published 4/13/2008 by Jim Murphy at MMA Blog - TheSavageScience.com
... the fighter is tied up with, and the fighters need to be paid. Why should (Floyd) Mayweather or Oscar De La Hoya make $20 to $40 million dollars for one fight? And mixed martial artists are doing so much in the mainstream in a professional sport and not be compensated in the same way. It doesn’t make a lot of sense to me. He speaks highly of Brock Lesnar as an athlete (of course how can you not?) and of his potential in MMA. He also channels our own Malakai the Big Samoan in criticizing the UFC’s choice of Frank Mir for his first opponent: I think he’s got great potential. He ...

Crackback on Lesnar haters…
Published 8/11/2008 by Jim Murphy at MMA Blog - TheSavageScience.com
... before the Fertitta brothers bought the organization that the only people who *cared* about MMA–aside from bloodthirsty meth addicts and bikers–were–you guessed it–pro wrestling fans. Or that there’s a good chance the sport wouldn’t even exist without pro wrestling, particularly in Japan where to make a long story short “shoot wrestling” groups like RINGS and Pancrase and later storied MMA organizations like PRIDE directly evolved out of pro wrestling promotions. Here’s a quote from an article written by the SAVSCI’s own Malakai the Big Samoan earlier this year where he runs ...