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There’s always been an undercurrent of distrust in Brock Lesnar from some who refused to view him as a mixed martial artist, and could only see him as a fake fighter masquerading around as the real thing.
Despite reaching the heights of UFC champion, the number of doubters only grew in Lesnar’s last two fights. Lesnar struggled badly in the first round of his bout with Shane Carwin before rebounding for a win, and Cain Velasquez battered him around on his feet en route to seizing the championship.
As a result, lots of people thought that Lesnar was going to simply quit. They didn’t like his body language when both Carwin and Velasquez were boxing him up on his feet. Lesnar seemed to lose his composure and turtle, or worse, run. When rumors of a return to the WWE surfaced, many thought he would simply head right out of the UFC.
With Lesnar’s acceptance of a job on The Utlimate Fighter and an eventual matchup with powerful Brazilian striker Junior Dos Santos, lay all the rumors about Lesnar and any doubts about his gameness as a fighter to rest.