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UFC: Lesnar’s Diverticulitis, Edgar’s Back, and Maynard’s Knee Set Back the UFC

The injuries sustained by Brock Lesnar, Frankie Edgar, and Gray Maynard will hurt the UFC short term, but the effect shouldn’t last long.To put it frankly, the next two major UFC pay-per-views will be a huge disappointment for not only the fans, but th…

The injuries sustained by Brock Lesnar, Frankie Edgar, and Gray Maynard will hurt the UFC short term, but the effect shouldn’t last long.

To put it frankly, the next two major UFC pay-per-views will be a huge disappointment for not only the fans, but the UFC brass as well.

At UFC 130, Frankie Edgar was set to square off against Gray Maynard for the third time. A majority of MMA fans were looking forward to the bout. Their last bout was an epic war in which we witnessed the incredible heart of the current UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar.

After being rocked—and nearly stopped—in the first round, Edgar was able to mount a comeback, and was able to fight his way to a draw.

Now with both Edgar and Maynard having to withdraw from their third bout, the fans are left with Rampage Jackson vs Matt Hamill as the main event for UFC 130. Needless to say, the stock of 130 fell dramatically.

Now in the latest case of a major star suffering an injury, Brock Lesnar was forced to withdraw from his bout against Junior dos Santos at UFC 131 due to another severe case of diverticulitis.

In his place, Shane Carwin will be stepping up to face dos Santos. That is not exactly a bout that the casual fans are eager to see.

MMA fans are very fickle. When they are looking forward to a match, and it gets canceled, they get pretty bummed out. In turn, they are not likely to purchase the pay-per-view.

Of course there are the hardcore fans that will buy anything the UFC feeds them, but it goes without saying that these cards will be severely affected by the newly added main events.

But the UFC shouldn’t be too worried. With UFC 132, 133, and 134 all shaping up to be solid events—barring any injuries—this should only be a short lived drop in pay-per view buys.

As always, the UFC will figure out a way to come back better than ever.

UFC 131: Brock Lesnar and 5 Reasons MMA Fans Love to Hate Him

One only needs to mention the name Brock Lesnar and an array of emotions—mostly negative ones—will be stirred up in even the most calm of mixed martial arts fans.Lesnar, since his UFC debut in 2008 at UFC 81 against Frank Mir, has been not …

One only needs to mention the name Brock Lesnar and an array of emotions—mostly negative ones—will be stirred up in even the most calm of mixed martial arts fans.

Lesnar, since his UFC debut in 2008 at UFC 81 against Frank Mir, has been not a polarizing figure in MMA (because that would imply that approximately equal numbers love and hate him), but rather a figure that fans across the sport loath and bash at any opportunity.

There are many reasons for this hate directed towards Lesnar, but they all fall under the umbrella of five distinct reasons.

What are these reasons? Read and find out.

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Brock Lesnar: Pat Barry on Claims Fear, Not Diverticulitis, Forced Him off Card

News broke on Thursday afternoon that Brock Lesnar was being forced out of his UFC 131 fight with Junior dos Santos after another bout with diverticulitis.
Fellow UFC heavyweight fighter Pat Barry has apparently gotten wind of some folks saying that th…

News broke on Thursday afternoon that Brock Lesnar was being forced out of his UFC 131 fight with Junior dos Santos after another bout with diverticulitis.

Fellow UFC heavyweight fighter Pat Barry has apparently gotten wind of some folks saying that the real reason Lesnar is pulling out of the fight is not diverticulitis, but fear of the hard-hitting Dos Santos.

Barry took to Twitter, writing in all caps, to blast those doubters: “TOTALLY OUT OF CHARACTER FOR ME – BUT MY FRIEND HAD A RELAPSE OF SOMETHING THAT ALMOST KILLED HIM AND LEFT HIS WIFE A WIDOW AND KIDS FATHERLESS! AAAAAAANYBODY GOT SOMETHING S****Y TO SAY ABOUT HIM DUCKING A FIGHT OR BEING SCARED, COME FIND ME AND I’LL HEAR YOU OUT EYE TO EYE!!”

Someone then tweeted that Lesnar was indeed afraid of dos Santos with Barry answering that message with a friendly invite: “ILL BE IN PHILLY IN A FEW WEEKS COUSIN, AND IF U GOT THE SAND WE’LL CHAT THERE, U HEAR ME!!!”

Lesnar is currently exploring his options, but he did make one thing clear: He does not plan on retiring from the UFC.

Shane Carwin has been slotted into Lesnar’s spot for the June 11 fight card, which will take place at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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UFC 131 Fight Card: Early Predictions for Every Fight

UFC 131 has just had a major shake up.Originally the main event was to be Brock Lesnar vs. Junior dos Santos for the No. 1 contendership to the heavyweight title.Unfortunately, a flare up of diverticulitis has forced Lesnar to pull out of the scheduled…

UFC 131 has just had a major shake up.

Originally the main event was to be Brock Lesnar vs. Junior dos Santos for the No. 1 contendership to the heavyweight title.

Unfortunately, a flare up of diverticulitis has forced Lesnar to pull out of the scheduled bout.

Luckily for the UFC, Shane Carwin was set to fight on that card already, and he agreed to move up into the main event and take on Junior dos Santos in a No. 1 contender bout.

So now the main event features two outstanding strikers, in a fight that is sure to end in a knockout.

But who’s going to get the knockout? And what about the rest of the fights?

Read on to find out my early predictions for every fight on the card.

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Brock Lesnar Believes He Would Be 100 Percent by June 11

Brock Lesnar says this will not be the end of his fighting career. During an open media call on Thursday, Brock addressed the two dilemmas he was facing—moving forward with his June 11 fight against Junior dos Santos, and the decision as to whet…

Brock Lesnar says this will not be the end of his fighting career. 

During an open media call on Thursday, Brock addressed the two dilemmas he was facing—moving forward with his June 11 fight against Junior dos Santos, and the decision as to whether he would undergo surgery.

First, he addressed his decision to pull out of his scheduled match-up.

“The first thing that came to mind was, from today until June 11, I can’t be well-enough prepared to step in the Octagon and face Junior dos Santos. It wouldn’t be fair to myself or my family, or to the people I have to get in the Octagon and perform in front of, because I wouldn’t have been 100-percent on June 11. It was a hard decision. I’m choked up about it.”

He then went on to explain that his current battle with the illness isn’t as bad as his first, but is would have put him in a position where he could not get a proper training camp in.

“It just didn’t allow me to train the way I needed to train for a No. 1 contender’s bout” Lesnar explained. “I only have three weeks to turn this thing around. We just didn’t feel like I could do that.”

Then Lesnar went on to explain his decision regarding whether or not to have surgery.

“Now I’m at another fork in the road to where now, what do I do? I gotta follow-up with my doctors and weigh the risks and rewards. I went down there yesterday to figure out the problem. We’re waiting on a number of different tests to come back. I believe there’s a solution to every problem. I just gotta find the right solution to fix this problem. This isn’t the end of Brock Lesnar. This is a speed bump in the road. I’ve hit a lot of speed bumps in my career and this is one of them.”

Brock Lesnar: Revisiting His First MMA Fight

Before Brock Lesnar stepped in to the Octagon, he first signed a deal with K-1 Heros. He made is MMA debut on June 2, 2007 on the K-1 Dynamite!! USA show.K-1 hoped to put together the largest North American MMA event in the sport’s history, as they hel…

Before Brock Lesnar stepped in to the Octagon, he first signed a deal with K-1 Heros. He made is MMA debut on June 2, 2007 on the K-1 Dynamite!! USA show.

K-1 hoped to put together the largest North American MMA event in the sport’s history, as they held the event at the Los Angeles Coliseum. They succeeded, selling approximately 44,000 tickets, but that record was later broken by UFC 129.

In his mixed martial arts debut, Lesnar was scheduled to take on Hong Man Choi. However, Choi was not issued a license to fight by the California State Athletic Commission, which left K-1 Heros without an opponent for their main event.

On short notice, Korean Min Soo Kim stepped in to face Lesnar. At the time, Kim was sporting a 2-5, which made him a great opponent to introduce Lesnar to mixed martial arts.

It didn’t take long for Brock to assert his dominance against the over-matched Kim. It took Lesnar only 69 seconds to get a takedown, land a few punches that left Kim’s face a mess, and earn the TKO victory.

After his impressive debut, he was signed by the UFC. The rest is history.