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During his most recent run of matches in WWE, Brock Lesnar looked like he was in incredible shape. While there was some speculation that the 46-year-old could…
During his most recent run of matches in WWE, Brock Lesnar looked like he was in incredible shape. While there was some speculation that the 46-year-old could…
Former undisputed heavyweight champion, Frank Mir claims he failed to crack the $1,000,000 mark in either of his massive fights with fellow former titleholder, Brock Lesnar during his time with the UFC – featuring in blockbuster pay-per-view fights against the latter on two separate occasions. Mir, a former undisputed heavyweight champion under the banner of […]
Former undisputed heavyweight champion, Frank Mir claims he failed to crack the $1,000,000 mark in either of his massive fights with fellow former titleholder, Brock Lesnar during his time with the UFC – featuring in blockbuster pay-per-view fights against the latter on two separate occasions.
Mir, a former undisputed heavyweight champion under the banner of the UFC, initially met WWE superstar, Lesnar back in 2008 in the co-main event of a UFC 81 card, submitting the latter with a stunning opening round kneebar.
Competing in the main event of the monumental UFC 100 event in the summer of 2009 against Lesnar, Mir would suffer an eventual second round ground strikes TKO loss to the latter.
Reflecting on his time with the promotion and his period in various other promotions since his 2016 Octagon departure, Mir revealed he failed to crack the million dollar mark in either of his heralded fights against Lesnar.
“Not at all,” Frank Mir told TalkSPORT reporter, Jordan Ellis when asked if he felt he had been failr compensated during his UFC tenure. “For example, I saw a boxing match between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder – their second fight – I think we [him and Brock Lesnar] breat their pay-per-view buys. Both those guys made multiple millions of dollars, I never hit seven figures. That made me realize, ‘Oh, wow. I was the main event of that card [UFC 100], and I didn’t get seven figures and these guys got eight figures.’”
“It blew my mind,” Frank Mir explained. “And that was probably my first opening to go, ‘This card generated $50,000,000, who made the money?’ So, that’s one of the things that I want to fix about our sport, when a card makes $25,000,000, the company can $10,000,000, but the rest is divided by the fighters.” [Transcribed by MMA Mania]
Last competing in professional mixed martial arts at Bellator 231 back in October 2019, Mir managed to hand a unanimous decision loss to fellow former UFC heavyweight, Roy Nelson in Uncasville, Connecticut.
UFC welterweight Gilbert Burns wants to slap Brock Lesnar in defence of Daniel Cormier. MMA’s ties to professional wrestling go back to the very beginning of the sport and earlier this week, those connections became even stronger. It was announced that the UFC parent company Endeavor had purchased 51% of the WWE and would be […]
UFC welterweight Gilbert Burns wants to slap Brock Lesnar in defence of Daniel Cormier.
MMA’s ties to professional wrestling go back to the very beginning of the sport and earlier this week, those connections became even stronger. It was announced that the UFC parent company Endeavor had purchased 51% of the WWE and would be merging the wrestling promotion with the UFC to form one big company.
Talent from each promotion has previously made the jump to the other including Ronda Rousey, Matt Riddle and CM Punk. However, the most well-known is Brock Lesnar, who has a very valuable asset to both companies.
However, one of this weekend’s main card fighters has sent out a warning to the former heavyweight champion. Gilbert Burns said that he wanted to ‘slap’ Lesnar, despite weighing near enough 100lbs less the NCAA division I champion.
“I think UFC can learn so much from the WWE and vice versa,” said Burns. “And it’s a good opportunity to slap Brock Lesnar in the face too, right? It’s a good opportunity. I’ve never met him, he’s lucky I’ve never met him. But, I want to slap him because he cannot push ‘DC’ like that when he came all the way there in the Octagon. I want to slap him in the face.” (H/T MMANews)
Burns is referring to his infamous in-cage confrontation with Daniel Cormier after the latter won the UFC heavyweight title.
As for Burns, he is set to take on ‘BMF champion, Jorge Masvidal on the main card of this weekend’s 287. The Brazilian will hope to build-off an impressive one round blitzing of Neil Magny just three months ago. His opponent, Masvidal will be looking for his first win since 2019 when he beat Nate Diaz.
Gilbert Burns or Jorge Masvidal?
UFC star Jon “Bones” Jones still has interest in a fight against former UFC heavyweight champion and current WWE Superstar Brock Lesnar. Jones told Karisa…
UFC star Jon “Bones” Jones still has interest in a fight against former UFC heavyweight champion and current WWE Superstar Brock Lesnar. Jones told Karisa…
Ahead of his Octagon comeback this weekend at UFC 285, former two-time light heavyweight champion, Jon Jones has admitted that he wishes he had the opportunity to share the cage with former undisputed heavyweight titleholder, Brock Lesnar – claiming the bout would have had astronomical financial implications for their careers. Slated to make his first […]
Ahead of his Octagon comeback this weekend at UFC 285, former two-time light heavyweight champion, Jon Jones has admitted that he wishes he had the opportunity to share the cage with former undisputed heavyweight titleholder, Brock Lesnar – claiming the bout would have had astronomical financial implications for their careers.
Slated to make his first walk in over three years this Saturday in Las Vegas, Nevada, Jones headlines UFC 285 against former interim heavyweight champion, Ciryl Gane, with the duo competing for a heavyweight crown vacated by Batié knockout artist, Francis Ngannou.
Last time out for Jones, the Endicott native secured his final defense of the light heavyweight crown, securing a unanimous decision triumph over Dominick Reyes in close fashion in February 2020 in Houston, Texas.
In the immediate aftermath of his eventual official ‘No Contest’ with former two-weight champion, Daniel Cormier back in 2017, Jones called out former undisputed heavyweight champion, Brock Lesnar, however, the bout ultimately failed to come to fruition. And according to Jones, the failed pairing between the two pay-per-view stars has left him with regret.
“I think fighting Brock Lesnar would have been really cool,” Jon Jones told Sporting News ahead of UFC 285. “Brock isn’t the most technical guy, but he has a massive fan base, he’s a lot bigger than me, and it would have been one of those really cool David and Goliath kind of situations.”
“It would have been really cool for cross-sport promoting, and I think we both would have done great things for our family and for out team,” Jon Jones explained. “Financially, that would have been massive.” (Transcribed by BJPENN.com)
Last competing on the main card of UFC 200 back in 2016, former heavyweight champion, Lesnar fought Mark Hunt in an eventual official ‘No Contest’ in his Octagon comeback, after his initial unanimous decision win was overturned after Lesnar tested positive for the banned substance, clomiphene.
Sean O’Malley is not sure how to feel about the legacy of Brock Lesnar’s UFC career. O’Malley was probably still in high school during the time in which WWE superstar Lesnar made the jump from professional wrestling to the UFC, ultima…
Sean O’Malley is not sure how to feel about the legacy of Brock Lesnar’s UFC career. O’Malley was probably still in high school during the time in which WWE superstar Lesnar made the jump from professional wrestling to the UFC, ultimately winning the heavyweight title after just three fights in the promotion. There have been…
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