UFC 130 Fight Card: Fat Jokes Aside, Is Roy Nelson a Legit Heavyweight Threat?

It’s time for the Rodney Dangerfield of MMA to seize his “Back to School” moment. In fact, come UFC 130, Roy “Big Country” Nelson is going to treat Frank Mir and the entire UFC-watching public to an extra helping of s…

It’s time for the Rodney Dangerfield of MMA to seize his “Back to School” moment. In fact, come UFC 130, Roy “Big Country” Nelson is going to treat Frank Mir and the entire UFC-watching public to an extra helping of special education. On May 28, the plus-sized fighter who can’t get no respect is finally going […]

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UFC 130 Fight Card: Fat Jokes Aside, Is Roy Nelson a Legit Heavyweight Threat?

What-Took-You-So-Long Alert: Lesnar Finally Gets Culturally Insensitive on Velasquez

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At long last, here is the Brock Lesnar we all know and love/loathe. After weeks of playing it almost unimaginably cool about the fact he’s about to defend his UFC heavyweight title against a 2…

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At long last, here is the Brock Lesnar we all know and love/loathe. After weeks of playing it almost unimaginably cool about the fact he’s about to defend his UFC heavyweight title against a 240-pound Mexican(-American), Lesnar finally let the thin veil of cultural sensitivity fall away during last night’s “UFC Countdown” show. It takes approximately one minute, 13 seconds into the above vid for Lesnar to publicly debut the semi-racist jokes about Cain Velasquez that he’s no doubt been trying out for weeks behind closed doors at the DeathClutch Gym. The results are actually kind of comforting. At least now we have confirmation that this dude with the beard really is Brock Lesnar, and not just some politically correct imposter.

"Listen,” quips Lesnar here. “When I get done whooping your ass, I’m gonna go drink a Corona and eat a burrito just for your Hispanic heritage. How about that?"

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