People were so quick to write Brock Lesnar off but in MMA I certainly was very compelled, and in all fairness he did live up to the hype.
Not only was he incrediblly freakishly strong, he was only fighting guys who were in the top 15, and he did actually do pretty good against him too. The thing that I felt was so captivating about Lesnar was ability to evolve from a wrestler into a full geared mixed martial artist. It's too bad that 2/3 fights where he actually looked good in are fights that he lost and even in the other one looked like he was out. But make no mistake he performed pretty well in his fights.
Me? I was kinda up in the air about it just as much as Brock himself was. The fighting fan definitley would have liked to see him up against past prime guys like Mirko Cro Cop, or Bigfoot Silva, even a second Alistair Overeem fight would ring my bell.. Mark Hunt?! Geez I gotta stop thinking about it! I couldn't see him going up beating today's top heavyweights like Cain Velasquez, JDS or even Stipe Miocic. As much as I like Brock as a fighter, keep in mind he is 37-38.
But I see why I stayed with the WWE, not only is he more financially secure but he also doesn't have to worry about diverticulitus coming back to haunt him in the middle of his weight cuts (which btw was the reason he suffered from it, he didn't have a proper diet for fighting and lost parts of his intestines in the middle of the cut).
Regardless, it's a loss for the UFC but not that big of one. Conor McGregor currently has just as much if not star power.
