The next December 30 in Las Vegas closed in 2011 for the UFC with UFC 141 and a major fight since the announcement created great expectations.
And it can not be otherwise, since Brock Lesnar returns to the Octagon after more than a year away and faces nothing more and nothing less than the super heavyweight champion of Strikeforce yet, Alistair Overeem, also former champion of K-1.
The importance of this fight, besides the taste of victory is that the winner will face incumbent of this division, the Brazilian Junior dos Santos and it's clear there's no better prize to fight for the championship.
Something that he knows, it has been a champion of the UFC, although he has only made 7 fights, which has won 5.
The "Viking" came to this organization in 2007 and rivals that have been encountered are first class, Frank Mir (twice), Randy Couture, Shane Carwin and Cain Velasquez. The fans of mixed martial arts had doubts at the beginning of his career that Lesnar was "the real deal," but after seeing what he did to Mir in the rematch and how Carwin defeated in 2010, doubts left aside.
Thanks to his fame in WWE Wrestling and personality, Brock has been a major attraction in the UFC since joining and each time he steps into the Octagon, we all want to see, either you win or for someone to destroy .
While it is true that every time you bump up your words fight and his last in the WWE does sometimes say things that are not related to mixed martial arts, it is also true that Brock has improved a lot since it began and continues being one of the top three at this weight.
Should also be noted that since 2009 has been struggling with the disease and diverticulitis has not been in better shape because of all this. At first, managed to avoid surgery, but by mid-2011 and had to go to the operating room and 12 inches of intestine extirpated.
As you read it, 12 inches. However, Lesnar made it clear that it is in perfect physical condition and the last time we saw him on 12 November in the fight of Cain vs Dos Santos told us how good it feels.
"For years I engañana when I got up and said to myself that I could train and that was healthy, but it was not. Now I'm good and ready for my fight. "
We still see what Lesnar is presented in Las Vegas before a Overeem who excels in experience, stature and pasted, but not in wrestling and that is where the former champion can and should take advantage. No wonder national collegiate champion in his senior year at the University of Minnesota.
Nor can we forget that it was UFC champion, who left on the road to the likes of Mir, Couture and Carwin and have always stressed its fitness and competitive spirit.
Well you will need this and much more to defeat the giant Dutch and start looking for his rematch with life in this sport, and seek most precious title of the UFC.
We'll see ...
