WWE Announces Jim ross on Brock Lesnar’s fight at UFC 87

Posted 06 Aug 2008 in Brock Lesnar, MMA, UFC, UFC 87, WWE, jim ross

For fans of MMA, as I happen to be, don’t kid yourself one second that this Saturday’s UFC PPV from Minneapolis isn’t a “must win” scenario for Brock Lesnar. From what I hear, and this isn’t official but what sources tell me, the UFC can actually cut Lesnar if he loses his first two fights and as we all remember that Brock lost his debut by being careless and allowing his inexperience to be exposed. Heath Herring, Lesnar’s opponent in Lesnar’s home town of the Twin Cities, is a veteran of many, many high profile fights over the years and Herring has far less pressure on him going into this fight than one would assume Lesnar has. Plus, when I heard that Lesnar attended the biker rally in Sturgis this past weekend it concerned me for Brock’s sake. Lesnar does not need to be riding motorcycles prior to a major fight if he indeed did so. I am pulling for Lesnar and think Brock can win against Herring but I am also not going to be surprised if Herring “upsets” Lesnar who would then have to start his MMA career essentially over and most likely for considerably less cash. Perhaps this is the case in all or most MMA fights, but I am particularly interested in how the first round of the Lesnar-Herring fight shapes up….if it goes past round one.

Source: jrsbarbq.com