Login to post your comment. Show More Comments. No thanks Delete. Cancel Update. Login to reply. Cancel Reply. Contact Us. GDPR Compliance. Writer Awards. Tech Blog. If he were to leave, it would give other well-deserving fighters a chance to get into the spotlight and get the recognition they deserve. Brock Lesnar's appeal has taken a hit after he was thoroughly beaten by Cain Velasquez. Not to mention, he was seconds away from losing to Shane Carwin. Dana White and the UFC has ridden Lesnar's coattails to great financial success, but if he's no longer winning, how much drawing power does he really have?
It's one thing for Brock Lesnar to leave the UFC as the heavyweight champion and another to leave without a belt. If Lesnar left the sport in his prime as the heavyweight champion, it would definitely sting more. Now that Cain Velasquez is the heavyweight champion, the UFC can focus on him as their next big cash cow.
The sport of boxing—widely considered to be the biggest rival to MMA—has been without a marketable enough Mexican fighter for the Spanish community to fawn over. Now that the UFC has a Mexican heavyweight, they can capitalize on this opportunity and try to steal fans away from boxing by luring them to their next potential superstar. Brock Lesnar has a reputation for reaching the pinnacle of a sport and quitting soon after. We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from.
To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. For the better part of the past year, Cormier had been pursuing a fight against Lesnar after the WWE superstar made a surprise appearance cage side at UFC and ended up shoving the former two-time Olympian to begin promoting what was supposed to be an eventual showdown between the two of them. Lesnar took care of all that and he was cleared to return as early as January but the fight against Cormier never came together.
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