Hey guys. Wish Brock being in the hospital I am going to get an online card up for fans, former and present co-workers, and noteable names to sign so we can send it to Brock's agant/people and give it to Brock so he knows we all are thinking and preying for him. Me or Suzi will update you soon on details.
UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar is seriously ill in hospital after collapsing in Canada, UFC president Dana White said Saturday.
"He's in rough shape, he's in really bad shape," White said Saturday after UFC 105.
"He is not well and he is not getting any better. ... He's very, very sick and he's going to be out for a while. He's got a lot of problems."
"He's got mono and he's got something else wrong with him. I know what's wrong with him, he just doesn't want me talking about it," White said. "He doesn't have cancer or AIDS or anything like this, (but) he's got some problems, man."
"He went up to Canada just to get away from his house, to go up there and just kind of chill out up there. He dropped. He went down, and he had to go to hospital.
"They ran every test on the planet on him and they ended up finding something else was wrong with him."
White said the 6-foot-3, 265-pounder was currently in a hospital and may have to go to the Mayo Clinic or another top facility "to figure out what's wrong with this guy."
"He's not going to be getting well any time soon," he said.
Each time former PRIDE heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko (31-1) adds another win to his already impressive career total, fans from across the world call for the Russian to face the UFC's reigning king.
Emelianenko toppled the previously undefeated Brett Rogers at Saturday night's Strikeforce and M-1 Global co-promotion, "Fedor vs. Rogers," and those requests have already begun again. While the UFC's unwillingness to co-promote has proved an insurmountable roadblock in the past, M-1 Global USA vice president Jerry Millen has a simple solution: do it for free.
"If you really want to fight him for competition, and it's not about the money for the guys in the UFC, then tell Brock Lesnar to jump his ass on a plane, take a train, and come to Stary Oskol. If these guys really want to fight Fedor, then come to Stary Oskol and lets get it on there for no money."
[credit: mmajunkie.com; funny how they say Fedor would fight for free yet the contract w/UFC didn't happen cause they demanded co-promotion]
UFC president Dana White in a recent interview with the LA Times:
"Fedor just got his face smashed in by Brett Rogers. Do you know what Brock or Frank Mir and Cain Velasquez would do to Brett Rogers?" White said. "It's time to bring this guy [Fedor] in, to see Brock Lesnar smash his head."
In a new article up on the Fighters Only website, former UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir reveals that the main goal left in his MMA career to achieve before he retires is "to end Brock Lesnar's career." Mir went on to say, "Really, it's what I think about all the time. Brock Lesnar exploited a huge weakness in my game and no matter who I crush after this, I have to crush him to show I've improved that weakness. It's nothing about how he talked to me in my last fight, I could care less about it. If I took it that personal there are other ways to handle situation like that outside of a cage, but honestly I just want to fix what was exploited."
Mir goes on, "If you're a true martial artist you don't do it for money or titles, just to be the best human being possible, and if someone exploits a weakness, who better to see if you've fixed it than the guy who exploited it. Getting the title back, it's a nice novel idea, but even being the heavyweight champ or the interim champ, I got to be honest, I didn't really feel that different walking around… Some people think that with the belt, that you made it. Nah, you didn't make shit. You won a fight, just the fight happened to have more ribbon and bells and whistles on it. Bottom line, [its about] testing yourself!"
Like reported before it Brock won't be able to fight at UFC 108. Shane Carwin confirmed on his latest blog that Brock is suffering from mononucleosis and the january fight has been postponed again. Dana White also stated that Brock won't be able to train for another month. The fight is said to be postponed til february or even march 2010.
Brock Lesnar, the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s heavyweight champion, still is not healthy enough to train, his coach said on Monday.
Greg Nelson of the Minnesota Martial Arts Academy said Lesnar’s illness is real and that his withdrawal from his match against Shane Carwin, which was set to be the main event of UFC 106 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas on Nov. 21, was because he could not train hard enough.
Doubt has surrounded Lesnar’s decision to postpone the bout since a video of his appearance at an NFL game surfaced on the Internet. Lesnar did not look flu-stricken in the video, prompting speculation his withdrawal was related to reasons other than illness. Nelson, though, insisted the decision is simply because Lesnar would get fatigued quickly and could not push hard in training.
“I’m not sure exactly what it is he has, mono or whatever, but I know that he was sick and couldn’t get a good, hard workout in,” Nelson said. “There’s a big difference between making an appearance and smiling and waving at a football game and going out and doing what he has to do in his training.”
The bout has not been rescheduled, though it is targeted for Jan. 2 at UFC 108 in Las Vegas. However, if Lesnar is unable to resume training soon, he likely will not be able to make that date and it would have to be pushed back into February. [credit: yahoo.com]