Here's Lesnar's jiu jitsu trainer Rodrigo Comprido talking to Tatame.com about his student's performance:
"I started to work with Brock after his first fight against Frank Mir. I personally follow the trainings and the guy learns very easily, when you see him fighting you can notice that he’s evolving a lot. I think his ground is strong, solid. We’re managing to make him confident in all areas."
Here's Lesnar trainer Erik Paulson talking to Sherdog.com:
"He stuck exactly to the game plan. We knew Frank was going to jump that half-guard as soon as he could on the ground. The whole objective was to control him on the ground, control his hips. As far as the half-guard, it was to put him flat in the half-guard, not let him get on his side and get under your leg."
Brock is now the official spokesperson for Fusion Ammo. Head over to the Fusion Ammo Website to watch some new videos of Brock. On the website is also a written statement by Brock:
The champ wanted to say a few words to his fans, so here are his thoughts following his decisive victory: "Thanks to all my fans and MMA followers worldwide. I'm proud to wear the heavyweight championship belt. I also want to apologize for behaving unprofessionally after beating Frank Mir. Fighting is an emotional sport and with my background in the entertainment business, it was easy to get carried away on one of the greatest stages in pro sports. I can tell you straight out that I will be a great champion and representative of MMA and my favorite pastime of hunting. I look forward to my next fight and until then, I'm planning for some great deer hunts this fall."
Brock is set to be featured on ESPN's E:60 on Tuesday, Aug. 4 at 7 p.m. ET. Here is ESPN's promotional piece for the show.
When Brock Lesnar was introduced to E:60 viewers last October, he was a superstar from World Wrestling Entertainment trying to make it in the very real world of mixed martial arts . And the question was, could he take punches as well as he once faked them? Well, it’s still an open question—if only because Lesnar’s been dishing out all the punishment. He’s easily won every fight since then, and at UFC 100 in July, the heavyweight champion avenged his only loss with a swaggering performance that elicited both awe and scorn. To many sports fans, Lesnar is now the face of the UFC. To others, Lesnar is the UFC’s first villain.
Lesnar first rose to fame as “The Next Big Thing,” in Vince McMahon’s WWE, making millions of dollars before walking away from it all at the height of his popularity to pursue his childhood passion of competing as a professional athlete. Lesnar first tried out for the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings, but didn’t make it out of training camp. Then he found a home in the fastest growing spectator sport in the world -- MMA.
Lesnar sat down with E:60 correspondent Tom Farrey for an in-depth interview in which he discussed growing up on a dairy farm on the outskirts of Webster, S.D., his emergence as an NCAA champion wrestler, his struggles with the WWE, rumors of steroid use, and now, his career as a mixed martial arts fighter. With only five professional fights under his belt, Lesnar dominates his division and has arguably become the biggest pay-per-view draw in combat sports since boxing’s Oscar de la Hoya.
In todays UFC press conference Dana White said Fedor won't join the UFC. They offered Fedor millions of dollars as well as a title-shot at Brock's belt. Fedor declined. Someone's scared?! UFC announced the signing of Tito Ortiz instead who went on to say he will dominate the light weight division and then move to heayweight to challenge Brock.
This comes from a recent interview with Kenny Florian (credit to citypaper.net):
Q: How do you think Fedor Emelianenko would measure up against new UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar?
Kenny: It's tough to see anyone beating Brock Lesnar right now but Fedor. Lesnar’s size would be an obstacle to overcome and also his wrestling skills and his speed and power. Plus, wrestling has always given Fedor some trouble. He's had problems with wrestlers in the past. He's beaten them, but you see the weakness in his game, and having a huge guy like Lesnar who is getting more and more skilled all the time would definitely make him an underdog.
M-1 USA Vice President Jerry Millen made some comments about Brock in a recent interview (credit to mmafanhouse.com):
"Brock Lesnar has what, like five MMA fights? He's a champion because they put him in that position. If he was not a big guy from the WWE with a name, do you think he would have gotten a title shot in 3-4 fights?"
Q: Who would you rank as the top five heavyweights? Obviously, Fedor is no. 1.
JM: Fedor. Josh is up there. Nogueira, I still think Nogueira just because his fight against Frank Mir, Nogueira was sick in that fight. I know he was in the hospital 18 days prior with staph (infection), so that wasn't the Nogueira you see. Other than that, to me it's such a toss up. Brock's a good fight, don't get me wrong, I mean his style is to get the guy down and hammer him. Is he in the top five? I don't know, I don't think he's proven himself yet. [..]
If the UFC really cares about what the fans want to see then do a one-two-three fight co-promotion. Make it to where Fedor beats Brock twice, they got to fight a third time. Then what'll happen is that Fedor will beat Brock three times and he'll have to go onto a fourth fight, and maybe a fifth, and then maybe Fedor will slip and Brock will get lucky (Laughs.) You know it can go on forever, but if the UFC really cares, honestly, they really care what the fans want then they can make the fight happen. They know they can.
Q: What's the earliest you think we will see Fedor fight?
JM: Honestly I hope we'll see Fedor fight somewhere in the next three, four months, cause he's ready to go. He's ready to smash somebody. I was hoping it would be this weekend but unfortunately it's not. We'll have to wait just a little bit longer. And who knows, maybe he'll be smashing Brock Lesnar next. Anything is possible. If Brock Lesnar wants to prove he's the no. 1 MMA heavyweight in the world, then he should step up and fight Fedor. You got to remember Brock Lesnar left the WWE because Vince McMahon owned him, he didn't want to be owned by anybody. Well now Brock Lesnar is owned by Dana White and the UFC, so he's owned again. So how long will Brock Lesnar is going to sit there and say he's the champion? Because he's the champion of the UFC but he's not the champion of the mixed martial arts world.