Dean will oversee the heavyweight title unification match at UFC 100 between current champion Brock Lesnar and interim title-holder Frank Mir. The decision was made at the Nevada State Athletic Commission's June meeting, and NSAC Executive Director Keith Kizer confirmed the appointments on Tuesday's edition of "GoodSports".
John is back with a new edition of "The Next Big Blog". Read his comments on UFC 99, The Ultimate Fighter and Brock (of course). Feel free to send John some feedback to hollywoodjonn@hotmail.com. [navi to read the blog: Blog < Part 11]
Here's a little excerpt: Frank Mir recently had some things to say about the rematch against Brock and he feels very confident that he can stand up with Brock as well as ground him again and try to once again beat him by submission. Brock Lesnar is like a sponge though, he quickly absorbs everything that he learns and applies that to his craft. If you have watched every single fight that Brock Lesnar has had since coming to the UFC you will notice a pattern of increased skills by him. In the Mir fight, he really got caught with his inexperience. In the Herring fight, he bounced back but won the fight by points, as he didn’t actually win by TKO or knock out. Then on the Couture fight he finished the fight via TKO on the second round which says a lot there. Now can you imagine what he will do on his fourth fight against a guy that he knows pretty well already?
May, 2009…Wildlife Research Center® – The industry leader in scent and human scent elimination is proud to announce that they are an official sponsor of Heavyweight Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Champion Brock Lesnar. John Burgeson, President of Wildlife Research Center® says, “I expected a lot when I watched a couple parts of his work out, but I was amazed at how far Brock’s speed, power, and ability went beyond my expectations. In regards to his hunting, I was also impressed by the Trophy Bucks that Brock and his wife have taken.”
Since age 5 Brock has been an avid enthusiastic hunter and outdoorsman, and he is proud to team up with America’s Top Brand® of scent and human scent elimination products, more specifically Wildlife Research Center’s® attractor scents, dispensers and Scent Killer® family of products.
Brock approaches a hunt just like he prepares for a fight. As he explained, “to be successful you have to understand your opponent. I know that a deer’s nose is his best defense, and if he smells me he will run. By reducing human odor, Scent Killer® products give me an edge.” He went on to say that, “as a bow and gun hunter, I am honored to be part of the Wildlife Research Center® team and look forward to assisting in developing the brand and helping more hunters become successful.”
Brock grew up in Webster, South Dakota, where he was 33-0 in his senior year as a high school wrestler. At Bismarck State (Junior) College, then at the University of Minnesota, Brock was a four-time All American, two-time Big Ten Champion and 2000 NCAA Division I Heavyweight National Champion. After finishing his college career with an astounding record of 106-5, Brock became world famous as a professional wrestler, and even had a short stint with the NFL® Minnesota Vikings – despite not having played football since his junior year of high school. Looking for a new challenge, Brock turned to mixed martial arts in 2006, and in his first fight on June 2, 2007 took only 69 seconds to destroy Olympic judo medalist Min Soo Kim with strikes that led to a submission. On November 15, 2008, Brock defeated MMA legend Randy Couture by TKO to become the new Heavyweight Champion.
Wildlife Research Center’s John Burgeson remarked that, “all of those trophy whitetails on Brock’s wall make me think that he may be a better hunter than athlete, if that is possible.” Brock agreed, pointing out that “when I’m not fighting, I’m hunting. It is a great sport that both my wife and I enjoy.” Wildlife Research Center® has been studying how deer relate to different scents for decades and is committed to providing information and state of the art products to help you become a very high-level whitetail hunter. John Burgeson proudly declares that “Our company has one simple policy and everything flows from there – Treat people the way you would like to be treated. That includes offering the best products available, great information on how to use them, our 100% Money-Back Guarantee, and more. Having Brock Lesnar on board with Wildlife Research Center® increases our brand awareness and commitment to smash human odor. Wildlife® is proud to be associated with a quality person like Brock. Brock Lesnar’s MMA record speaks for itself, but I really like the fact that he takes the Brock Lesnar enthusiasm and work ethic into the field to hunt. To me, that says a lot about who Brock really is.”
For more information on the entire line of products offered by Wildlife Research Center®, please visit www.wildlife.com.
Check out the official website for UFC 100 here. On that page you can see a video of Dana White talking about Brock, and you can also predict the outcome of each fight on the card (as of now 92% of all voters predict Brock to win by KO/TKO! Wow, nice!)
From thesun.co.uk: Here's UFC star Brock Lesnar showing off his animal instinct in a new advert being screened on American TV.
The heavyweight champion cut a promo for Wildlife Research Center's Scent Killer 99%, which vows to smash human odour just as well as Brock destroys heavy bags.
You can take a look at the 31-year-old former WWE star's efforts at killing off nasty stenches below.
The L.A. Times reports that M-1 is pushing for Fedor to fight the winner of the Lesnar/Mir rematch: Joost Raimond, the operations manager of Emelianenko's global promotion company M-1, invited the winner of the July 11 UFC heavyweight championship fight between Brock Lesnar and Frank Mir to attend the Emelianenko-Barnett bout, and pushed for the UFC to allow Emelianenko to fight that man as part of a one-fight contract on a card that could be fully promoted by UFC.