Lesnar: The Most Athletic Heavyweight in the UFC?

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: micmeraz
Date: January 06, 2010 at 03:59 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/lesnar-the-most-athletic-heavyweight-in-the-ufc.21114/

I was browsing the good ol' fasion Internet the other day adn I seen Brock Shooting Star Jump off the top ropes on Kurt Angle back at UFC 19. I thought holyshyt, I remember that, that is still crazy as hell today. I'm talking like it was 20 years ago but anyway, check out this clip of him spinning backwords off the top rope in a wrestling macth. Pretty athletic for almost a 300pounder. It's hard to invision Randy or Cain having the athleticism to do that.
This isn't from Wrestlemania 19 but it's still Lesnar and still impressing for a man his size.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r32kaZifKHA&feature=related

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: shaun00
Date: January 06, 2010 at 04:02 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/lesnar-the-most-athletic-heavyweight-in-the-ufc.21114/

MikeMeraz said:
I seen Brock Shooting Star Jump off the top ropes on Kurt Angle back at UFC 19.
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UFC 19?
I think they were both still wrestling when this happend..

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: micmeraz
Date: January 06, 2010 at 04:05 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/lesnar-the-most-athletic-heavyweight-in-the-ufc.21114/

lefthook07 said:
MikeMeraz said:
I seen Brock Shooting Star Jump off the top ropes on Kurt Angle back at UFC 19.
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UFC 19?
I think they were both still wrestling when this happend..
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What?

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: JonnyF
Date: January 06, 2010 at 04:19 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/lesnar-the-most-athletic-heavyweight-in-the-ufc.21114/

I think I missed that match. Sorry.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Coalashford
Date: January 06, 2010 at 04:20 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/lesnar-the-most-athletic-heavyweight-in-the-ufc.21114/

JonnyF said:
I think I missed that match. Sorry.
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ha ha ha.....

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: micmeraz
Date: January 06, 2010 at 04:25 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/lesnar-the-most-athletic-heavyweight-in-the-ufc.21114/

Sucks for you.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: HBK42581
Date: January 06, 2010 at 06:56 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/lesnar-the-most-athletic-heavyweight-in-the-ufc.21114/

Here's the video in question and it was from Wrestlemania 19, not UFC 19 but I'm sure that was just a typo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZocE16RYns
Dude damn near broke his neck.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Sedulous
Date: January 06, 2010 at 10:26 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/lesnar-the-most-athletic-heavyweight-in-the-ufc.21114/

I read somewhere that Brocks vertical leap is only about 2 inches short of Kobe Bryant's. He's a physical freak of nature. I just hope he doesn't need the major surgery and that getting this infection taken care of will bring him back better than ever.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Hatefulgravey
Date: January 06, 2010 at 10:35 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/lesnar-the-most-athletic-heavyweight-in-the-ufc.21114/

Sedulous said:
I read somewhere that Brocks vertical leap is only about 2 inches short of Kobe Bryant's. He's a physical freak of nature. I just hope he doesn't need the major surgery and that getting this infection taken care of will bring him back better than ever.
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+1
You don't have to like the guy to want him to come back either. First its just human nature to want the best for people when these kinds of things come up, but watching that man fight is something special. The improvement he showed between Mir fights was crazy, and I'm hoping that we get more of that. He seemed like a fighter that really wanted to be a better fighter. Not just someone in it for the money or something, but someone that really wanted to prove he was the real stuff.
And yes, he is the most athletic, assuming his current problems don't ruin that for him.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Prosperityy
Date: January 06, 2010 at 03:23 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/lesnar-the-most-athletic-heavyweight-in-the-ufc.21114/

Hatefulgravey said:
Sedulous said:
I read somewhere that Brocks vertical leap is only about 2 inches short of Kobe Bryant's. He's a physical freak of nature. I just hope he doesn't need the major surgery and that getting this infection taken care of will bring him back better than ever.
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+1
You don't have to like the guy to want him to come back either. First its just human nature to want the best for people when these kinds of things come up, but watching that man fight is something special. The improvement he showed between Mir fights was crazy, and I'm hoping that we get more of that. He seemed like a fighter that really wanted to be a better fighter.
Not just someone in it for the money or something
, but someone that really wanted to prove he was the real stuff.
And yes, he is the most athletic, assuming his current problems don't ruin that for him.
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"I'm going home and I'm going to drink a Coors light, yes that's a Coors light cuz Bud light won't pay me nothin. WOOOOOOO"

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Marktheshark
Date: January 06, 2010 at 03:27 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/lesnar-the-most-athletic-heavyweight-in-the-ufc.21114/

Millhouse said:
Hatefulgravey said:
Sedulous said:
I read somewhere that Brocks vertical leap is only about 2 inches short of Kobe Bryant's. He's a physical freak of nature. I just hope he doesn't need the major surgery and that getting this infection taken care of will bring him back better than ever.
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+1
You don't have to like the guy to want him to come back either. First its just human nature to want the best for people when these kinds of things come up, but watching that man fight is something special. The improvement he showed between Mir fights was crazy, and I'm hoping that we get more of that. He seemed like a fighter that really wanted to be a better fighter.
Not just someone in it for the money or something
, but someone that really wanted to prove he was the real stuff.
And yes, he is the most athletic, assuming his current problems don't ruin that for him.
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"I'm going home and I'm going to drink a Coors light, yes that's a Coors light cuz Bud light won't pay me nothin. WOOOOOOO"
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you don't think lesnar made MIILIONS? in the WWE he was their main draw for a while. he obviously onyl got into MMA cuz it was something he wanted to do he has money prior to MMA

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: ChokerJoker
Date: January 06, 2010 at 04:13 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/lesnar-the-most-athletic-heavyweight-in-the-ufc.21114/

So since you guys are judging how "athletic" Brock is based on some WWE choreographed stuff he acted out on stage... Do you also think that he needs to start using his F-5 Finishing move in the Octagon too??
:roll:
Psst:
Wrestling is fake.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: toolsound
Date: January 06, 2010 at 04:37 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/lesnar-the-most-athletic-heavyweight-in-the-ufc.21114/

Hatefulgravey said:
Sedulous said:
You don't have to like the guy to want him to come back eitherthat for him.
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I agree. Aside from GSP, I'm not really a fan of any of the current title-holders, but I love watching them fight and I hope I'll get to see Brock fight again.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Sedulous
Date: January 06, 2010 at 04:49 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/lesnar-the-most-athletic-heavyweight-in-the-ufc.21114/

ChokerJoker said:
So since you guys are judging how "athletic" Brock is based on some WWE choreographed stuff he acted out on stage... Do you also think that he needs to start using his F-5 Finishing move in the Octagon too??
:roll:
Psst:
Wrestling is fake.
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I hope you aren't truly as dense as you seem based on that comment. That is one of the most massive fails I've read in a long time. Did you even watch the video? It takes a high degree of athleticism to get the height necessary to pull off that particular move. What does it being choreographed have anything to do with that? You should feel embarrassed.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: shaun00
Date: January 06, 2010 at 05:20 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/lesnar-the-most-athletic-heavyweight-in-the-ufc.21114/

Hmm The Most athletic HW? I know Roy "Big Country" Nelson..

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: ChokerJoker
Date: January 06, 2010 at 05:30 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/lesnar-the-most-athletic-heavyweight-in-the-ufc.21114/

Sedulous said:
ChokerJoker said:
So since you guys are judging how "athletic" Brock is based on some WWE choreographed stuff he acted out on stage... Do you also think that he needs to start using his F-5 Finishing move in the Octagon too??
:roll:
Psst:
Wrestling is fake.
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I hope you aren't truly as dense as you seem based on that comment. That is one of the most massive fails I've read in a long time. Did you even watch the video? It takes a high degree of athleticism to get the height necessary to pull off that particular move. What does it being choreographed have anything to do with that? You should feel embarrassed.
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Look, I know Lesnar coming to MMA from WWE is what brought a lot of your kind of attitudes to MMA, but seriously..
Actors, Dancer, Pro Wrestlers all do very neato looking stuff, in very controlled situations. But this topic is "Is Brock lesnar the most Athletic UFC Heavyweight" So I would hope that someone who likes to call other people "dense" could f*cuking read that and then use examples as to what the guy has done in the UFC rather than in homoerotic soap opera TV.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: YukonCornelius
Date: January 06, 2010 at 06:42 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/lesnar-the-most-athletic-heavyweight-in-the-ufc.21114/

Sedulous said:
I read somewhere that Brocks vertical leap is only about 2 inches short of Kobe Bryant's.
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Until I see video of that I'm calling straight up bulls---.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: a_clown_shoe
Date: January 06, 2010 at 06:54 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/lesnar-the-most-athletic-heavyweight-in-the-ufc.21114/

YukonCornelius said:
Sedulous said:
I read somewhere that Brocks vertical leap is only about 2 inches short of Kobe Bryant's.
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Until I see video of that I'm calling straight up bulls**t.
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He had to do a vertical leap for his attempt to make the NFL. Lesnar's numbers on most exercises were comparable to those of Mario Williams.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: a_clown_shoe
Date: January 06, 2010 at 07:02 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/lesnar-the-most-athletic-heavyweight-in-the-ufc.21114/

ChokerJoker said:
Look, I know Lesnar coming to MMA from WWE is what brought a lot of your kind of attitudes to MMA, but seriously..
Actors, Dancer, Pro Wrestlers all do very neato looking stuff, in very controlled situations. But this topic is "Is Brock lesnar the most Athletic UFC Heavyweight" So I would hope that someone who likes to call other people "dense" could f*cuking read that and then use examples as to what the guy has done in the UFC rather than in homoerotic soap opera TV.
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So...are you saying WWE stars aren't athletes? I don't watch WWE, and it's obviously not a sport, but that doesn't mean its stars aren't athletic.
Lesnar is a rare sports figure that combines athleticism and size in nearly unprecedented fashion. The way LeBron James combines size, speed, and strength at the forward position, the way Terrell Owens (in his prime) combined size, speed, and strength as a wide receiver -- those guys are analogous to the way Lesnar combines size, speed, and strength as a UFC heavyweight.
No one that comes to mind at heavyweight in the UFC is as athletic as Lesnar, which is made all the more amazing when considering that he's also the largest heavyweight the UFC has.
Now, are you actually going to offer up a name of someone who might be more athletic and offer evidence as to how that person is more athletic, or are you going to continue this pathetically cliche "pro wrestling is fake" routine.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: BaconBits
Date: January 06, 2010 at 07:11 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/lesnar-the-most-athletic-heavyweight-in-the-ufc.21114/

ChokerJoker said:
So since you guys are judging how "athletic" Brock is based on some WWE choreographed stuff he acted out on stage... Do you also think that he needs to start using his F-5 Finishing move in the Octagon too??
:roll:
Psst:
Wrestling is fake.
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Uh, you do realize that he made it to the last cut in Vikings camp too, right? After having not played football in ten plus years? Is NFL football fake?
He was an NCAA champion wrestler, too, one of the best in NCAA history. Was that fake?
But heck, I guess he was a pro wrestler, so that means he was never an athlete...