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Brock Lesnar Vs. Junior dos Santos: Stop The Presses! TUF 13 Coaches Comfirmed | Bleacher Report
Can't wait for this one, I love this show and Brock as a coach will be awesome!
Yeah yeah, I know...It's everywhere. Junior Dos Santos will face none other than Brock Lesnar as coaches of season 13 of The Ultimate Fighter series.
And oh! Just for your information, the winner gets a crack at the title.
Like most always, irresponsible media outlets started spreading rumors about lighweight champion Frankie Edgar and his counterpart Gray Maynard having been set to be named as coaches for the next season of TUF, always using the lousy line, "according to sources close with the event."
Well, no more rumors, no more speculation.
The two heavyweights are set for another season of the reality show, but now some questions in the air are: What can they bring to the table as coaches? Why not Frank Mir vs. Brock Lesnar? Is Brock Lesnar well-rounded enough to guide someone through MMA training?
Let's do a little brakedown, shall we?
First, why not Mir-Lesnar? Many people think it made a lot of sense.
One, the rubber-match would brake the tie between the two. wo, the rivalry between the two would make for amazing reality TV. Yeah, I know we had enough already with "Kos" acting like a school bully and Rampage Jackson and Rashad Evans acting like thugs, but the truth is, it would've been really tense reality TV between the two of them.
So, why not Lesnar-Mir? Guess we will have to wait for Mr. Dana White to address that.
Second, what can they bring to the table for the athletes in the house?
Many people consider JDS to be the best boxer in the heavyweight division and is also a brown belt in BJJ under Antonio "Minotauro" Nogueira and Anderson Silva. Don't make the same mistake that a Chael Sonnen made by calling that a "belt out of a happy meal."
JDS, who was set to fight for the heavyweight title against the man who handled Brock Lesnar the beating of his life, is an absolute knock-out artist. Safe to think that he has a lot to pass on to his trainees in the house, both standing and on the ground.
But what about Lesnar? An accomplished wrestler and a freak of a human being, Brock Lesnar ground and pounded his way to the UFC heavyweight title after losing his first fight in the UFC to Frank Mir.
A lot of people feel Lesnar was exposed by Shance Carwin (who exposed himself in turn) at UFC 116, and Cain Velasquez just made good on people's suspicions about Lesnar.
Can Lesnar really handle a completely well-rounded MMA athlete? Is Lesnar a well-rounded MMA fighter?
The answer to those questions: No, no he couldn't and no he isn't.
Lesnar will pose a threat to any fighter he opposes because of his massive size and veteran wrestling skills, but as true as he was beat at UFC 121, he can't hang with the true MMA fighters.
Now coaching TUF is a lot more than a marketable image and a fan-drawing, mass-moving machine. It's a lot more than watching the two coaches taunt each other, it's about the fighters in the house.
So, what about the fighters in the house? What if most (not to say all) share the popular opinion about Lesnar having nothing much to teach them other than wrestling? What about the striking and submission defense?
Do you think the fighters picked by Lesnar will feel like they are getting the short end of the deal? After all, to be a coach you need a lot more than a polarizing, charismatic image, right?
On the other hand, do you think JDS language barrier will be an obstacle? Well, I asked a very good friend of mine and fellow MMA writer, Lacey Neher, owner and lead writer of Real Women & Men's MMA, who has met JDS and says "he spoke pretty good English" when they met.
Maybe we just get some subtitles when the accent gets too thick, but judge for yourself—the following is an interview with dos Santos after the Lesnar-Velasquez fight.
We can only wait and see what comes out from this match-up as coaches and the fight.
All I really know is...
I can't wait!
Thanks for reading.
Can't wait for this one, I love this show and Brock as a coach will be awesome!
Yeah yeah, I know...It's everywhere. Junior Dos Santos will face none other than Brock Lesnar as coaches of season 13 of The Ultimate Fighter series.
And oh! Just for your information, the winner gets a crack at the title.
Like most always, irresponsible media outlets started spreading rumors about lighweight champion Frankie Edgar and his counterpart Gray Maynard having been set to be named as coaches for the next season of TUF, always using the lousy line, "according to sources close with the event."
Well, no more rumors, no more speculation.
The two heavyweights are set for another season of the reality show, but now some questions in the air are: What can they bring to the table as coaches? Why not Frank Mir vs. Brock Lesnar? Is Brock Lesnar well-rounded enough to guide someone through MMA training?
Let's do a little brakedown, shall we?
First, why not Mir-Lesnar? Many people think it made a lot of sense.
One, the rubber-match would brake the tie between the two. wo, the rivalry between the two would make for amazing reality TV. Yeah, I know we had enough already with "Kos" acting like a school bully and Rampage Jackson and Rashad Evans acting like thugs, but the truth is, it would've been really tense reality TV between the two of them.
So, why not Lesnar-Mir? Guess we will have to wait for Mr. Dana White to address that.
Second, what can they bring to the table for the athletes in the house?
Many people consider JDS to be the best boxer in the heavyweight division and is also a brown belt in BJJ under Antonio "Minotauro" Nogueira and Anderson Silva. Don't make the same mistake that a Chael Sonnen made by calling that a "belt out of a happy meal."
JDS, who was set to fight for the heavyweight title against the man who handled Brock Lesnar the beating of his life, is an absolute knock-out artist. Safe to think that he has a lot to pass on to his trainees in the house, both standing and on the ground.
But what about Lesnar? An accomplished wrestler and a freak of a human being, Brock Lesnar ground and pounded his way to the UFC heavyweight title after losing his first fight in the UFC to Frank Mir.
A lot of people feel Lesnar was exposed by Shance Carwin (who exposed himself in turn) at UFC 116, and Cain Velasquez just made good on people's suspicions about Lesnar.
Can Lesnar really handle a completely well-rounded MMA athlete? Is Lesnar a well-rounded MMA fighter?
The answer to those questions: No, no he couldn't and no he isn't.
Lesnar will pose a threat to any fighter he opposes because of his massive size and veteran wrestling skills, but as true as he was beat at UFC 121, he can't hang with the true MMA fighters.
Now coaching TUF is a lot more than a marketable image and a fan-drawing, mass-moving machine. It's a lot more than watching the two coaches taunt each other, it's about the fighters in the house.
So, what about the fighters in the house? What if most (not to say all) share the popular opinion about Lesnar having nothing much to teach them other than wrestling? What about the striking and submission defense?
Do you think the fighters picked by Lesnar will feel like they are getting the short end of the deal? After all, to be a coach you need a lot more than a polarizing, charismatic image, right?
On the other hand, do you think JDS language barrier will be an obstacle? Well, I asked a very good friend of mine and fellow MMA writer, Lacey Neher, owner and lead writer of Real Women & Men's MMA, who has met JDS and says "he spoke pretty good English" when they met.
Maybe we just get some subtitles when the accent gets too thick, but judge for yourself—the following is an interview with dos Santos after the Lesnar-Velasquez fight.
We can only wait and see what comes out from this match-up as coaches and the fight.
All I really know is...
I can't wait!
Thanks for reading.