Before he started his career in MMA, Brock Lesnar had already built a name for himself after he had become one of the biggest stars in WWE and even signed for an NFL team.
After he went to star in the WWE in mid-2002, Brock Lesnar left the WWE after signing at the NFL franchise, the Minnesota Vikings.
Despite the fact that he did not receive a contract offer from the Vikings, Lesnar was offered a life-changing NFL deal, which he subsequently struck.
After rejecting a deal to compete in NFL Europe, Lesnar returned to wrestling before he decided to bring his talents into the world of MMA.
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Brock Lesnar protected his NFL teammates with one specific MMA movement
While he participated in American football, Lesnar had no background in MMA, but had a well -documented collegial wrestling career.
During the training camp with the Vikings, the Minnesota-outfit welcomed the Chiefs of Kansas City in their practical facility for a game for the season.
During the match against the Chiefs, the Quarterback from Vikings, Daunte Culpepper was emitted by one of the Kansas defenders, who was not in the right place at Lesnar.
Teammate, Nate Burleson, has revealed exactly what the former WWE star did the defender during the next game.
“You remember your Brock Lesnar, from the WWE, he came out and someone cheap Daunte Culpepper late and Brock was like:” Who did it? “, The next game, he went suplexing the man.
“Different types of filthy, but he grabbed an adult man after the piece, it was a Royal Rumble, Minnesota vs Kansas City during the training camp, which was a nasty suplex on the football field,” said Burleson on the NFL Up.
When Lesnar returned to WWE a few years later, he became known for his sizzling suplexes and even had a slogan, “Suplex City.”
When Brock Lesnar Daniel Cormier pushed out during a face after the fight
Lesnar made his UFC debut in 2008 and was short of Frank Mir. Later that year the former wrestler received a title shot against Randy Couture, successfully de -protected him to become the new UFC heavyweight champion.
A year later he demanded revenge over Mir and hit him in round two of their Rematch. After lost his title to Cain Velasquez and was then ready by Alistair Overeem, Lesnar left the UFC and returned to the WWE.
In 2016 he returned shockingly to the UFC when he accepted Mark Hunt. Despite winning the fight, the result was destroyed after Lesnar did not fail drug tests.
In 2018, after Daniel Cormier, however, had eliminated Stipe Miocic to become the UFC -Dubbel champion, Lesnar went into the cage and went with Cormier opposite Cormier before pushing halfway through the cage.
Unfortunately, the two never fought in the UFC and Lesnar never made his comeback after years of rumors to the promotion.
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