Often, it was solely fighters who felt the wrath of Brock Lesnar throughout his UFC profession.
However forward of his battle with Cain Velasquez, even a police officer discovered to not stand in Lesnar’s path the onerous method.
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Lesnar was the heavyweight champion on the time, having defeated Randy Couture at UFC 91 in November 2008 to win the belt in simply his fourth battle for the promotion.
He defended it eight months later by ending Frank Mir at UFC 100 to avenge his solely MMA loss, earlier than submitting Shane Carwin virtually precisely one yr later.
Nonetheless, his hardest take a look at was but to come back, as Velasquez, who was undefeated in eight UFC bouts, stood in Lesnar’s method from cementing his identify as a heavyweight nice at UFC 121.
Lesnar rocked a beanie as he made the ferocious stroll in California 15 years in the past, along with his eyes solely locked on the cage.
The South Dakota native made no try and acknowledge the 1000’s of followers screaming his identify, however was compelled to take motion when one cop stood in his method.
Simply earlier than Lesnar hit a nook, he observed the officer in his method, and utilizing his left hand hilariously brushed him to at least one facet with ease.
He then added insult to damage by virtually shoving the person into the group along with his proper shortly after.
UFC commentator Joe Rogan picked up on the humorous second in the course of the broadcast, earlier than matching the electrical power contained in the Honda Middle with an ideal analogy of ‘The Beast’ as he entered the Octagon.
“A thousand years in the past the one method you noticed a man like this was in the event that they got here up in your shore on a ship and then you definately ran,” Rogan mentioned.
“This man, you must take into account the truth that he’s so dominant and he’s solely been preventing for a bit of over two years.
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“He solely has six fights, and in these two years and 6 fights we’ve seen drastic and dramatic enhancements in his recreation that I believe that’s what we’re going to see right here tonight.”
Nonetheless, Rogan, who’s often spot on along with his takes on MMA’s greatest league, couldn’t have been extra flawed.
Lesnar shot for a trademark takedown at the start of the bout, however Velasquez, who had been ready by legends like UFC Corridor of Famer Daniel Cormier for his opponent’s elite wrestling expertise, took no problem in stuffing it.
This handed the Mexican-American a lift of confidence as he shockingly dragged Lesnar to the canvas shortly after.
Unexpectedly, Lesnar was in serious trouble, and after being hit with an array of robust blows, he spun uncontrolled and Velasquez went for the end.
Velasquez landed a sickening knee to Lesnar’s physique earlier than ‘The Beast’ stumbled to the bottom.
He then dived onto his opponent earlier than touchdown vicious proper fingers, which compelled referee Herb Dean to cease the battle.
The long-lasting battle in the end marked the start of the tip for Lesnar by way of his MMA profession, as he made a return to the WWE shortly after.
“I anticipated nothing much less,” Lesnar mentioned in his post-fight interview with Rogan.
“He’s an amazing fighter. What can I say? He was higher than me tonight.”
As for Velasquez, it was only the start of his record-breaking title reign.
Though he misplaced his subsequent battle to Junior Dos Santos, Velasquez reclaimed the heavyweight belt by defeating him of their rematch, earlier than beating Antonio Silva and Dos Santos once more.
Throughout this time, Velasquez broke the document for the longest UFC heavyweight title reign, which nonetheless stays to this point.