For all intents and purposes, Brock Lesnar’s life in the UFC was short-lived. But his impact on the heavyweight division was fairly significant.
Lesnar won the heavyweight title in just his fourth pro fight when he took out Randy Couture with a second-round TKO at UFC 91 in November 2008. That win came just nine months after he was submitted by Frank Mir in his second pro fight.
But at UFC 100 in July 2009, Lesnar got a chance for revenge against Mir in a title unification bout. He didn’t disappoint.
The former WWE star devastated Mir with a second-round TKO. A year later, he defended his title again with a submission of Shane Carwin.
Lesnar’s UFC career mostly fizzled after that with a pair of TKO losses to Cain Velasquez and Alistair Overeem. When he returned in 2016, it was with a win over Mark Hunt, but one that was overturned when he tested positive for steroids.
These days, Lesnar is again one of the WWE’s biggest stars. It’s almost hard to believe his win over Mir came nearly 11 years ago. But you can relive that victory – arguably the biggest of his MMA career – in the video above.
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