WEC Champ Mike Brown: UFC Champ Brock Lesnar Attracts 'Hillbilly Fans'
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7/16/2009 2:15 PM ET By Michael David Smith
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The raging debate in the mixed martial arts world this week has been whether Brock Lesnar's antics after beating Frank Mir at UFC 100 were bad for the sport. Count World Extreme Cagefighting featherweight champion Mike Brown as one who thinks Lesnar attracts fans to MMA -- but not necessarily the kinds of fans that Brown thinks the sport should attract.
"Normal sports fans, or MMA fans, I don't think they're into type of thing," Brown said on HDNet's Inside MMA. "But the pro wrestling fans, that's what they're into. I've never been a pro wrestling fan, but I could imagine, I know there's a lot of them, how they got really into that. They love the heel, the bad guy, the jerk who talks a lot of smack. So maybe it'll attract some hillbilly fans."
I definitely wouldn't say that everyone who likes Lesnar is a hillbilly, but I would say that Brown is the kind of thoughtful, respectful champion I think the fans should admire. Of course, Brown will never be as rich and famous as Lesnar, so maybe that indicates that Lesnar's approach is the smart one from a business perspective. But Brown deserves our respect as a true sportsman.
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Is it 100% necassary to have a headline new story for any and all who oppose/root for Lesnar's antics???
Michael David disappoints once again. Why are you and your colleagues except Ariel give Mir a pass? Mir insulted Brock beyond belief and you never even mentioned it.
Just watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5wOppcs7m0
I am really disappointed with this holier than thou attitude that you have taken. I thought you were a real journalist but now you want to be a saint. Mike Brown was crying because people were calling him "gay," just a few months ago, remember? He's never been insulted like Brock. Please be fair Michael! I know it's too much to ask.
Jesus, exp, is it really too much to ask that people understand there's a world difference in "smack" talk and posturing leading UP to a fight and magnanymity in victory???
It's often been said that when a guy's down you find out what he's really made of. Bull. It's when he's up that you find out his level of innate honor.
Why the hell do you find guys like Vitor training under Couture? Franklin under Silva? Why did Germany (and Japan) become an ally after WWII--while a deadly enemy after WWI?
Not a SINGLE time has Lesnar won so far in MMA and immediately afterward shown magnanymity--and that's why at least half the world wants to see him demolished by someone his own size, not 'cause iwwy biwwy Brock's is being "picked on again."
Brock was respectful towards Couture. Don't tell me he wasn't. And there we go again with steroid allegation. You know he can actually sue you guys for making these claims. He has been tested and is as clean as Lance Armstrong, Tiger Woods, and Roger Federer. Of course, he wins at the end of the day as you'll be paying through your noses to watch his next PPV. Suckers? I'd say you are ;)
let me see if i understand, you can disrespect Brock for 6 months before a fight, but Brock cant gloat for two minutes after he kicks your ass. theres a real code for before and after is there?
Brock and his martial art, wrestling, need to be respected, plain and simple. Mir didn't, and he tasted his own medicine.
So how is it Mir was a good winner after the first fight when he spent 6 months dissin Brock - you guys are full of schiz.
What a foolish,foolish brain damaged little man Mike Brown is-the same applies to most,but not all,of the MMA fighters,journalists,commentators and writers who cover MMA.
The racial double standards in the MMA world are BLATANT to say the least.You are either a mindless politically correct lemming,or as brain damaged as little Mike Brown is,if you cannot see the obvious racial double standards.
Think about it...you have Brock Lesnar a monstrous blonde haired Nordic man,who is confident,fiery,has the will of a warrior.Outside the fighting arena he is a devoted family man,an upstanding citizen-a good man.Yet,he is relentlessly insulted and hated on-Mike Brown’s viscous racial bigotry is one disgusting example.On the other hand you have the likes of Quinton "Rampage" Jackson,Anthony Johnson, Melvin Guillard-the list goes on– these Black men are not just big mouthed a** holes in the fighting arena they are also CRIMINALS outside the arena!!! Yet,their behavior is not criticized,they are not hated on.
It seems to me that it’s not just Mike Brown who is suffering from brain damage,but the MMA world is afflicted with collective brain damage.
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I can't say flipping off the crowd was the greatest idea or what he said was great, but i don't condemn him for it. And like Rich said, Mir was out of line with his smack talking. I think Mir took the smack talk too far. I would say both fighters went a bit out of line, but if I was Brock i would be pissed at Mir too.
In order to be the man, you've got to beat the man. This is contemporary gladiator combat. This is not a "Fighting" sport. If you want good sportsmanship, you are at the wrong category. I think we should go as far as announce: winner take all! that way, you will think twice before trying to fight just for riches. Dog eat Dog.
"So maybe it'll attract some hillbilly fans."
Hardly thoughtful or respectful.