Brock Lesnar Updates

Mirko Filipovic (Cro Cop) says that after his fight with Mustapha Al-Turk in June, he'll be looking at taking Brock Lesnar's title.
But that will have to wait.
Lesnar faces Frank Mir at UFC 100, and if Parisian Cheick Kongo beats American Kickboxing Academy's Cain Velasquez on June 13th in Cologne, Germany, Kongo will get a shot at the winner of that fight.

And it's not bad enough that MMA fighters want Lesnar, now Baltimore Ravens defensive lineman Kelly Gregg has said that he wants to fight Lesnar and thinks he'd beat him.

The June 2009 issue of Maxim Magazine has a four page article on Brock Lesnar that talks about the NCAA, NFL, WWE, OVW and UFC.

Another former (?) pro wrestler, Bobby Lashley's current record in MMA is 3-0.
How long will it be before we see talk of a Lesnar / Lashley battle?

UFC-Brock Lesnar vs Randy Couture

The Top Ten MMA Fighters Last Month

The top ten most searched for MMA fighters on this blog last month were....

1. Brock Lesnar
Yes the current UFC Heavyweight Champion, professional and amateur wrestler came in at number one last month.
The 6'2', 265 behemoth currently has a record of 3-1-0.
You wouldnt think the UFC champ would have only 4 MMA fights under his belt would you?

2. Chuck Liddell
"The Iceman" also has a background in collegiate wrestling as well as kickboxing.
His current record is 21-7-0.

3. Anderson Silva
This Brazilian fighter is the current UFC Middleweight Champion.
His record right now is 24-4-0.

4. Fedor Emelianenko
At 6 feet tall and 231 pounds, he is a Russian heavyweight mixed martial arts fighter, the current World Alliance of Mixed Martial Arts Heavyweight Champion, the last holder of the Pride Heavyweight Championship and maybe one of the best all around MMA fighters of all time.
His current record is 30-1-0.

5. Wanderlei Silva
This Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter has competed in Japan's Pride Fighting Championships and the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
With nicknames like "The Axe Murderer" and "Cachorro Louco" ("Mad Dog"), I won't want to run into him in a dark alley.
Unless he was on MY side of course.
His record stands at 32-9-1.

6. Randy Couture
AKA "The Natural" or "Captain America," Randy is an actor, MMA fighter, Greco-Roman wrestler, former collegiate wrestler, and the former heavyweight champion of the UFC.
His record is 16-9-0.

7. BJ Penn
The only other fighter to hold a championship title in two different weight divisions in UFC besides Randy Couture, BJ is also known as "The Prodigy" and "Baby Jay".
BJ's record is 13-5-1.

8. Forrest Griffin
Forrest is a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion.
Forrest's MMA career got a big push (just when he was about to leave MMA) when he appeared on the first-season of Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter.
His MMA record stands at 16-5-0.

9. Matt Hughes
This former 2-time UFC Welterweight Champion is widely regarded to be the most dominant Welterweight in UFC history so far.
His current record is an amazing (to me at least) 42-7-0.

10. Rashad Evans
The current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, Rashad holds victories over Stephan Bonnar, Michael Bisping, Chuck Liddell, Forrest Griffin and he fought Tito Ortiz to a Draw.
His MMA record is 13-0-1.

The New Stars of MMA

I have mentioned a few times here that what MMA needs right now is a larger than life, charismatic star to put mixed martial arts over the top.
A lot of the original stars are aging out, and new stars are coming up to take their places.
Will any of these new stars be "The Chosen One"?

David Mayeda over at FightTicker.com kind of addresses that issue in this article about the up and coming new stars of MMA:

"In the comments section of an earlier post covering UFC 97, a number of FightTicker.com members (Wardog and Bosco, for example) pointed out that many of the UFC and PRIDE legends who carried MMA into the mainstream, just before and after 2005, are beginning to fall to today’s younger stars."

You can read the full article here