https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPuT0rgx97s It was the the biggest heavyweight grudge match at the time and happened at the biggest UFC event in the promotion's history. Over one million viewers in North America alone watched Brock Lesnar get his revenge on Frank Mir at UFC 100. If you've seen this fight, you probably remember it for Lesnar finishing Mir with punches while he was flattened out by the side of the cage. Or for foaming at the mouth after the bout was over. Or for shouting that he had taken the lucky horseshoe Mir had up his ass out and beating him with it. Or for stating he was going to go get on top of his wife after the bout. Or any number of other zany moments. In the end, though, it was just an exciting heavyweight bout at the peak of Lesnar's career. This was Lesnar at his zenith. There was an electricity in the air about him. He seemed like a true monster, an indestructible force. Of course, life is funny that way sometimes. He would go on to beat Shane Carwin, but health issues had already taken their toll by then, and they only got worse. By the time he retired after the Overeem loss, he just wasn't the same - and having never had the lengthy experience that many MMA fighters who have trained their entire lives possess, he couldn't get away with staying in the cage past his physical prime.
Primarily covering the sport of MMA from Ontario, Canada, Jay Anderson has been writing for various publications covering sports, technology, and pop culture since 2001. Jay holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Guelph, and a Certificate in Leadership Skills from Humber College.