Paul Heyman is back with a new blog on his official website. He focuses on Brock Lesnar’s UFC 100 victory over Frank Mir. Here are some highlights:
Brock Lesnar is not Mike Tyson. He’s not out at night, looking for trouble, trying to quench an insatiable need for the adrenal rush of being “on the brink” at all times.
Nor is Brock Lesnar another version of Muhammad Ali. The former Cassius Clay was a calculating, manipulative media sensation who used the power of the television medium to unravel his opponents (most famously the man he taunted as a”big ugly gorilla” Joe Frazier), all in the frame of smiling, telling jokes, and once reinstated, trying to present himself as flamboyant and colorful, but never dangerous.
Brock Lesnar IS dangerous. Brock Lesnar IS a scary human being. He IS frightening, even to those who know him. But Brock is not going to be a thug. He’s not going to go “looking for trouble.” Brock has taken his aggression, his competitiveness, and his love for physical dominance and has carefully crafted a multi-million dollar career around it.
Brock Lesnar didn’t just beat Frank Mir bloody. Brock Lesnar humbled Frank Mir. The man everyone booed after one of the most impressive Championship displays of “Ultimate Fighting” bloodied Frank Mir, beat him unmercifully, and left referee Herb Dean no options but to step in and stop the fight.
