Brock Lesnar has a lot of people mad at him. He is just some fake athlete from the WWE right? He comes in here and gets a chance to square off against a living legend in Randy Couture. He makes lots of money. He has a hot wife. He just started in MMA and he gets a title shot after only 3 fights. Hell he is only 1-1 in the UFC.

Last saturday night, he added a nice shiny UFC Heavy Weight Championship Belt to the list of reasons to be mad at Brock. And he is now 2-1 in the UFC.

A lot of hard core MMA fans, myself included, thought Randy would spank the inexperienced former WWE superstar. Brock wasn’t given credit for his impressive college wrestling career. He was just given credit for being a physical specimen. A man who blocks the sun when he walks by. We all routed for Captain America to topple the giant. Randy has fought in a title fight in 14 of 18 fights. He has made a living being an underdog, and fighting Brock Lesnar wasn’t supposed to be any different. Well, credit to Lesnar, he stepped up and beat the champ. Sure Randy hadn’t fought in over a year. Sure he is 45. Sure the weight difference is the equivalent of Roger Huerta fighting Anderson Silva. Still all the people who KNOW MMA picked Randy to win. His experience and well rounded ability as a mixed martial artist should overcome the younger, stronger, heavier opponent. Randy was doing a pretty good job too, until one of those giant frozen turkey fists caught him behind the ear.

Both Randy and Brock were respectful after the fight. It was a good display of sportsmanship. All of us hardcore MMA fanatics should thank Brock, not be mad at him. He has put the time in to learn the sport. He is improving daily in all aspects of the game. He trained over a year before taking his first fight. He hypes a fight with some trash talk, but shows respect post fight and leaves it all in the ring. He very well maybe the future of the heavy weight division, size, speed, strength, and gas. He brought with him massive media attention to spread MMA. ESPN featured the bout in Sport Center. Hopefully through Brock, new legions of fans have made the jump to MMA. Sure they are fans that are on my case about how Randy Couture got beat down by a WWE champion, but at least they are watching!

He now waits for the winner of Mir vs. Nogueira, for the right to be called the undisputed heavy weight champion….of the UFC. He lost in his debut to Mir, via submission. Nogueira is easily a top 3 heavy weight and arguably the best submission expert in the heavyweight division. If Brock can defeat the winner of this bout, he will be the baddest man on the planet….if we don’t count Fedor.