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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Lesnar is a tool that happens to be a very large, strong man. 'I may bed my wife tonight'? It doesn't get an lamer than that. He's the champion of a weight class where there is really no real talent which is why he was fighting Mir in the first place. He's beaten the average guy (Mir) and the old guy (Couture) and that's pretty well it now. White has to figure out how he can persuade ($$$$) Fedor to agree to a championship fight with Lesnar as the whole division is a joke at the moment. Even then when Fedor most likely wins, then Lesnar gets his rematch (most likely loses again) then it's back to square one of no other talent.
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that's the problem with the heavyweight division in the UFC, it's legitimacy is really questionable simply because the 2 best guys in the world aren't in it and there is no depth at all. Your champion has only won 4 fights and they're over a guy who should have stayed retired and a guy who doesn't exactly have a stellar resume of his own (and Lesnar is only 1-1 against Mir).
Lesnar may have the belt, but the only people who consider him the best are Lesnar fanboys. If a Lesnar-Fedor match happens I'd expect it would push for being the largest pay-per-view event in history, it would be rocky level epic. Without that fight though the division is going to be incredibly boring unless Mir, or somebody else, can find a way to beat Lesnar. Watching one guy prove he's the best in the world over and over again is entertaining, watching a bunch of guys fight over being 2nd or 3rd best is entertaining, watching one guy prove he's 3rd best without ever fighting number 1 or 2 is not.