UFC 141 - Lesnar vs. Overeem - Dec. 30th

[fpac]

Damn, a year off for Brock and he gets Overeem? I don't see this ending well for Brock.

[GiantYankee]

Quote: Originally Posted by goh

They could air the best of Jon Fitch for the other 4 fights and I'd still buy this one.

LMAO!

Quote: Originally Posted by aholbert32

Worst matchup possible for Brock. He can't take a punch and they put him in with the most dangerous HW striker in MMA. Should have given Mir/Overeem and Brock Big Nog.

Agree 100%. I would have been okay with Brock getting a "warmup" fight. Unless Brock gets an early takedown it's the Reem by TKO.

[JerseySuave4]

as others said i dont like this matchup for Brock. I wish he's get out of his comfort zone and go to some other camps to expand his game more and develop into a better fighter because he doesnt seem to get that much better from fight to fight. Both guys dont have the strongest chin so i see this one ending in the 1st round.

[CaptainZombie]

Quote: Originally Posted by aholbert32

Worst matchup possible for Brock. He can't take a punch and they put him in with the most dangerous HW striker in MMA. Should have given Mir/Overeem and Brock Big Nog.

I agree with you and DJ, they should have given Lesnar one warmup fight before Overeem. I'm not talking about a tomato can either, but someone he can hang with to get back into fighting. If this fight does happen, it should be rather interesting to see how Lesnar can defend against Overeems punches.

[allBthere]

Overeem is highly overrated, and it's not his punches brock should fear, it's thai clinch knee's - THAT is what could knock him out. Overeem is not the best puncher imo, and like others have said, his chin is suspect, going years back into K-1 where I've seen him get TKO'd on some pretty mediocre punches. I also disagree about Brock's CHIN, it's not weak, he doesn't get obliterated and go all rag doll, it's more like he doesn't like taking shots and has a hard time dealing with it. That's a big difference between the current version of Liddell that just foldes immediately when his chin is touched.

I think Brock CAN and should win this one, unless he gets put in the plum - than you can all say goodnight in unison lol.

[ex carrabba fan]

However you want to characterize Brock's chin is fine with me, but it's painfully apparent that his stand up defense is awful. There's no way around it, he turtles up when he takes punches, and not even the power shots either. It's like he goes into full panic mode.

Don't get me wrong I have always wanted to see this match up, but not like this. Honestly if Brock wins, I will finally agree with those who keep calling Overeem overrated. There's no way Reem should lose this fight, IMO.

[Noles4ever]

Big Lesnar fan, but this is a TERRIBLE fight for him. I could see him getting KO'd quickly.

[JerseySuave4]

Quote: Originally Posted by allBthere

Overeem is highly overrated, and it's not his punches brock should fear, it's thai clinch knee's - THAT is what could knock him out. Overeem is not the best puncher imo, and like others have said, his chin is suspect, going years back into K-1 where I've seen him get TKO'd on some pretty mediocre punches. I also disagree about Brock's CHIN, it's not weak, he doesn't get obliterated and go all rag doll, it's more like he doesn't like taking shots and has a hard time dealing with it. That's a big difference between the current version of Liddell that just foldes immediately when his chin is touched. I think Brock CAN and should win this one, unless he gets put in the plum - than you can all say goodnight in unison lol.

yea Brock really doesn't know how to deal with being hit. Against Carwin he curled up in a ball and covered up and was able to survive. Against Cain he pretty much did the same thing but only that time he wasn't able to make it through.