Comments on: Public comments on Brock Lesnar’s health condition; WCCO TV says Lesnar has severe case of diverticulitis; Associated Press says Lesnar to be released from hospital shortly

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:11:35 +0000

Yes, they tricked him into sharing a steroid needle with Aleksander Emelianenko.

By: Frank

Frank — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:02:39 +0000

Who gains with Lesnar down?……. FEDOR

Was he poisoned?

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:55:22 +0000

Well, even if Shane got into the inner-circle of Zuffa, which wouldn’t happen, the info he could pass back to WWE wouldn’t do much for them. With WCW it was another pro wrestling company you were competing against. A pro wrestling company cannot compete against a shoot fighting company, unless they’re planning to do something disastrous like signing Tank Abbott or running Brawl For All II.

By: marlowe

marlowe — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:54:35 +0000

Mark,

I see, Trojan horse then. the UFC is defintely competition for pay-per-view buys and audience. Too bad, I think McMahon would have a lot to offer, but remembering what happened to WCW and it’s fairly quick demise after the boom years, I wouldn’t want a repeat in the UFC.

By: Black Dog

Black Dog — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:39:28 +0000

Right now, we all best face the reality that Lesnar is not going to fight again for several months, if ever.

Mono is bad enough; as I’d mentioned earlier regarding my own experience, you truly do go for weeks or months before you feel 100%.

If it is true that surgery for diverticulitis is the case, then Lesnar might not fight at all in 2010.

My mother had the ailment; it’s painful and it’s no fun. One must alter their diet in the wake of the illness–Lesnar’s diet was not monitored specifically; I’m told as he didn’t have to make weight, and would lose 10-12 pounds per workout.

His nutrition and conditioning would have to be adjusted.

In any case: Dana White and UFC must now make serious decisions with regard to the heavyweight title, and their upcoming events.

Even Lesnar I think would see the reason that the title needs to be on an active fighter, and needs to be defended. Have him vacate the belt, then do a decision match against the top two contenders. Whether Carwin is one of them, I’m not so sure.

When Lesnar returns (I think he eventually will), he should get a shot at the belt, albeit after one or two tuneup fights against name contenders.

As much as Lesnar has acted out of character for the way people wished he would (WWE, the NFL, New Japan), that doesn’t mean much when a fighter is looking at the possible end of his career. It would be sad, because I think Lesnar had an awful lot more he wanted to prove.

I believe he’ll be back, but when is the question, in terms of rehabiliation, conditioning, etc.

Whither now, Dana?

By: Fluyid

Fluyid — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:20:44 +0000

When has Dana not jumped the gun?

Which brings to mind: Whatever happened with that unbelievably monumental announcement that he was supposed to make 2-3 months back that was going to change everything?

By: Zack

Zack — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:57:01 +0000

“Yeah it was very bizarre of Dana to jump the gun like that. ”

When has Dana not jumped the gun?

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:41:29 +0000

Yeah it was very bizarre of Dana to jump the gun like that. I guess maybe the belief was if he had 6 feet of intestines removed maybe Athletic Commissions might not license him. But either he’s trying to work a sympathy angle out of this for him (and I hope it includes a Countdown with dramatic reenactment footage of doctors telling Brock he’s never going to fight again as he weeps into Sable’s giant fake breasteses as sad piano music plays.) Or he really does have an advanced form of tourette syndrome that covers full statements.

By: Alan Conceicao

Alan Conceicao — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:44:06 +0000

You know, an intestinal infection doesn’t exactly sound like a career death sentence, if that’s really the primary problem here. If Big Talking Dana is the guy out there pushing how its potentially career ending, while Brock’s camp was (perhaps truthfully!) stating that it wasn’t that serious, then maybe someone should double check who it is that’s reporting what and how they’re getting their info should it really turn out to be a speed bump. Because, frankly, it would be mighty transparent.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:09:24 +0000

(Ooops, sorry the original comment didn’t come up after posting and I thought it got lost, delete the first one please.)

Another thought is when Lesnar comes back after a long layoff he’s obviously going to get a sympathetic “welcome back” reaction from fans, so will Lesnar be as effective beloved by the fans as he has been as the most hated UFC fighter? Maybe he can claim one of the fans caused his infection or something. But Lesnar is an incredibly unlikeable person so this reaction would be interesting.