WWE News Lesnar News: Lesnar says on local radio show he felt "there were some things I wasn't being informed on" regarding Mir and the fight delay (w/Keller Analysis)
Jul 13, 2009 - 3:36:19 PM
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By Wade Keller, Torch editor
Brock Lesnar is a regular guest on KFAN's morning show based in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn. This morning he called in for a brief four minute interview to talk about Saturday's fight.
"It was an emotional (victory), I'll put it that way. That's for sure," he said.
A caller asked earlier if Frank Mir had said anything near the end of the fight to spark the intensity of the flurry of punches at the end. Lesnar responded: "Frank did a good job promoting the fight. It wasn't anything that Frank had said, you know. I said it before, this fight wore on me. Seventeen months. I'm a sore loser. I shouldn't be that way. I guess it was more the way I lost. I gave him the fight. Just how Frank carried himself after that, I think Frank you know took a cheap win against Nogueira. Nogueira was very sick going into that fight. Of course, when you're on the top of the card, main event pay-per-view, you can't just back out and say you're sick. I knew that Frank had too many Christmas presents handed to him and I had enough of it."
Regarding his post-win antics, he said: "I went into some crazy mode where I was so happy. I guess I had a flashback of working for Vince McMahon, maybe. I don't know. [laughs]"
On Dana White's reaction: "He was thrilled as far as the fight was concerned. The only thing Dana was kind of a little upset about - when he came back to the locker room after the fight, anytime I mess with or mess with their sponsors, that was probably what he was little upset about."
On spitting out his mouthpiece and headbutting the cage: "I was a rabid dog, man. I unleashed a fury. Like I said, it was a very emotional win for me. 17 months, an eight week training camp. There was a lot of build up for this. Frank and I were supposed to fight in May. He backed out and said he had gotten hurt. I had heard some different things. This guy was biding his time. Frank's a huge fan of the fight industry. He wanted to be part of the UFC 100. I felt like there was some things I wasn't being informed on. I just wasn't sure how everything was going. Finally, to get my hands on the SOB was just a blessing."
In closing, he said: "I want to thank the Minnesota fans and apologize for the hand gestures at the end for the young kids. It was unsportsmanlike. But I'm sorry. I was in a moment. I am the champion and I should act a little better than that. I was having fun. But it was inappropriate."
Keller's Analysis: You couldn't imagine hearing a nicer sounding person than Brock Lesnar in this setting. He's comfortable with the hosts. He's in his home market. He's not in the midst of his adrenaline-charged personality that most fans are exclusively exposed to during his fights. That said, I'd still like the hosts to ask him if he still hates gays (as he told a reporter last year), since right before the Lesnar interview the hosts just got done ranting about parents who brought their young kids to see "Bruno" considering the use of the word "f-g" during the movie. But then if they did that, he might not call in their show and give them this type of exclusive interview in the future. Although given what we know about Brock, he'd probably answer it and not care he was asked. Just stay away from that pesky question about steroids.
The main news from this interview was Lesnar suggesting there was funny-business regarding Mir delaying the fight so it could headline UFC 100 instead of taking place back in May and that he felt out of the loop, that Lesnar didn't take Mir's win over Nogueira seriously since Nog was ill going into the fight, and that White was most upset afteward with his dissing the beer sponsor of UFC.
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