Brock Lesnar mötte Alistair Overeem i huvudeventet på UFC 141: Lesnar vs Overeem i UFCs nyårsgala den 30 december. Matchen var över redan i första ronden efter diverse knän, och sedan slutligen en spark, mot kroppen som fick Lesnar att ge upp. I intervjun efter matchen så gick Lesnar ut med att det var dags att kliva bort från sporten och gå i pension.
Men Strikeforce mästare i mellanvikt, Luke Rockhold, tvivlar på Lesnars karriär och har ett par ord att skänka till den nyblivna pensionären.
”I think he was just playing a role,” säger Rockhold till Yahoo Sports. ”I saw right through him. His confidence looked very… it didn’t appear real. Did you see him singing the rap country? When he started rapping along to the country song I was like ’ what the hell is this guy doing?’ I almost saw his lip quivering as he was walking into the cage. He just looked like he was playing a role.
He was kind of believing his own hype that people were putting in his ear. I saw true confidence out of Overeem and a true fighter. Lesnar’s what I thought. All the media and all you guys had Lesnar taking it. The fighters had Overeem. I think he brought a whole new audience to the sport. So I can’t exactly say it’s a negative. People really need to see who the true fighters are. Lesnar’s not the best in the world. He just got the right matchups and the right fights.”
I slutändan så fick Lesnar en kort och intensiv karriär, som slutade på 5-3 efter Overeem var färdig.
