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UFC 141 Results: If Brock Lesnar Comes Back, Who Should He Fight?

Dan HiergesellDec 31, 2011

The retirement of Brock Lesnar from the UFC has become the most talked about thing in the media since LeBron James made his "decision."

Fans are upset, some are happy to see him go, the UFC is frantically searching for a PPV tycoon replacement and the MMA community has lost one of its own.

But besides the heartbreaking loss that Lesnar experienced at UFC 141 against Alistair Overeem, and the one he has currently cast upon the UFC, what does the future hold for both entities?

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Well, the UFC is going to smoothly move on and reap the benefits of more diversely talented fighters such as Jon Jones and Junior dos Santos. But what does the next few years hold for the man once considered the biggest heavyweight of all time (until he met Overeem)?

First, Lesnar needs to regroup. Those body shots he took in Round 1 even seemed to pierce my own ribs, let alone his surgically repaired abdomen.

Secondly, Lesnar needs to eat and eat often, which I don't think will be a problem. He has probably watched his diet since training engulfed his life. So sitting back, eating a steak, maybe some wine, doesn't seem like a bad idea.

Lastly, Lesnar needs to reconsider his position for retirement and truly decide if a comeback down the line is in the cards. It's not like the guy can't pull it off. He's Brock Lesnar for Christ's sake. He can do anything. If Lesnar wanted to comeback in a year and make that PPV event the biggest one in the history of renting events for way too much money, he could surely pull it off.

But who would Lesnar fight? More importantly, who would still be relevant enough to make his comeback worthwhile, financially and competitively?

It's easy. Frank Mir would do it.

What else would be more perfect than seeing Mir and Lesnar duke it out for a third time? Nothing. And I'm sure their bad blood, if there's still bad blood, would fuel the fire even more.

Both talk trash, train like nobody else, and each have the naturally ill intention to want to beat the other guy's face in. Plus, the marketing capabilities of Dana White and company would be so abundant they'd probably hire some outside help (hit me up).

As for Mir, that fight could end of being his last hooray in the Octagon. By that time, his UFC heavyweight championship aspirations could be swimming in the gutter, so a fight with Lesnar would make his career a resurgent masterpiece.

Talent wise: They each possess the skills to make the other work that much harder for a victory. Their first two fights were anything but boring, and another installment could prove to be the best one yet.

And while Lesnar's retirement from the sport seems imminent and somewhat permanent, throwing the lumberjack a million dollars and making him fight one more time doesn't seem like a big deal.

I'm just saying. If White and the Fertitta brothers decide they want this fight to happen, it's going down. I just hope Mir doesn't decline in an effort to say face from a potentially circus-like event revolving around Brock Lesnar, yet again.

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