UFC 100: The WWE Is Taking Over UFC as Brock Lesnar Dominates

The UFC is relatively new to me. I have seen around five pay-per-view fight-nights, and the feelings I have for the sport are mixed.

The first time I watched I wasn't interested and was almost appalled by the rawness of the fighting. But I was still intrigued. The next few times, I still didn't love the "show," but realized that these are amazing athletes.

A few years ago, I thought, "How can these guys only go three to five rounds? Boxing goes 10-12 rounds (not that I am into boxing either)."

Now though, after not only watching the UFC pay per views, but also catching some fights on Spike, and seeing other fighting on FSN, HDNET, and others, I feel comfortable with the brutality that goes on inside the octagon.

UFC 100 was good, not great, as I've found the events to be. My friends and I arrived "fashionably late," catching the end of the Georges St. Pierre fight.

From what I can tell, St. Pierre dominated—he tackled opponent Thiago Alves over and over again, grappling and punching furiously. Even though he was hurt, pulling his groin, but still controlled the contest throughout.

St. Pierre seems very popular from all the articles I've seen about him on B/R lately, and as Joe Rogan said tonight, "St. Pierre has shown that he's the best fighter in the world."

St. Pierre did successfully defend his title and showed that he is a great fighter, and, like a Reggie White to football—he brings an art in his fighting to an extremely physical sport.

The main event of the night could be called from the beginning, when the fighters walked into the arena. Frank Mir strutted his stuff and was smiling, whereas the reigning champion Brock Lesnar came in to Metallica blaring and was noticeably angry.

What took place in the ring resembled a meeting after school by a bully and a nerd, as Lesnar did everything but give Mir an atomic wedgie. Lesnar was unruly and unstoppable by anyone but the referee at the end of the contest.

To start out, Lesnar and Mir stood up, and Mir looked like he might be able to hang—then came a tackle by Lesnar that was swift and was reminiscent Ray Lewis in his heyday.

Lesnar knocked Mir so hard, he fell out of orbit, and once Brock was on top of Mir, it was basically all over.

Lesnar used his 20-pound advantage to pin Mir to the mat and never relented from there. In the first round, Lesnar grappled around Mir's neck, blocked his right arm, and relentlessly smashed his face.a

All Mir could do was attempt to block with his left hand, but that did almost nothing, as Mir was obviously cut and the left side of his face was bruised heavily after round one.

In the second round, much was the same by Lesnar, as after his beating, Mir was smiling between rounds, but would be lucky to have teeth to do so after the fight.

Lesnar tackled Mir again, laid leisurely on top of Mir, and continued to hammer his right fist into Mir's face. Mir found himself stuck between a Brock and a hard place, as Lesnar went to town on Mir's smile factory until the fight was finally stopped.

Lesnar promptly got up from the mat after beating Mir senseless, but his demeanor and mere size set off an alarm in my head. Lesnar's UBP, or Ultimate Bulk Physique in the UFC makes me question the integrity of his workout routine, as he is huge, more than huge—massive!

Also, he showed some rage-like characteristics, spitting ravenously while ranting to the camera about his utter devastation of the opponent.

Lesnar held onto his heavyweight championship belt, as he advanced to 4-1 in the UFC overall. Mir fell to 12-4 and looks to fight for the belt again soon.

Lesnar and the UFC tonight, while the fighting was good not great, reminded me much of the WWE. I used to love the WCW, and watch some of the WWF, when I was a young teenager, and as fake as pro wrestling is, MMA and the UFC are definitely legit.

But, with that said, there are some things that resembled the WWE, be it for better or worse. Don't forget either than Lesnar came from the WWE as well.

The good is that fans were heard chanting during the second round, something the WWE invented and perfected with "A$$hole" and "Bull $#!T," chants that have sadly spread to the NFL and others.

But tonight I heard the chant, "Stand them up," something completely PG and telling of the fans' true feelings. The fans were obviously displeased by the match and Lesnar thought he was the target of the boo birds. 

The bad was Lesnar's reaction to the crowd, as he flipped all the attendees off with both hands. Then, as he was asked questions, Lesnar said, "I love it," and asked for more booing from the fans.

For whatever reason, Lesnar has taken the role of Hulk Hogan when he joined the NWO—the perfect bad guy.

In all, the fighting was above average but not awesome, but at least there was not a split decision which would have brought even more displeasure from fans.

Let's not get this twisted, the UFC is a sport, but one that should be looked at more seriously from a fair-fighting standpoint.

Especially when the heavyweight champion more closely resembles a bear than a person.