UFC News: Brock Lesnar on Hunting Charges, "I Don't Waste Any Meat"

Former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar spoke with MMA Fighting's Ben Fowlkes about pleading guilty to one count of failure to immediately affix a tag to an animal.  

Lesnar said that, despite the $1,725 fine, this will not curtail his future hunting in Canada. He is quoted in the piece as saying he doesn't waste meat.

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I'm an excellent hunter. I've been hunting since I was five years old, and at the end of the day, for God's sakes, I don't waste any meat. If you ever looked at my dinner plate when I was done eating you'd know that.

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The 6'3", nearly 300-pound behemoth is referring to two charges that were dropped in this case: unlawful possession of wildlife and wastage of edible flesh.

The heavyweight title contender did not attend the hearing, instead opting to send a lawyer to the Medicine Hat, Alberta courtroom on his behalf. 

Overall, Lesnar considered the situation little more than an inconvenience.

The former two-time NCAA All-American wrestler called the charges "a whole lot to do about nothing." He is quoted in the article as saying he didn't believe he had done anything wrong.

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"As far as I'm concerned, I didn't disobey the law," Lesnar said. "I guess in other people's judgment, they saw it differently. At the end of the day, if they saw fit that I did something wrong, I'm a grown-up and I'll take my fine and go on with my life."

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Chief Prosecutor Ramona Robins, who was assigned to the case, noted that Lesnar was "very cooperative" in the matter.  

Chad Stryker, Lesnar's guide during the November 2010 hunting excursion, faces the same three charges the UFC heavyweight did. 

However, Robins said that Stryker could face stiffer penalties "because he benefited commercially from the hunt and as a guide from Alberta should be held to a higher standard to know and appreciate the Wildlife Act and its various regulations than his client."

Lesnar meets former Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem at UFC 141, with the winner expected to meet current UFC heavyweight title-holder Junior dos Santos.