This season focuses on the welterweight division. There are only 14 fighters, the coaches are Brock Lesnar and Junior Dos Santos. Brock is a former heavyweight champion,after only 4 fights. He lost the belt to Cain Velasquez on his 6th fight. Brock is a decorated wrestler with a record of 101-5. There was a two hour evaluation for the fighters. Brock focused on the fighters' conditioning while Dos Santos focused on their fighting skills.
The first fight was between a wrestler and a striker. I root for strikers since they make the fight more interesting and you never know when someone might get knocked out. It leaves you there on the edge of your seat in anticipation. Overall the stand-up game is just more interesting than the ground game,.Sadly the striker got taken down and was dominated by the wrestler for the first round. Then in the second round the striker threw a kick and slipped. He tried to scramble back to his feet but was taken down again. After he was taken down it was just a repeat of round one. The wrestler was on Dos Santos's team, now they have the right to pick the next fight. The fight wasn't too impressive since they picked the last pick on Brock's team to go against their first pick. The strategy must of been just to keep winning so they can set up future fights, if so its working so far.
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