
He then signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in October 2007. Lesnar started a career in mixed martial arts and won his first fight in June 2007. He was stripped of the title in July 2006, although he held the physical belt until June 2007. Lesnar returned to professional wrestling at the end of 2005, and joined New Japan Pro Wrestling, where he won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship in his first wrestling match since leaving the WWE. He played during the preseason for the Minnesota Vikings, but ended up being a late cut. Īfter leaving WWE in 2004, Lesnar pursued a career in the NFL. Lesnar was also the 2002 King of the Ring, and the winner of the 2003 Royal Rumble. He then gained prominence in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where he was a three-time WWE Champion and the youngest person ever to hold that championship at that time.

Lesnar was an accomplished amateur wrestler, winning the 2000 NCAA heavyweight wrestling championship and placing second in 1999, losing in the finals to future New England Patriots offensive lineman Stephen Neal. He is currently ranked the #2 Heavyweight in the world by. He is currently the UFC Heavyweight Champion.


Brock Edward Lesnar (born July 12, 1977) is an American retired mixed martial artist as well as a former professional and amateur wrestler.
