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Brock Lesnar was recently featured on the front page of the Star Tribune out of Minneapolis, Minnesota in an interview which touched on his life with WWE. The article notes that Lesnar was paid $450,000 by the UFC for his fight with Randy Couture, and by the next day he was back on his 40-acre ranch in Alexandria, Minnesota where he farms corn. The article says he doesn’t own a computer and dislikes attention. Here are some highlights from the interview:

On deciding to sign with WWE: “Here I was wondering how I was going to buy myself a beer and a steak after the national tournament, reaching down and pulling out lint. It was pretty easy. Go with a sure thing. And the sure thing at the time was becoming a pro wrestler.”

On the WWE lifestyle: “You’re in a different city every night. You can be whoever you want to be. You can sit in your hotel room and rot to death or you can go out and … just use your imagination. And I didn’t use my imagination, I was living it. Really, I was a young man, 22 years old. Bank accounts overflowing and everything else.”

The article notes that Lesnar lives an extremely private life, and most locals know to leave him alone. The UFC champ reiterated this by saying “Our dream is just to go home and shut our gate.”

Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson, 30, pleaded accusable in his adventuresome active case. Jackson additionally pleaded accusable to one abomination calculation of active recklessly. Jackson will not be bedevilled until abutting year. Prior to sentencing, Jackson is appropriate to complete 200 hours of association service, appear mental-health analysis and pay restitution. The UFC brilliant could accept up to 6 months in bastille and acquittal at sentencing.

MMAScoops.com is advertisement that Matt Hamill vs. Mark Munoz has been added to UFC 96 card.

UFC 96 is appointed for 3/7 at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.

Neil Grove vs. Justin McCully is targeted for UFC 95, which is slated for 2/21 in London.

MMAScoops.com is additionally advertisement that David Loiseau has been active by Zuffa and will be angry at Middleweight in the UFC. Loiseau challenged for The Middleweight Appellation adjoin Rich Franklin at UFC 58, and was cut afterwards a accident to Mike Swick at UFC 63. He will action Ed Herman in Montreal on 04/23.

World Extreme Cagefighting is accepted to advertise the accession of Flyweights (125 pounds) as anon as it’s accessible March show. No signings accept been appear yet.

It is abundantly believed that the champ of The accessible Dan Henderson vs. Rich Franklin bender will be a drillmaster on the accessible division of The Ultimate Fighter. Michael Bisping will drillmaster the added team. Division 9 will abide of a USA Vs. UK format.

UFC 2009: Undisputed, is attractive to be appear in either May or June of this year.

MMAScoops.com is advertisement that Bobby Lashley’s abutting MMA adversary will be Mike Hayes. The bender will booty abode on 2/6 at the Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino in Lemoore, California. The accident is answer by Palace Angry Championship.

According to a abutting antecedent with the UFC, the May appearance is allegedly attractive bigger than 50/50 to affection the Frank Mir vs. Brock Lesnar Undisputed appellation Rematch.

MMAScoops.com letters that UFC admiral Dana White afresh declared that he had no absorption in signing Bobby Lashley. He’ll change his accent (he ALWAYS does) already Lashley gets a few fights/wins beneath his belt. Almost anybody expects Lashley to be in UFC at some point if he continues to boss in accessible fights. They’d acutely accept a mega-fight amid him and Lesnar already things pan out.

The UFC 93 PPV accident is this Saturday. It’ll be taped from Dublin, Ireland so spoilers will be out afore the show. Who wants to apprehend spoilers for a action anyways?!?! I apperceive I’ll be alienated them all day Saturday!

UFC President Dana White batten to the UK Sun this anniversary about Brock Lesnar’s accessible action with UFC Ample best Randy Couture on November 15th as able-bodied as area Fedor Emelianenko fits into UFC’s ample scene. Here’s what Dana White said about Brock: “It’s such an absorbing action because Couture is so acceptable at advancing up with affairs for award weaknesses in guys’ amateur and advertisement them. But Lesnar’s such a altered animal, this guy is so big, so able and so fast at that weight it’s aloof phenomenal. For what he lacks in address and knowledge, he makes up for in size, acceleration and ability Lesnar could go on to be the best ample and the longest-reigning ample – who knows what could appear with him.” The chat again transitioned to Fedor Emelianenko, the Affliction MMA group’s top fighter and the man abounding accede to be the top ample fighter in the world. Although action admirers accept been acquisitive to see Fedor action Randy Couture, Dana White said, “If Couture loses to Lesnar, I don’t apperceive how abundant added absorption there is in a Fedor v Couture fight. I anticipate you’d be attractive at Fedor activity up adjoin whoever the best ample at the time is.” Dana was in no blitz to accord any backdrop to the Russian fighter. “Fedor shouldn’t win any accolades until he starts angry the best in the world. You’ve got to account the guys like Georges St Pierre, Anderson Silva, BJ Penn, Forrest Griffin and Antonio Nogueira. These guys are absolutely out there angry bodies three times a year to prove they’re the best. So until Fedor does that, you’ll never apprehend me allocution absolutely about him.”

This is aloof a admonition that TNA will air LIVE tonight from Las Vegas, NV. This will be the first-ever TNA appearance in High Definition. As anybody knows, TNA is usually taped anniversary anniversary so tonight’s LIVE appearance is article new and different. I’d accord it a attempt if you’re a WWE fan and you’ve got annihilation bigger to do tonight. They will acceptable go all out due to it actuality LIVE.

WWE has active Chris Cage and “Silverback” Ryan Reeves to adorning deals. Cage was advised to be a acceptable anticipation for the aggregation in 2005 but was appear due to injuries and claimed issues. Reeves is a above Tough Enough actor and formed in Deep South Wrestling until he bootless a Wellness test.

During an account with ESPN, Brock Lesnar got actual agitated and stormed out of the account back he was asked if he had anytime taken steroids.

Jesse Ventura did an account this anniversary with Chris Yandek of CYInterview.com. The above Governor of Minnesota talked mostly about backroom and was bright (as always) with this thoughts on area the country is headed. Back asked his thoughts on the United States’ two-party arrangement of government and if there anytime would be a ascendant third affair in this country, Ventura compared our political ambiance to Nazi Germany. “Since 9/11, we’ve been afterward a aesthetics that cardinal one you’re assertive that we’re beneath advance and cardinal two you accuse the pacifists for actuality alienated and you accuse them for allegedly putting the country in danger,” said Ventura. “Where Thomas Jefferson said, one of his best acclaimed quotes, he talked about was that altercation was the greatest anatomy of patriotism. Yet we’re told that altercation – you’re unpatriotic. Now the aboriginal words that I spoke, who did those words appear from? The actuality that it’s accessible to booty a country to war? All you accept to do is argue them they’re beneath attack, accuse the pacifists for actuality unpatriotic, and again accuse the country for putting them in a alarming position.” He added, “I acquisition it actual advancing back my country is afterward the aesthetics of Nazis.” Ventura added that he’s befitting the aperture accessible on a 2012 Presidential run, “I aloof consistently leave the aperture there because I am not a soothsayer. I cannot adumbrate the future. Therefore I absolutely don’t apperceive what my mindset will be or what the bearings will be four years from now, but I’ve abstruse in my 57 years on the planet that you never shut the aperture to anything.”

Here is the latest Billboard Recreational Sports DVD top ten sales list.

1. NHL: Sidney Crosby: On The Ice And Beyond

2. WWE: Unforgiven 2008

3. UFC: The Ulitmate Fighter: Team Rampage Vs. Team Griffin

4. NCAA: 2001 FedEx Orange Bowl National Championship

5. TNA: Knocked Out

6. OLYMPICS: Beijing 2008 Olympics Aperture Ceremony

7. UFC: UFC 85: Bedlam

8. OLYMPICS: Beijing 2008: Michael Phelps Inside Story Of The Beijing Games

9. NFL: History Of The Dallas Cowboys

10. WWE: The Life And Times Of Mr. Perfect