Brock Lesnar talks to MMAFighting.com about being a coach on The Ultimate Fighter 13, which debuts this Wednesday on Spike at 9 p.m ET. Brock also talks about the loss to Cain Velasquez, his upcoming fight against Junior dos Santos at UFC 131 and the road to getting his UFC Heavyweight title back.
– 0:30 The beard won’t be back for my next fight (winter only)
– 1:30 Cain Velasquez “beat my ass”
– 2:20 I’m fighting the guy who I would have fought anyways, Junior dos Santos
– 3:00 On fighting Cain Velasquez, “I got hit with a punch I couldn’t recover from”
– 4:00 2010 was an exhausting year, now I’m back fresh
– 6:20 On the Undertaker situation – “I was a bit delirious, Cain put me on a street that I didn’t know the name of. I don’t know if Undertaker was there to fight or not.”
– 8:00 “No other pro-wrestler can do and make the change like I did (become an Ultimate fighter). I think there’s some animosity there.”
– 10:00 “I want my title back. I got to beat Junior dos Santos and Cain Velasquez”
– 10:30 My first response to doing TUF 13 was no, I’m happy I did it now
– 11:00 Found the TUF experience refreshing, out of my comfort zone
– 12:35 “Junior dos Santos is in my way to get a title shot”
– 13:00 “I got a read on a guy that deep down inside in my heart and soul and in my mind that I know I can beat. It was a confidence thing for me, to be around a guy like that every day. I didn’t feel threatened by him whatsoever. It was a good thing. I was able to carry that over into my training and into the fight.”
The Ultimate Fighter 13 debut coverage
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