Coming up in December, we have the other bracket of the 4-man heavyweight tourney, Interim heavyweight champ Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Frank Mir.
Mir, a former heavyweight champ, knee-barred Lesnar in his first UFC fight. According to mmaweekly, Lesnar wants to avenge the loss, calling Mir out at the post-fight press conference. It might be a different story if the two meet again - Lesnar appears to have evolved in just three fights n the UFC.
OK, so Lesnar takes on Nogueira/Mir, and if he gets past either one of them, there are several others waiting. Contrary to what many say, the heavyweight division isn't that thin. There's Shane Carwin, Cheick Kongo, Cain Velasquez, Gabriel Gonzaga, Fabricio Werdum and Antoni Hardonk. That's not a bad list of heavyweights, plus anyone else the UFC hires in the interim.
Unfortunately, I don't think we're ever going to see Fedor vs. anyone from the UFC. Fedor's management and the UFC bosses both seem set in their ways and unable to give an inch.
