5 Reasons why UFC needs Brock Lesnar

#3 Brock Lesnar has proven crossover appeal in the sports-entertainment industry

Brock Lesnar has undeniable crossover appeal in MMA and pro-wrestling

Irrespective of whether you love or hate him, you simply cannot deny the fact that Brock Lesnar has proven crossover appeal in the realm of sports and entertainment. Brock Lesnar went from being a highly accomplished amateur wrestler, to an entertaining professional wrestler who proved to be one of the biggest stars for the WWE in the early-2000s.

From there onward, he moved on to the sport of pro football, but soon discovered that MMA was his true calling. With little-to-no background in the striking department of martial arts, Lesnar daringly ventured into the sport of MMA. The Beast Incarnate went on to win the UFC Heavyweight Championship, and beat the likes of Frank Mir, Randy Couture, Shane Carwin, and Heath Herring.

Unfortunately, Lesnar's battle with the deadly disease, diverticulitis, adversely affected the latter stages of his MMA run, and likely cut his career short. Nevertheless, the former WWE and UFC Heavyweight Champion, has persevered, and continued his pro-wrestling career, besides also competing in MMA back in 2016.

Lesnar has irrefutable crossover appeal in the combat sports business, and his story of defying the odds time and again, has resulted in even casual viewers of MMA and pro-wrestling, tuning in to watch this mountain of a man compete...