Current UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar (3-1) was recently asked on ESPN radio, amongst various other topics – about how Kurt Angle would fare in mixed martial arts. The question stemmed from Angle’s previous comments, expressing interest in competing in mixed martial arts. Lesnar had the following to say;

"You know Kurt has all the tools to make the switch to MMA, and if he’s willing to put the time and effort in – I think he could reach the top of the ladder pretty easily and I hate to admit it but he would definitely be a threat to my title. I’ve said (it) before, he is a better wrestler than I am and that would come into play in MMA. Having stong wrestling ability in my opinon is the most important skill required for MMA and Kurt has that in abundance."

With his olympic wrestling background I could see him going far in MMA, I don’t see no reason why someone with his skills and athleticism can’t compete at the highest level like how I did.

Lesnar is currently set to defend his UFC title against interim champion, Frank Mir at UFC 100 on July 13th.

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Provided that this interview is true, i really lost all respect for Lesnar (didn't have much left after that retarded reeling in of fish/lassoing vs HH). He doesn't seem respect MMA and years some guys have trained stand up techniques or BJJ.

And before anyone goes "LOL Q_F, wrestling is a good base!", know that Kurt Angle is 40 years old and has (what i know of) no striking or BJJ training. One discipline is not enough in today's MMA, just look at what happened to Kongo or Houston Alexander...

[Aaron]

yeah, in his prime, he could have been the best ever....very fast, amazing wrestler (w/ amazing technique, not like Lesnar who relied so much on being a bully on the mat)...he would have been the best wrestler to ever compete in mma

now, not so much.

[Q_F]

Originally Posted by Aaron

yeah, in his prime, he could have been the best ever....very fast, amazing wrestler (w/ amazing technique, not like Lesnar who relied so much on being a bully on the mat)...he would have been the best wrestler to ever compete in mma

now, not so much.

There's no question about that, has was an Olympic wrestler. But now? He would lose to almost anyone in the HW-division...

[Aaron]

Originally Posted by Q_F

There's no question about that, has was an Olympic wrestler. But now? He would lose to almost anyone in the HW-division...

he probably wouldn't lose to cheick kongo

[AmRiT]

He is way to old now, what happens if he faces Mir who could slap a sub on in seconds... What if he can't get someone like Junior Dos Santos down?

[Q_F]

Originally Posted by Aaron

he probably wouldn't lose to cheick kongo

I don't think so. Cain is a better striker than Angle, i'm 100 sure of that, and he almost got finished several times by Kongo in the total minute that fight lasted on the feet...

[Aaron]

Originally Posted by Q_F

I don't think so. Cain is a better striker than Angle, i'm 100 sure of that, and he almost got finished several times by Kongo in the total minute that fight lasted on the feet...

so? he bullrush's kongo and dives for a td...kongo's kicks/kness are slow and cain could have avoided those punches if he just dove in

cain just wanted to prove something...and then when he got rocked and smartened up

[Q_F]

Originally Posted by Aaron

so? he bullrush's kongo and dives for a td...kongo's kicks/kness are slow and cain could have avoided those punches if he just dove in

cain just wanted to prove something...and then when he got rocked and smartened up

I say he gets kneed (Fujita vs Cro Cop I) when bullrushing...

If he doesn't, how good is his GnP? What do we know about it? My guess is that even a succesful TD would turn into LnP and they would get stood up. Angle would then get tooled...

[MilesHackett]

Ugh, more stupidity coming from Lesnar.

[plazzman]

How big is Angle anyway?