Brock Lesnar, for dunking UFC execs in boiling water over his jab at event sponsor Bud Light for not paying him directly. (Lesnar, looming over a giant Bud Light logo in the cage, said he’d enjoy a Coors Light instead.) Dana White enjoys his anti-corporate renegade image, but you’d better believe he’d wear a tie to that make-up meeting.
Lesnar, for yelling into what was left of
Frank Mir’s face after caving it in.
Lesnar, for measuring his response to the crowd boos after facing off with Mir, realizing that syllables are more trouble than they’re worth, and flipping them off.
Lesnar, for addressing the camera with a mouthful of post-fight froth and fury that makes Conan the Barbarian look like a Mouseketeer.
Lesnar, for showing up to a post-fight press conference apologizing for his manic episode -- all while a Bud Light was positioned near his microphone.
Mark Coleman did the diehard fans in attendance proud by gutting out a unanimous decision win over a tough
Stephan Bonnar in a preliminary fight. “The Hammer” looked worlds removed from his last, lethargic performance against
Mauricio Rua, scooping Bonnar’s legs at will and staying out of some aggressive submission attempts. The punches weren’t as hard and the intensity wasn’t as pitched as Coleman’s heyday, but any veteran of UFC 10 that can keep a fight competitive at UFC 100 is worth anyone’s respect.
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