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The reasons were three-fold. First, Overeem had never before faced a wrestler like Lesnar, and his lack of elite wrestling skills left me doubtful that he could keep the fight standing.

Second, he looked remarkably human in his final three lb fights before moving up to heavyweight. Overeem looked tremendous against Lesnar. It was certainly his most impressive heavyweight performance to date, if not the best performance of his career.

He did not rely solely on his fists, something he has done in recent bouts against dangerous ground fighters. Overeem instead masterfully mixed in his signature knee strikes and ultimately ended the bout with a perfectly placed shin to the body. It was the type of performance that should make his title challenge against Junior dos Santos a box office smash.

The champion can certainly stand and box with anyone. Thus, fans of standup wars should be salivating with anticipation over the first heavyweight title bout of It was shocking to see him choose to stand and strike with Overeem in his MMA swan song.

I kept waiting for a takedown attempt that never materialized. Ok, Josh Koscheck and a few others can execute similarly explosive takedowns, but no other heavyweight has that ability. I digress. I simply refuse to believe that Lesnar, head trainer Marty Morgan, or anyone else devised a game plan that focused on standing with Overeem. Lesnar is famously stubborn and loves to prove people wrong, but such a game plan would fall far beyond the realm of insanity, if Lesnar still possessed the ability to explode into takedowns.

Lesnar may be many things. Insane is not among them. My guess is that he no longer possesses the ability to explode into double-leg attempts like he did early in his career, thanks to his health issues combined with the fact that he is 34 years old. Leaving on the heels back-to-back losses to Cain Velasquez and Overeem is nothing to be ashamed of.

And it certainly is nothing that overshadows, or in any way tarnishes, his brief, albeit wildly successful career. Nate Diaz does a great job of embracing the heel role. Not among fans. He embraces the heel role among his fellow fighters. Nate Diaz Manny Gamburyan vs. Diego Nunes Junior Assuncao vs.

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