Global InformationBrock Lesnar information
Brock Lesnar | ||||||||||||||||||
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 Lesnar in 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Brock Edward Lesnar July 12, 1977 Webster, South Dakota, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, American football player | |||||||||||||||||
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| Spouse |
Sable
(m. 2006) | |||||||||||||||||
| Children | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Professional wrestling career | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ring name(s) | Brock Lesnar[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Billed height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)[2] | |||||||||||||||||
| Billed weight | 286 lb (130 kg)[2] | |||||||||||||||||
| Billed from | Minneapolis, Minnesota[2] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Debut | October 11, 2000[3] | |||||||||||||||||
| Martial arts career | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 265 lb (120 kg; 18 st 13 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
| Division | Heavyweight | |||||||||||||||||
| Reach | 81 in (206 cm) | |||||||||||||||||
| Style | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | |||||||||||||||||
| Fighting out of | Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada | |||||||||||||||||
| Team | DeathClutch Gym | |||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | Blue belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under Rodrigo Medeiros[8][9] | |||||||||||||||||
| Wrestling | NCAA Division I Wrestling[10] | |||||||||||||||||
| Mixed martial arts record | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| By knockout | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| By submission | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| By decision | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Losses | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| By knockout | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| By submission | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| No contests | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Professional football career
American football career | ||||||||||||||||||
| No. 69[11] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Position: | Defensive tackle | |||||||||||||||||
| Career information | ||||||||||||||||||
| High school: | Webster, South Dakota | |||||||||||||||||
| College: | Minnesota | |||||||||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2004 | |||||||||||||||||
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| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | ||||||||||||||||||
| Military career | ||||||||||||||||||
| Allegiance |  United States | |||||||||||||||||
| Service/ | Army National Guard | |||||||||||||||||
| Years of service | 1994 | |||||||||||||||||
Brock Edward Lesnar (/ˈlɛznər/ LEHZ-nur; born July 12, 1977) is an American professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist, amateur wrestler, and professional American football player. As a professional wrestler, he is currently signed to WWE, where in storyline, he is designated a "free agent", allowing him to appear on both the Raw and SmackDown brands; however, as of August 2023[update], he is on hiatus. Often regarded as one of the most prolific combat sport athletes in the world, Lesnar is the only person to have won the primary heavyweight championships of WWE, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW),[12] the Inoki Genome Federation (IGF), and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).[13]
Lesnar competed in collegiate wrestling for the University of Minnesota, winning the NCAA Division I national championship in 2000. He soon signed with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, renamed WWE in 2002), rising to industry prominence in mid-2002 by winning the WWE Championship at age 25, setting the record for the youngest performer to win the championship. In 2004, Lesnar departed WWE to join the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL), but was cut from the team during pre-season. He returned to wrestling and signed with NJPW in 2005 where he won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. Lesnar later departed NJPW and continued to be promoted as the IWGP Heavyweight Champion in the IGF before taking a hiatus from wrestling to pursue a career in mixed martial arts (MMA). Years later in 2012, he re-signed with WWE; his 504-day first reign with the WWE Universal Championship is the seventh-longest world championship reign in the promotion's history and he holds the record for most reigns as Universal Champion at three. He also won the Royal Rumble match twice (2003 and 2022), the Money in the Bank ladder match (2019), the King of the Ring tournament (2002), and has headlined several pay-per-view events, including WWE's flagship event WrestleMania five times (XIX, 31, 34, 36, and 38), nine SummerSlams (2002, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2022); in addition, he also ended The Undertaker's undefeated WrestleMania streak in 2014.
Lesnar began his MMA career for Hero's in 2007, and signed with the UFC in 2008. He quickly won the UFC Heavyweight Championship, but was sidelined with diverticulitis in 2009. On his return in 2010, Lesnar defeated Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion Shane Carwin to unify the heavyweight championships and become the undisputed UFC Heavyweight Champion. After a couple of losses and further struggles with diverticulitis,[14] Lesnar retired from MMA in 2011.[15] He returned at UFC 200 in 2016 to defeat Mark Hunt, but his victory was overturned to a no-contest after he tested positive for a banned substance on UFC's anti-doping policy. He then retired from MMA for the second time in 2017. A box office sensation, he competed in some of the bestselling pay-per-view events in promotion history, including headlining UFC 91, UFC 100, UFC 116, and UFC 121. He also co-headlined UFC 200, briefly being the main headliner before that spot was given to Amanda Nunes vs. Miesha Tate.[16]
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- ^ Hywel Teague (June 17, 2016). "Rodrigo 'Comprido' Medeiros Promotes Brock Lesnar To Blue Belt In Jiu-Jitsu". FloGrappling.
- ^ Jesse Holland (June 17, 2016). "Video: Brock Lesnar is huge again, earns Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Blue Belt ahead of UFC 200". MMAmania.com.
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- ^ "Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar Undergoes Surgery; Hopeful for Early 2012 Return". Mmaweekly.com | Ufc and Mma News, Results, Rumors, and Videos. MMAWeekly.com. May 28, 2011.
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- ^ Draper, Alan (November 17, 2017). "Top Selling UFC PPVs of All-Time | The Sports Daily". The Sports Daily. Retrieved December 19, 2019.