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[Sakara=Excitement]

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At long last, here is the Brock Lesnar we all know and love/loathe. After weeks of playing it almost unimaginably cool about the fact he’s about to defend his UFC heavyweight title against a 240-pound Mexican(-American), Lesnar finally let the thin veil of cultural sensitivity fall away during last night’s “UFC Countdown” show. It takes approximately one minute, 13 seconds into the above vid for Lesnar to publicly debut the semi-racist jokes about Cain Velasquez that he’s no doubt been trying out for weeks behind closed doors at the DeathClutch Gym. The results are actually kind of comforting. At least now we have confirmation that this dude with the beard really is Brock Lesnar, and not just some politically correct imposter.

"Listen,” quips Lesnar here. “When I get done whooping your ass, I'm gonna go drink a Corona and eat a burrito just for your Hispanic heritage. How about that?"

Besides adopting the whitest possible articulation of Velasquez’s name – forever putting the emphasis on mispronouncing the “squez” part – the idea that Lesnar somehow kept himself from saying anything even vaguely bigoted had been the most surprising part of the UFC 121 prefight hype to this point. Especially considering how much the UFC itself has played up Velasquez’s Mexican roots, despite the fact he was born and reared in California. Now we finally know what Lesnar’s really been thinking all along.

Aside from making that joke – which really just reinforces our suspicion that Lesnar’s opinion of you can always be boiled down to where you’re from and what kind of beer you drink – The Dark Lord has surprisingly little else to say about Velasquez during “Countdown.” Though the show features all of the prerequisite workout footage and slow-motion scenes of sweat dripping from his nose, Lesnar spends most of his time here talking about the character-building experience of almost dying from a rare intestinal disorder and then returning to get beat down by Shane Carwin for the first round of their fight at UFC 116.

“I got my ass kicked by diverticulitis and I got back up to my feet and I got my ass kicked by Shane Carwin for the first four minutes of the fight and I got back up to my feet,” Lesnar says. “That’s life. You get back on the horse and ride.”

Speaking of cultural insensitivity, you can tell that “Countdown” is about to switch its focus away from Lesnar and onto Cain Velasquez at about the 5:30 mark when the soundtrack abruptly changes from a spooky synth fugue to spunky hip hop music. Nice touch there, guys. During its portion of the broadcast, Velasquez’s camp tips its hand a bit here about strategy for the upcoming bout, essentially saying Cain will try to keep it on the feet and test Brock’s chin. Seems straightforward enough.

“We can win this fight everywhere,” Dave Camarillo says. “We can lose it on the bottom.”

The American Kickboxing Academy remains steadfast in its claim that Lesnar’s never fought anyone like Velasquez before – in fact both teams make that contention about their opponents – and that the champion’s size and strength advantage ain’t no thang, either. As evidence, they offer some footage of Velasquez wrestling a few much larger opponents during his collegiate grappling career. At that, as you might imagine, Lesnar just scoffs.

“This is a whole (different) beast here, Cain …,” Lesnar says. “You’re not better than me. No matter who is whispering sweet nothings into your ear. Alright, Mr. Velasquez? You are not better than Brock Lesnar and you will find out come fight night.”

Welcome back, Brock. We've all been waiting for you.

I actually thought it was pretty funny. Showed it to my girlfriend who is hispanic and she laughed too. There was another article somewhere about just how hard it is to hype this fight without the trash talking. Cain has the charisma of a flipped over turtle and the fact that the UFC has thrown this Mexican crap on top of Cain doesn't help things. Cain Velasquez is AMERICAN. He is not mexican american, he is an AMERICAN for the love of god. I kinda think someone told Brock to say something, to say ANYTHING to get someone riled up about this fight. Still funny though.

[Chute_Boxe44]

My God, if I hear Goldberg say "he's got that Mexican warrior spirit!!" one more time I'll throw the TV out the window

If they want to get technical about it, Ricco Rodriguez would be the first "Mexican American" heavyweight champ.

[CHAEL fan]

Originally Posted by Sakara=Excitement

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I actually thought it was pretty funny. Showed it to my girlfriend who is hispanic and she laughed too. There was another article somewhere about just how hard it is to hype this fight without the trash talking. Cain has the charisma of a flipped over turtle and the fact that the UFC has thrown this Mexican crap on top of Cain doesn't help things. Cain Velasquez is AMERICAN. He is not mexican american, he is an AMERICAN for the love of god. I kinda think someone told Brock to say something, to say ANYTHING to get someone riled up about this fight. Still funny though.

Hispanic women are the best!

[Leucoethiops]

Originally Posted by Sakara=Excitement

Cain Velasquez is AMERICAN. He is not mexican american, he is an AMERICAN for the love of god.

Sounds like someone wishes they were Mexican American!

Originally Posted by Chute_Boxe44

My God, if I hear Goldberg say "he's got that Mexican warrior spirit!!" one more time I'll throw the TV out the window

Why do you hate the Mexican warrior spirit?












Just fuckin' with you guys. Agree on both counts.

[beau420]

Originally Posted by Sakara=Excitement

http://www.cagepotato.com/what-took-...tive-velasquez



I actually thought it was pretty funny. Showed it to my girlfriend who is hispanic and she laughed too. There was another article somewhere about just how hard it is to hype this fight without the trash talking. Cain has the charisma of a flipped over turtle and the fact that the UFC has thrown this Mexican crap on top of Cain doesn't help things. Cain Velasquez is AMERICAN. He is not mexican american, he is an AMERICAN for the love of god. I kinda think someone told Brock to say something, to say ANYTHING to get someone riled up about this fight. Still funny though.

Although he is American, he was the one that got himself a Brown Pride tattoo, thanks his Mexican fans....and it's a great angle for the UFC to work.

I hope the borderline racist comments stop where they are and don't get too crazy.

I don't think Brock needs help or needs to get pushed to say anything stupid. He was trained by WWE to work the mic....he is just doing what he was taught.

I hate the way Brock says Velas-qwaiz...and sure, the UFC has made Cain their Mexican poster child, but he appears to have embarrassed it. He has spoken several times about his parents and how they were immigrants and came to the US with no money.

Although Cain is about as Mexican as Jake O'Brien is Irish, but both guys were willing to represent their rasa.

[Sakara=Excitement]

Originally Posted by CHAEL fan

Hispanic women are the best!

That they are my friend, that they are.

Now where's my Egg Shell White Pride tattoo at?

And what about this utterly retarded comment?

“We can win this fight everywhere,” Dave Camarillo says. “We can lose it on the bottom.”

Ummm what? We can win it ANYWHERE, but not there.

[TheKidInside]

Ricco Rodriguez is NOT Mexican where is this nonsense coming from? I believe his grandma was Mexican but he is mostly Puerto Rican...not that it really matters. the UFC will use any angle to promote a fight...

like in the Great White Hype

"I am not Irish"

"It just means you're white" lol

[Daellusx]

I think some people look to make mountains out of mole hills honestly. I'm Mexican, not Mexican-American, and I thought it was kind of a funny insult. I guess if you dont live within 100 miles of any Mexican's you may have never heard a joke like that but for the millions of us here, we've heard far far worse. 'Sides having a Corona is 100x better than drinking a Coors Lite.

[McTee]

Originally Posted by Daellusx

'Sides having a Corona is 100x better than drinking a Coors Lite.

If I could rep you 100 times in a row I would for that statement alone.

American Beer is piss, American Lite Beer is watery piss. There is no point in drinking a beer if the can says Lite on it anywhere.

[Leucoethiops]

Originally Posted by beau420

I hate the way Brock says Velas-qwaiz...

I say it like that too, not to be disrespectful, but in the spirit of speaking proper English (Despite the fact that his name is not an English one)

'Qu' is just always pronounced like 'Qw'. That said, I speak fluent French and 'Qu' doesn't sound like 'Qw'

But! Until I hear Cain Velasquez, or another person who speaks Spanish, say it's pronounced 'Velaskez', I will pronounce it 'Velasqwez'... and once I'm told differently, I will continue to pronounce it 'Velasqwez' just to be obstinate.