Weeks before the fight I was certain Frank Mir would win by submission. With the days leading up to the fight, I began to question that motive, as a much stronger and bigger Lesnar began airing promos on various websites.

Lesnar, who wears a 4XL glove, looked like an absolute animal and his interviews with UFC.com, where he openly admitted that this was no "bull**** scheme" struck a cord with many UFC fans.

Obviously the long time UFC fans have waited years for this. A former sports entertainment wrestler against a legit jujitsu fighter has all the ingredients of a classic.

"Brock Lesnar is a serious athlete." Joe Rogan said in the vignettes leading to the fight. "Even though Brock Lesnar is coming from this wrestling entertainment background, you can't forget the fact this guy was a real legit amateur competitive wrestler and the best in the country." Rogan said.

The problem with Lesnar in the UFC was always going to be his storied past. Lesnar was always seen as the ace of spades in Vince McMahon's pack of cards. He was the future of sports entertainment and with the look, charisma and intensity of an animal, Lesnar had it all.

Lesnar's debut in MMA created very little fanfare in the MMA world. Simply put, if Lesnar was to show his class as a real fighter, he needed to fight in the UFC. When it was announced he had signed a contract, and more importantly, his first opponent in the UFC was former Heavyweight champion Frank Mir, the MMA world sat up. Should Brock Lesnar really be facing somebody like Frank Mir in his debut fight and essentially, was he prepared for such a fight?

"He's going to be excellent in MMA. He is the real deal." said Kurt Angle, an Olympic Gold medallist at freestyle wrestling and former WWE Heavyweight Champion. "I've sparred with Brock Lesnar, he's not sitting on his butt right now. He's training nine hours a day. He gets you in that ring and he'll throw you around like a rag doll".

For Lesnar, I always felt the fight was an absolute must win, a win which would no doubt ease fan approval of the former WWE Champion. The pressure in the Octagon was going to be immense the night of the fight and the fan backlash was a hurdle in itself. In terms of the fight, that was also going to be a massive stuggle, Lesnar was, at the end of the day, facing a former UFC champion.

Before the fight, I picked my winner and after thinking long, there was no doubt in my mind, I felt Mir would win in Round Two by submission. How close I was.

"Frank Mir, a former UFC Champion, he thinks hes a bad ass and I don't think he is. I can just picture his eyeballs getting big as I dump him on his head and he doesn't know where the hell he's at. I just can't wait. It's going to be a great evening." said Lesnar in the build up to the fight. "The people are starving for a true heavyweight. I'm going to fight my way to the top and be that guy." Lesnar explained.

Frank Mir defeated Brock Lesnar by submission with a kneebar in just over 90 seconds. I didn't catch the fight live, but managed to talk to several good sources who said Lesnar did himself proud in the little time he spent in the octagon. I actually found that hard to believe. Watching it back, I must say, if Lesnar doesn't win the UFC Heavyweight Championship in the next three years, I will literally eat my hat.

In the WWE he was dubbed as "The Next Big Thing" and I'm almost certain you can apply that to the UFC. Despite blatantly lacking experience, Lesnar showed talent in the octagon and dealt with a huge number of boo's on his way to the cage easily enough to almost defeat a very talented fighter in Mir. It was almost like an outsider coming into the octagon to face one of UFC's own, and make no mistake about it, he almost beat him.

"I figured as big and strong as he was he wouldn't take me, he was gonna try and land bombs. His shot were strong. I just had to guard it." said Mir afterwards. "I'm not going to lie, it wasn't a textbook perfect finish, I wish it was, but I ended up doing it eighty percent right." Mir admitted.

About eighty percent right pretty much sums it up. For me, the fight should've and probably would've been over if this hadn't been one of the main events. It was clear that Lesnar landed several clean shots, including an illegal fist to the back of the head, and his early momentum was stopped by the referee, who eventually took a point off Lesnar.

"I thought it was over right there. That was ****** up. That took some wind out of your sail when you get a ******* point taken away" Lesnar fumed afterwards.

Whether or not the fight should've been stopped is debatable to who you ask. Personally, I felt it should've ended with a Lesnar victory. I also felt the point away, without warning, was extremely harsh for a guy who only wrestling his second MMA fight ever. Lesnar certainly did himself proud. Where he goes next is the question. With rumours of potential fights against the likes of Paul Buentello and Andrei Arlovski, Lesnar certainly needs to get back in the ring to fight, and soon. The doubters are already out, and with people looking at his neutral MMA record, the question is, how will Lesnar bounce back from defeat. Whatever happens, it should be interesting and for the UFC, I firmly believe we are looking at a future Heavyweight Champion.