Brendan Schaub explains why Brock Lesnar is a tougher test for Daniel Cormier than Derrick Lewis was

Daniel Cormier’s planned heavyweight title super fight with former UFC heavyweight champ and WWE star Brock Lesnar is unanimously expected to be a box office smash, but not everybody is expecting the fight to be competitive. Instead, it’s common opinion that Cormier, undeniably one of the best fighters ever to compete in MMA, will hand Lesnar a pretty lopsided whooping.

Whether that’s accurate or not, former UFC heavyweight and current MMA analyst Brendan Schaub is confident of one thing: Brock Lesnar will be a tougher test for Daniel Cormier than his last opponent Derrick Lewis, who he submitted in the second round in the main event of UFC 230 last weekend.

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“[With Lesnar] you’re talking a complete freak,” Brendan Schaub said of Brock Lesnar on his Below The Belt podcast (transcript via MMA Fighting). “Athletically, is he the biggest freak to ever do it? He’s f**king up there, man. We don’t talk about it enough. A guy at his age and with his background – he’s not even a part time mixed martial artist. It’s a hobby for this man and he can go in there and compete with the best of the best. Imagine if he dedicated his entire life from when he was young to this sport. And he’s fighting through sickness!

“He’s f**king tough to deal with,” he added. “No one goes in there and is like, ‘Ah this is a gimme fight.’ Even DC’s not like that. I promise you Brock Lesnar will be a tougher fight for DC than Derrick Lewis was. We don’t give that man enough props.”

What do you think of these comments from Brendan Schaub? Will Brock Lesnar really give Daniel Cormier more trouble than the fearsome knockout artist Derrick Lewis did at UFC 230?

This article first appeared on BJPENN.COM on 11/72018.