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Former WWE Wrestler Brock Lesnar To Headline UFC Fight Night Before the Super Bowl

Posted by jason on Nov. 07, 2007, 5:43pm

EX-WWE WRESTLER HEADLINING SUPER BOWL UFC EVENT?: Saturday night before the Super Bowl’s all right for ultimate fighting:

IRISHWHIPFIGHTING.COM reports that ex-WWE wrestler Brock Lesnar will face former champ Frank Mir at UFC 81, a match that may end up headlining the pre-Big Game event.Lesnar’s first foray into the fighting league resulted in a 69-second squash of Min Soon Kim. Meanwhile, Mir has gone 2-2 since a motorcycle accident in 2004, with both losses coming as first-round knockouts.