It’s a shame what an injury, surgery, or a condition can do to ones body. Some recover very well, while others struggle to get back to where they were. The same could be said for the UFC’s colossal, Brock Lesnar. After taking a viscous leg kick to the body midway through the first round against the “Demolition Man” Alistair Overeem, the fight was stopped after Lesnar fell to the ground and was unable to protect himself.

Lesnar — who was the UFC’s biggest pay-per-view star with a 5-4 record and the former heavyweight champion — was a former WWE superstar before he made his transition to the UFC and did substantially well in such a short amount of time. The biggest downfall came when he was diagnosed with bouts of diverticulitis, a lower-intestinal ailment that nearly killed him and cause him to have 12 inches of his colon removed. That disease only allowed him to fight 3 times in 2 1/2 years, which hardly gave him any kind of focus, let alone stellar training.

After his 4th loss of his short, yet successful career, Lesnar called it quits:

“I’ve had a really difficult couple of years with my disease, and I’m going to officially say tonight is the last time,” Lesnar said. “This is the last time you’ll see me in the octagon.”

A lot of people saw this coming, Brock just wasn’t the same fighter. He wasn’t the viscous animal who battered Frank Mir, he was no longer the guy who withstood a pummeling by easily the most powerful guy mixed martial arts in Shane Carwin, instead, he shied away from what made him victorious. He was no longer charging at his opponents and beating them down with his sledgehammer fists, the hunter became the hunted.

“I promised my wife and my kids if I won this fight, I would get a title shot, and that would be my last fight,” Lesnar said. “But if I lost tonight … you’ve been great.”

During the post fight conference, UFC owner Dana White stated that if Lesnar was going to retire after the this fight, he should have just retired after his match against Cain Velasquez (where he lost his belt).

It might have been a short ride, but it certainly was a spectacular one. Who knows when we’ll see another guy that big, that strong, that fast, and that athletic all-in-one again in the octagon, but it’s possible that Brock could make a comeback to where he started off: World Wrestling Entertainment.

[via DEADSPIN]

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American Speed Skating Olympian Apolo Ohno is the newest Got Milk? endorser. Actually, he’s the Got Lowfat Chocolate Milk? endorser. Also included in this new “Refuel America’ campaign is Shawn Johnson and Chris Bosh.

In a recent interview, Justin compares himself to Deion, Darrelle Revis and Asante Samuel:

Just because this kid has a big name doesn’t mean he’s all hype. Don’t believe me? Check out some more of his highlights here. While most are doubting him, he’s humming the tune to his fathers “Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down.”

Playoffs are here and #TeamNIKE is in full grind mode! Run With Us or Run From Us…View more Dyckman playoff videos after the jump.

Foot Locker presents: The Nike Educators 2

It’s a new school year, and The Educators are back! Rajon Rondo, Larry Fitzgerald, Anna Pierce, Blake Grfiffin, and Amar’e Stoudemire have returned, bringing lessons on quickness, speed, endurance, elevation and street knowledge. Here’s the first video, set to air later tonight. Enroll in the Foot Locker Advantage Academy at www.footlocker.com/educators

I’ve been slacking on sharing the Team NIKE videos my company has been working on so here’s a double dosage of them. The Main Event is above while the aftermath of the Ooh Way Records loss is displayed in Episode 8 A Hunger For More below.

Models, actresses, socialites, and oh yeah, female basketball players are all members of the new Lingerie Basketball League. Shelburne, Vermont has the Mini Basketball League and Hollywood, California has the LBL. Gotta love it. Can these girls actually hoop though? Hit the jump and check out some in-game action footage.

LOL This is too funny. These dudes from Shelburne, Vermont are missing the NBA so much that they created their own basketball league, the MBL – Mini Basketball League. The game follows all traditional basketball rules except this league is played inside a mini outdoor court, with a mini basketball, lowered hoops, banners for the league’s teams, fans, and of course the throwback jerseys. Follow all of the league’s happenings at their official Facebook page. And keep up with some of the action with their awesome game video recaps like below:

A little more build up until the Ooh Way Records video that’ll be released later this week…

Calm Before The Storm: The Rodney Park game against Team NIKE was not the matchup all of New York City wanted to see. But because a schedule is a schedule, the game was played and the Dyckman crowd witnessed that Rodney Park was not physically or mentally prepared to hit the court against the 10 reppin’ The Swoosh. The Boys in Black played a near perfect game while their opponents struggled all night long. As soon as Anthony “Africa” Pimble threw down his windmill slam to end the blowout victory, the whole city shifted their focus towards the following week’s Game of The Decade versus Ooh Way Records. Days before the actual showdown, the Dyckman League staff began to distribute game tickets to the fans who ventured uptown into the Heights. Meanwhile a little further downtown, Allan “Shep” Sheppard and Keydren “Kee Kee” Clark are spotted enjoying their downtime by walking through Harlem and picking out their tuxedos for Kee Kee’s wedding. It was all good just a week ago.

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