UFC 87: Brock Lesnar vs Heath Herring Prediction: Tonight’s UFC 87 Seek and Destroy featured Heavyweight bout promises to be an exciting, action packed, brutal clash between two UFC giants: newcomer/fan favorite Brock Lesnar (1-1-0) vs. seasoned/always dangerous Heath “The Texas Crazy Horse” Herring (29-13-1). According to Odds-makers at BodogLife.com, Brock Lesnar (-240) continues to be the betting odds Money Line favorite to be victorious over the tough Heath Herring (+190).

Even though Brock Lesnar has yet to win a fight in the UFC, one thing he has proven is that he is willing to fight some of the biggest names and best fighters out there.

If you want to talk about being thrown into the fire, in his fist UFC fight (second MMA fight ever) Lesnar’s opponent was none other than former Heavyweight champion Frank Mir (11-3-0).

In his UFC debut, Brock Lesnar showed he had a ways to go, and plenty to learn before he could accomplish his goal of becoming the greatest UFC Heavyweight champion ever. However, Lesnar gave a great deal of hope to the UFC, in a division that lacks great, consistent, big-name fighters.

From the opening seconds of the match, Lesnar absolutely dominated Frank Mir. Brock jumped on Mir immediately, and applied ample pressure on the more experienced fighter. The more aggressive Lesnar, drove the former champ to the ground, and literary holding him down, landing some powerful bombs to his face. Nevertheless, due to his inexperience, Lesnar eventually got caught. While taking a beating, and looking almost hopeless, Frank Mir was able to get a hold of Lesnar’s right leg, and it was over just like that. Mir, a submission specialist, was victorious in first round submission (leg lock). Tonight, Lesnar will be facing yet another solid, season, and dangerous fighter in Heath Herring.

Currently 2-2, since merging over to the UFC from Japan, Herring has victories over Cheik Kongo (split decision), and Brad Imes (unanimous decision). Meanwhile, his 2 defeats have come against Antonio Nogueira and Jake O’Brien, both by unanimous decision. It is worth noting that this guy has great stamina (has gone the distance in every UFC fight), and at 6’ 4” 250 lbs, his size and agility making him a very dangerous opponent against Brock Lesnar.

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