Brock Lesnar

Brock Lesnar
Lesnar in 2015
Born	Brock Edward Lesnar (1977-07-12) July 12, 1977 (age 47) Webster, South Dakota, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, American football player
Years active	2000–2007; 2012–present (professional wrestling) 2004 (football) 2007–2011; 2016 (MMA)
Spouse	Sable ​ ​ (m. 2006)​
Children	4
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Brock Lesnar[1]
Billed height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)[2]
Billed weight	286 lb (130 kg)[2]
Billed from	Minneapolis, Minnesota[2]
Trained by	Brad Rheingans[3] Curt Hennig[3] Dean Malenko[3] Doug Basham[3] Nightmare Danny Davis[3]
Debut	October 11, 2000[3]
Martial arts career
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight	265 lb (120 kg; 18 st 13 lb)
Division	Heavyweight
Reach	81 in (206 cm)
Style	Wrestling
Stance	Orthodox
Fighting out of	Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Team	DeathClutch Gym
Trainer	Marty Morgan[4] MMA: Greg Nelson, Erik Paulson[5] Boxing: Peter Welch[6] Jiu-Jitsu: Rodrigo Medeiros[7]
Rank	Blue belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under Rodrigo Medeiros[8][9]
Wrestling	NCAA Division I Wrestling[10]
Mixed martial arts record
Total	9
Wins	5
By knockout	3
By submission	1
By decision	1
Losses	3
By knockout	2
By submission	1
No contests	1
Other information
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
Medal record Collegiate Wrestling Representing the Minnesota Golden Gophers NCAA Division I Championships 2000 St. Louis 285 lb 1999 State College 285 lb
Professional football career American football player American football career
No. 69[11]
Position:	Defensive tackle
Career information
High school:	Webster
College:	Minnesota
Undrafted:	2004
Career history
Minnesota Vikings (2004)*
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Military career
Allegiance	United States
Service / branch	United States Army Army National Guard
Years of service	1994
Unit	Missouri National Guard 35th Engineer Brigade

Brock Edward Lesnar (/ˈlɛznər/ LEZ-nər; born July 12, 1977) is an American professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist, amateur wrestler, and professional American football player. As a professional wrestler, he is signed to WWE; however, he is currently on hiatus from active competition. Often regarded as one of the most prolific combat sport athletes in the world, Lesnar is the only person to have won the primary heavyweight championships of WWE, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW),^[12] the Inoki Genome Federation (IGF), and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).^[13]

Lesnar competed in collegiate wrestling for the University of Minnesota, winning the NCAA Division I national championship in 2000. He soon signed with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, renamed WWE in 2002), rising to industry prominence in mid-2002 by winning the WWE Championship at age 25, setting the record for the youngest performer to win the championship. In 2004, Lesnar departed WWE to join the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL), but was cut from the team during pre-season. He returned to wrestling and signed with NJPW in 2005 where he won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. Lesnar later departed NJPW and continued to be promoted as the IWGP Heavyweight Champion in the IGF before taking a hiatus from wrestling to pursue a career in mixed martial arts (MMA). Years later in 2012, he re-signed with WWE; his 504-day first reign with the WWE Universal Championship is the seventh-longest world championship reign in the promotion's history and he holds the record for most reigns as Universal Champion at three. He also won the Royal Rumble match twice (2003 and 2022), the Money in the Bank ladder match (2019), the King of the Ring tournament (2002), and has headlined several pay-per-view events, including WWE's flagship event WrestleMania five times (19, 31, 34, 36, and 38), nine SummerSlams (2002, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2022); in addition, he also ended The Undertaker's undefeated WrestleMania streak in 2014.

Lesnar began his MMA career for Hero's in 2007, and signed with the UFC in 2008. He quickly won the UFC Heavyweight Championship, but was sidelined with diverticulitis in 2009. On his return in 2010, Lesnar defeated Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion Shane Carwin to unify the heavyweight championships and become the undisputed UFC Heavyweight Champion. After a couple of losses and further struggles with diverticulitis,^[14] Lesnar retired from MMA in 2011.^[15] He returned at UFC 200 in 2016 to defeat Mark Hunt, but his victory was overturned to a no-contest after he tested positive for a banned substance on UFC's anti-doping policy. He then retired from MMA for the second time in 2017. A box office sensation, he competed in some of the bestselling pay-per-view events in promotion history, including headlining UFC 91, UFC 100, UFC 116, and UFC 121. He also co-headlined UFC 200, briefly being the main headliner before that spot was given to Amanda Nunes vs. Miesha Tate.^[16]