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Rashad Evans, for example, was virtually a wrestler until recently. So was Josh Koscheck. Koscheck wiped the floor with Chris Leben using only wrestling, and Leben was a pretty solid guy with like a 15 and 1 record at the time. The ability to take somebody down almost at will is a serious skill to have, not all that defensible even by the best guys. Sure there is more to the game, but a good wrestler like an Evans or a Koscheck can the transition easier and be more successful than say a world class striker like Stefan Leko, because wrestling is such a controlling skill. Lesnar never did anything but wrestle in his first fight too. He took the guy down and passed the guard than cuffed the guy until it was stopped. Kurt probably would have done the same, at this point, we know little about what Lesnar is actually capable of other than wrestling, it's still speculation. His stance looked stiff, he was back on his heels and he had his chin up, but he still just bulled in and took the guy down. It wasn't like he stood up and traded punches and boxed with the guy at all, all we know is pretty much what we expected and that's that Brock is a physical animal, who is an outstanding wrestler, and could probably take guys down and maul them until they are beat. As far as we know, Kurt would do the same thing, except he's light years better at taking people down as Brock and he's not as big.
Kurt might be defensive because it's always brought up, but not because Puder really did anything to him. I've watched it a million times. Plus, I'm an internationally competitive wrestler and I know submissions too. My younger brother is an MMA fighter, I've been around this stuff forever. The bottom line is they were having a wrestling match, Puder tied up and stalled with Kurt, got pushed into the ropes and was about to get taken down when he grabbed a kimura and got pinned. The ref didn't bail Kurt out, he just called the pinfall. Puder wasn't in guard and didn't have the leverage to submit Kurt, it may have wrenched his arm somewhat, but nothing was really there. He was basically holding Kurt's arm out and was hardly hyperextending long enough or far enough to get a submission. What Puder did, would almost be like a guy throwing a punch in a wrestling match than bragging around to people how tough he was. When they stood up, Kurt got into his face and Puder just took what Kurt was saying, then slinked away. he didn't try to get more or anything. He's basically blew the incident up and has tried to make a name off of it since. It's hardly admirable.
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