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The Brock Lesnar MMA experiment comes to an end

December 31, 2011 12:38 PM By MARK LA MONICA mark.lamonica@newsday.com

Brock Lesnar is pushed into the octagon by

Photo credit: AP | Brock Lesnar is pushed into the octagon by Alistair Overeem of the Netherlands during their UFC heavyweight mixed martial arts match at The MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. (Dec. 30, 2011)

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Four fights into his career, Brock Lesnar stood inside the cage with a heavyweight championship belt in his hand. Four fights later, inside the same cage in the same arena, he walked out a retired fighter.

Lesnar ended his eight-fight mixed martial arts career in Las Vegas on Friday night in the MGM Grand Garden Arena after a first-round TKO loss to Alistair Overeem at UFC 141. It was a four-and-a-half...

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