Kurt Angle also stated why he knew that Brock Lesnar would succeed in UFC, despite an initial hiccup in his MMA career. Lesnar lost his very first UFC fight to Frank Mir by submission back in 2008 but bounced back with a few wins.

“I saw his first fight when he tapped out to Frank Mir and I knew right then, the way he manhandled Frank Mir, he just didn’t have the knowledge. Frank got him with a leg lock … ankle lock, a foot lock, and you know Brock didn’t understand how he was able to do that,” analyzed Angle.

He argued that once Lesnar understood the reason for his loss, he was set for success in UFC.

“Brock didn’t really know how to defend that. Once he did, he was good to go. I knew right then, I was like, ‘Wow, he manhandled Frank Mir, this guy’s going to be a force to be reckoned with,’ and he was. I mean, he won the next fight, he won the UFC title and then he defended it I think for three or four fights before he lost it,” said the veteran.

Following his loss to Mir, Lesnar defeated Heath Herring and later Randy Couture to win the UFC Heavyweight Championship, which he defended twice before losing it to Cain Velasquez. One of the wins that Lesnar had when he was Heavyweight Champion was against Mir, which took place in 2009. He called time on his MMA career back in 2019.