{"id":82301,"date":"2014-01-17T09:48:33","date_gmt":"2014-01-17T17:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=82301"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:17:06","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:17:06","slug":"trainer-says-lesnars-retirement-mostly-mental-not-physical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/trainer-says-lesnars-retirement-mostly-mental-not-physical\/","title":{"rendered":"Trainer Says Lesnar&#8217;s Retirement Mostly Mental Not Physical"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/lesnar-bud.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37679\" title=\"lesnar bud\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/lesnar-bud.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/lesnar-bud.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/lesnar-bud-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I think mentally, the diverticulitis, that was the big thing [that led to his retirement]&#8230; If he came back and he was 100-percent mentally in the game, knowing that he could take whatever it meant to take, he could push himself, he could get hit, he could whatever &#8211; that was the big thing. When he was mentally on, I mean, literally, like his moniker when he was a college wrestler, he was like a freight train. He just was going to go through anything. If he came back and he was mentally 100-percent there, I believe physically he still has the gifts and he still has the ability to improve and to grow, but it\u2019s like anything. The game is such a mental thing that once that chink in the armor was there and that kind of embedded itself in his head, I think that was really the point where it was tough for him.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIf he came back and he really wanted to train and really wanted to do it and his heart was in it, it would be great. He was a pleasure to work with because he was a real professional. You talk about a professional in training, Brock Lesnar\u2019s a huge professional. When training starts at 10 o\u2019clock, that means 10 o\u2019clock wrapped, ready and warming up. \u2026 The other thing with Brock is he would pay his training partners just like boxers pay people to come in, and he would basically say, \u2018You\u2019re like an employee now; you have to be here. This is a professional thing, and if you don\u2019t, I\u2019ll just let you go.\u2019 He really does train like a professional. \u2026 If his mind\u2019s into it and he really wants to do it, it\u2019d be great.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Trainer-Brock-Lesnar-Still-Has-Gifts-Ability-to-Improve-62265\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sherdog.com<\/a>, Brock Lesnar&#8217;s head MMA Trainer discussed the rise and fall of Lesnar and the possibility that the former champ could return to form.<\/p>\n<p>Would you like to see Brock return to the cage?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I think mentally, the diverticulitis, that was the big thing [that led to his retirement]&#8230; If he came back and he was 100-percent mentally in the game, knowing that he could take whatever it meant to take, he could push himself, he could get hit, he could whatever &#8211; that was the big thing. 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