Brock Lesnar Talks Being A Heel In UFC: 'I Can Be An A**hole When I Want To Be' - Wrestling Inc.

Brock Lesnar talked about his early MMA career, fighting with K1 Kickboxing, and learning to be a heel in UFC to avoid media obligations.Lesnar left WWE in 2004 and after being the final cut of the Minnesota Vikings' roster in the 2004/05 pre-season, returned to wrestling with NJPW in 2005. And as he would recall during "Spittin' Chiclets," was spotted by K1 for what would be his first fight against Kim Min-Soo in 2007.He explained that he didn't expect things to turn out how they did."I knew that if I was going to stay on the pain train, I just wanted something else. I wanted to see what was out there," he said. "I had no idea I was gonna blow up and become UFC Champion. That was a goal. But for me to have my third fight against Randy Couture of all the guys. I could have shelled up and been scared about it. That's how confident I was. You've got to have an alter-ego, you've gotta have something inside you that makes you believe in order to achieve."He also made note of something he found out sooner rather than later, "I discovered real early if I play a heel in the UFC, I don't have to do all the media and stuff. I could just tell people whatever. People see the entertainment Brock Lesnar and they think that's who I am. But it's not who I am, and I don't let people into my circle enough to know. It's been a mystique for a long time. But I can be an a**hole when I want to be."Lesnar went on to become UFC Heavyweight Champion in just his third fight, going into his first title defense with a record of 2-1, against the man who had beaten him in his first fight: Frank Mir. Lesnar won that fight and another against Shane Carwin before losses to Cain Velasquez and Alistair Overeem, the latter after he had been sidelined with diverticulitis.