{"id":7255,"date":"2010-06-22T19:00:06","date_gmt":"2010-06-23T00:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=7255"},"modified":"2010-06-22T19:00:06","modified_gmt":"2010-06-23T00:00:06","slug":"brock-lesnar-dismisses-wannabe-batistas-possible-mma-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/06\/22\/brock-lesnar-dismisses-wannabe-batistas-possible-mma-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock Lesnar Dismisses &#8220;Wannabe&#8221; Batista&#8217;s Possible MMA Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dave Batista&#8217;s former WWE colleagues are not coming forward with vast support for his potential mixed martial arts career.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:left;margin-right:5px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/sports\/daytona-500-practice\/image\/7914291?term=brock+lesnar\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/view4.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/image\/7914291\/daytona-500-practice\/daytona-500-practice.jpg?size=234&#038;imageId=7914291\" border=\"0\" width=\"234\" title=\"Daytona 500 Practice\" height=\"156\" oncontextmenu=\"return false;\" ondrag=\"return false;\" onmousedown=\"return false;\" alt=\"DAYTONA BEACH, FL - FEBRUARY 13: MMA fighter Brock Lesnar(C) speaks with Kevin Harvick(L), driver of the #29 Shell\/Pennzoil Chevrolet, and team owner Richard Childress during practice for the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 13, 2010 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Jason Smith\/Getty Images for NASCAR)\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/\/JavaScripts\/OTIjs.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Earlier Tuesday, Booker T <a href=\"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/06\/22\/booker-t-rips-batista-over-mma-plans-talks-lashley-possibility\/\">mocked the possibility<\/a> in an interview with TMZ.  Former WWE Superstar and current UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar joined the mix in the afternoon, dismissing Batista as a &#8220;wannabe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Get in line, everybody and their dog wants to get into fighting,&#8221; said Lesnar in a pre-UFC 116 interview with MMAFighting. &#8220;Next question. We&#8217;re talking about a heavyweight championship fight, not some wannabe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lesnar defends his championship against interim UFC Heavyweight Champ Shane Carwin in a title unification bout next month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[7,10],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Brock Lesnar Dismisses &quot;Wannabe&quot; Batista&#039;s Possible MMA Future<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dave Batista&#039;s former WWE colleagues are not coming forward with vast support for his potential mixed martial arts career. 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