The official commercial promoting UFC 81: Breaking Point has been released and surprisingly it contains a lot of WWE footage of Brock Lesnar. The WWE footage includes Lesnar’s WWE entrance, some high-impact movs and and him posing with the WWE title above his head. They show a wide shot of a WWE ring and then after a quick flash it turns to the octagon.
The voice over says: “What if one of the greatest wrestlers stepped out of the ring and into the octagon? Wrestling superstar Brock Lesnar breaks into the ufc against former heavyweight champion Frank Mir. This is as REAL as it gets!”
UFC President Dana White is also shown saying, “If Brock Lesnar can back up all the things he’s saying, he might become the biggest star in mixed martial arts”.
With UFC being WWE’s #1 Pay-Per-View rival and the very rocky relationship between Brock Lesnar and Vince McMahon, one has to wonder what UFC had to give WWE for access to that footage. WWE is known for being very protective over their intellectual property, so it seems strange that they would help a competitor promote one their former top stars so effectively, especially with UFC’s “as real as it gets” jab at pro wrestling.
WATCH the VIDEO HERE! See the UFC 81 Commercial with WWE FOOTAGE of Brock Lesnar!