HW Brock Lesnar vs. Stephen Neal - 1999 NCAA Final

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⋅ May, 13 2009 | Coverage created by Cliff Fretwell

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About Stephen Neal

Organization:	New England Patriots
College:	Cal State Bakersfield
Bio:	Stephen Neal didnt necessarily come from a powerhouse school but made a huge impact on the sport of wrestling. Stephen Neal was born and raised in sunny San Diego California. He decided to wrestle at… + See More + Stephen Neal didnt necessarily come from a powerhouse school but made a huge impact on the sport of wrestling. Stephen Neal was born and raised in sunny San Diego California. He decided to wrestle at… + See More - See Less - Stephen Neal didnt necessarily come from a powerhouse school but made a huge impact on the sport of wrestling. Stephen Neal was born and raised in sunny San Diego California. He decided to wrestle at Cal State Bakersfield where he won 2 NCAA titles. One of his titles was won over the furture WWE star Brock Lesnar out of Minnesota. After winning a world title in 1999 he tried out for the US Olympic team only to be beat by Kerry McCoy. After the 2000 defeat he retired from Freestyle wrestling and joined the New England Offensive Line.

#35	iceman103 November 27 at 1:59pm Jeff Blatnick and Lon Mcclearan reply
#34	TYMAN1440 November 24 at 4:03pm brock lesnar is a beast reply
#33	Bms Wrestler October 23 at 9:39pm that was a sweet match but neal should have destroyed him reply
#32	Azn Wrestler October 11 at 6:22pm i think that lesnar had first timers nerves just saying, neal should have went after it reply
#31	Mike Marsters October 10 at 3:19pm amazing match, im gonna work just as hard as this, both made for a great match. my wrestling season starts wednesday, very excited to hit the mat an maybe one day end up there. reply
#30	Anonymous Coward September 12 at 9:04pm weak lesnar. stephen neal is also the right guard for the new england patriots. 4 time all american and 3 super bowl rings. pretty dang impressive reply
#29	Rupert Miller III September 3 at 9:09pm not the majority. Watch jared rosholt. Then tell me that reply
#28	Kyle Vexler August 18 at 9:21pm lesner needs to shake it out a bit and get jiggy with it reply
#27	Anonymous Coward Jr. August 5 at 8:53pm first of all the majority of heavywieght takedowns are results of the other heavyweight mistake. would you want to mess up on a shot and lose a national championship? reply
#26	Rupert Miller III August 3 at 3:46am That match had a whole lot of nothing. Their should have been more shots. Brock never should of tried to stay behind and let him up it was a big mistake reply
#25	Jimmy July 23 at 11:26am saayy BUUTTT!! reply
#24	Jafar July 20 at 1:14pm Does anybody know who the commentators were for this match? reply
#23	Anonymous Coward July 20 at 12:00pm "im gonna cherish this for life" "Thanks" "no, thank you" lol reply
#22	Osu Fan Go Bucks July 20 at 11:26am can u say stall fest? oh btw jim i know how lesnar feels you go so long without losing you just get use to getting your hand raised happended to me quite a few time throughout my career reply
#21	Jim July 19 at 7:33pm It looks like Lesnar forgot that he lost when they shook hands. You see him raise his arm up like he won and then he kinda realized that the ref was raising Neals arm since he won the match. Look at about 12:05 reply
#20	HwtDad July 19 at 4:00pm inside trip said: “That match sucked. Why warn both men for stalling if you are going to let them continue to stall the WHOLE match. I don't even know why they were sweating. That kind of wrestling gives the sport a bad image. It's boring.” Sometimes I think HWT wrestling is a whole different sport than the "little guys" - but to be fair, think of how much more weight they are dealing with: you weigh 133 & you're on your back, you're trying to bridge 266 lbs; you're a HWT in the same position, you're trying to bridge 500+ lbs. Sure you have more muscle, but not THAT much more. And about the sweating - ever tried isometric exercises? Hold an isometric move for 6 minutes & tell me again that these guys shouldn't be sweating. reply
#19	Inside Trip July 19 at 1:16am That match sucked. Why warn both men for stalling if you are going to let them continue to stall the WHOLE match. I don't even know why they were sweating. That kind of wrestling gives the sport a bad image. It's boring. reply
#18	Matt July 18 at 4:21pm another amazing big guy who made the transition to the nfl was carelton haselrig. he won 6 ncaa titles, 3 in division II and 3 in division I. do you have any of his finals matches? reply
#17	Vaisforlovers July 17 at 5:36am love the post match flex by neal, very ironic reply
#16	sub_wrestler July 17 at 3:54am IMHO wrestling will still lose more and more top level guys to MMA in the near future. Within two years in MMA (if you're good at it) you can make way more than if you had stayed in wrestling .. Sad, but that's just the way it is guys. Also, for those that are aspiring to become coaches and think that's a way to make good out of wrestling ... seriously, most coaches pull down far less a year than what Brock made for his fight against Mir ... again, sad but very true. I think that guys like Joe Warren have the right idea ... Just stay active in MMA and yet still hit the big tourneys leading up to the next Olympics. It's a win - win situation for both wrestling and the wrestlers themselves. reply
#15	Anonymous Coward July 17 at 1:50am sweet commercials reply
#14	Terrible July 17 at 12:52am A bad shot decides a National title. Just terrible....what a boring match. reply
#13	Andy Nakis July 16 at 8:42pm Yea know what is depressing we are loosing tuns of olympic gold medalists to mma if brock competed for olympics I wonder what would have happened I was at penn state for this match by the way. nakis reply
#12	Sly July 16 at 8:15pm where the hell is the guru? reply
#11	Just Saying July 16 at 7:31pm lesnar was stiff the whole match and barely shot and narrowly escaped stall calls. i guess he got alot more aggressive when he started fighting in the ufc reply
#10	Mtm July 16 at 6:15pm i totally agree with with john if neal stayed aggressive i think the score is much more lop sided reply
#9	John July 16 at 4:41pm It looked like Neal became more cautious after Lesnar muscled out of that 1st period takedown. reply
#8	Jimbo July 16 at 4:39pm LesNAR! What emphasis on the last part of the name. reply
#7	Jimbo July 16 at 4:38pm Great commercials reply
#6	Anonymous Coward July 16 at 4:04pm great match, thank you for posting it. A great video for recruiting those football players!! reply
#5	Twilly July 16 at 1:42pm Neal could have whipped him a lot worse than that. He did just enough to win the title. reply
#4	Come On Brock! July 16 at 1:15pm Lesnar has got to be more active in that 3rd period and try to score! He kept it close in the first two periods but he didnt try anything in the 3rd. reply
#3	San Diego July 16 at 11:52am nfl- neal!! go cali! thnx cliff! gr8 build up to a tough match. reply
#2	Zach Selan July 16 at 11:41am cliff that match was awesome I felt the energy of the crowd through my laptop reply
#1	Cliff Fretwell July 16 at 11:13am Not the most exciting, barn burner match, but its to icons in professional sports competing on an amateur level. I left in the cheesy commercials for comedic value. reply

Throwback Thursdays

HW Brock Lesnar vs. Stephen Neal - 1999 NCAA Final

Defending NCAA Champion and 4 time AA takes on up and coming JUCO national champion transfer Brock Lesnar. The 1999 NCAA heavyweight battle not only had an individual title on the line but Minnesota was chasing Iowa for their own team title. Lesnar a recent MMA icon get handled by one of the best HW wrestlers at that time. Lesnar went on to win the title in 2000. Both men went on to be professional athletes that capitalized on their wrestling ability. Neal won a world title in 1999 then went to play for the patriots. Lesnar after spending years in the WWE now is the UFC Heavyweight Champion.
May 13, 2009
Level: college
Weight Class: 285

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