Cole Konrad, Brock Lesnar’s Training Partner, Ready for MMA Debut

Cole Konrad, who has been Brock Lesnar’s training partner since the UFC heavyweight champ began his foray into MMA, will make his professional MMA debut this Saturday in Fargo, N.D.

Konrad is a two-time NCAA wrestling champion and like Lesnar, cuts down to fight at heavyweight and has tried out to play in the NFL. The two University of Minnesota alumni have been training together for around two-and-a-half years.

In this MMA Fighting exclusive, Konrad talks around how he connected with Lesnar, why he decided to fight now and his plan to attend law school.

Ray Hui: How did you first get involved with MMA?

Cole Konrad: As soon as I finished college wrestling, Brock Lesnar was training for his first upcoming fight, which didn’t actually happen until the following February, I think. He was training and needed big guys to work out with. And he had come in and helped me with wrestling while I was in college; when I needed big guys to work out with, he’d come in and he needed someone to help him so I started coming in and it just kind of evolved from there.

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