On the back of a very dominant and thoroughly impressive victory at UFC 87; Brock Lesnar looks to stand eye to eye with Cheick Kongo in the next stage of his epic journey into the realm of MMA.

This will be a really good test for both athletes and I personally would love it if they sign, seal and deliver this battle.

Kongo is a guy when totally focused could do some serious damage, I don’t doubt that, but I’m thinking he has too many holes in his game. Herring subtly managed to show us one thing about Kongo, he doesn’t like the ground. It totally nullifies his striking game plan and let’s be honest – that’s where he impresses.

To even begin talking about titles in post fight interviews, he needs to show proper respect to the sport and tweak his game to include the ground, and in huge detail.

Only then, when we see him demonstrating a new catalog of skills in the ring, can he proclaim his need for a title shot. Until then he’s at a crossroads.

Unfortunately for him the road he’s driving on is headed straight towards Brock Lesnar and Brock Lesnar is not going to contemplate swerving to the side.

Many people consider Lesnar to be on the verge of becoming one of the top competitors in the company’s heavyweight division. I find it hard to disagree and I’ll tell you why.

He absolutely dominated Heath Herring last weekend! There are no ifs, buts or maybes here; he clinically annihilated him.

Now, I know that there are doubters out there who are of the opinion that this was nothing more than a lay and pray victory for Brock. The other most common criticism I’ve heard is that, just like Kongo, if he was disciplined enough to get his BJJ up to another level he could have finished Herring in the first round.

There are a lot of interested parties looking in on Lesnar’s progress and a huge difference in opinion will flourish regardless, that’s understandable, but let’s look at the Lesnar situation from another point of view. This monster has only had two fights in the UFC. The first fight was against a former heavyweight champion in Frank Mir and the second was with the tough veteran Heath Herring.

And let’s not beat around the bush here, Lesnar was tearing Mir a new face when his inexperience showed up and allowed Mir to lock in a kneebar. The Herring fight was the icing on the Lesnar cake. He slowed down and took his time and absolutely assured himself of victory. Everyone expected him to come out and go straight for the takedown so it’s fair to say he surprised us all – especially Herring – when he exploded from his corner and landed a right hand that would have put a middleweight into the middle of next Thursday. This sent Heath a huge message; do not even try to stand with me! In the back of Heath’s mind all he could think about was how hard he had just been hit, human nature taught him to curl up and protect himself. This is exactly what Lesnar wanted; then he could dominate. It wasn’t brute strength that beat Heat Herring. It was intelligence, and intelligence is the reason that Lesnar could go all the way in this industry. Some people need to look behind the muscle.