Khamis, 22 November 2012

JAB TAK HAI JAAN

Masih mengagumi raja cinta dalam filem.. Yash Copra. Filem terakhir arahan legenda cinta itu dijangka akan mendapat sambutan seperti filem Kush Kush Hota Hai.
Dengan dialog yang puitis dan persembahan perasaan yang terkesan Shah Rukh Khan diberi kepercayaan untuk memegang watak Samar iaitu seorang pemuda yang pendendam, panas baran dan mempunyai pelbagai emosi. Membawakan peranan sebagai tentera dan pemuzik.
Pertemuan cinta Samar bermula di medan tentera di Kashmir bila Akira (Anushka Sharma) yang membuat rancangan dokumentari untuk Discovery, menjadikan cinta segi tiga ini lebih menyayat hati adalah kerana Samar juga bertemu Mira (Katrina Kaif) sewaktu di London.. 
Selepas itu bermulalah babak babak yang sedih, gembira dan pilu filem tersebutt...

Selasa, 30 Oktober 2012

“King of Romance,”



Yash Chopra was known to Bollywood as the “King of Romance,” boasting a five-decade Hindi language film career with major hits like Deewar, Dil To Pagal Hai, and Chandni. In addition to contracting dengue fever, Chopra was also suffering from kidney problems. He died in Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital.
“He passed away due to dengue and multiple organ failure,” said the official announcement regarding his death.
Chopra’s latest film, Jab Tak Hai Jaan, is scheduled to release next month in India.
“He was a down to earth person who used to guide us in taking major family decisions. Being the youngest of five brothers and three sisters, he was the most pampered,” said Suman Chopra, daughter-in-law of Hans Raj Chopra, Yash Chopra’s eldest brother, reports the Hindustan Times.
“After his brother BR Chopra died four years ago, it was he who took on the mantle of our family and imbibed good values in us. He did not feel like coming to Jalandhar after the death of my father Lalit Chopra four years ago. When I requested him to visit us, he assured me that he would attend the weddings of my children,” said Suman’s daughter Bhakti Mehta.
Chopra’s eldest son, Aditya Chopra, is also a successful film director, and his younger son, Uday Chopra, runs the international branch of the family’s production studio. Yash Chopra got his start in film under his elder brother, veteran filmmaker B.R. Chopra, who himself died four years ago at the age of 94.
Condolences from IQ to the family of Yash Chopra, Bollywood film legend. http://www.inquisitr.com/370873/bollywood-filmmaker-yash-chopra-dead-at-80/

Isnin, 15 Oktober 2012

Tiada lagi kesantunan Norodom Sihanouk..

Pada 15 Oktober 2012, bekas raja Kemboja, Norodom Sihanouk meninggal dunia akibat serangan jantung di Beijing pada usia 89 tahun.Pembantu peribadinya Putera Sisowath Thomico memaklumkan bahawa bekas raja itu tinggal di Beijing sejak Januari 2012. Beliau sepatutnya berumur 90 tahun pada 31 Oktober 2012 . Mayat baginda dibawa dari China kembali ke Phnom Penhuntuk upacara pengebumian di istana diraja menurut tradisi Kemboja.

Selain daripada kenyataan dari mulut Norodom Sihanouk sendiri suatu masa dulu bahawa beliau adalah berketurunan Melayu sebelah ibunya. Banyak sejarah dan hikayat lama yang mengaitkan keturunan beliau dengan kerajaan Melayu yang bernama Kembayat Negara dan asal- usulnya lebih dekat dengan rumpun Melayu Kelantan. Saya adalah salah seorang yang sentiasa terpesona dengan gaya hidup dan penampilannya yang sentiasa menyembah hormat kepada sesiapa sahaja, lagi satu yang menjadikan beliau digemari adalah bila dikatakan bahawa masa lapang Sihanouk termasuk menyukai filem dan muzik. Baginda merupakan pembuat filem sepanjang tahun, mengarah banyak filem dan karangan muzik. 
Dia merupakan salah seorang ketua negara yang mempunyai laman web tersendiri, yang mempunyai pengikut, menarik lebih seribu pelawat sehari, sejumlah besar dari pengguna Internet negaranya. Kenyataan Di Raja diletakkan di situ setiap hari untuk dibaca rakyatnya. http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norodom_Sihanouk

Isnin, 24 September 2012

Top 10 'Gangnam Style' Parodies (Video)

Nampaknya budaya korea sudah menguasai seluruh dunia.. Korea sebuah negara maju seperti juga Jepun yang mana rakyatnya rata- rata tidak memahami bahasa Inggris tetapi orang luar terpaksa belajar bahasanya semata- mata ingin mengambil dan mengikuti apa yang dihidangkan oleh Korea, daripada elektronik, pertanian, teknologi kecantikan hinggalah lagu yang sudah memecah rekod You Tube sebagai yang paling banyak di 'LIKE' di dunia masa kini...
Dalam masa yang sama kita kesal dengan pihak yang masih menyanjung penggunaan bahasa Inggris sehingga menghalang perkembangan keilmuan yang sebenarnya lebih subur dan kreatif sekiranya menggunakan bahasa sendiri..
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gangnam-style-parody-videos-gandalf-my-little-pony-wedding-el-monte-373095


Khamis, 23 Ogos 2012

Amy Schumer Said She Broke Up With WWE Superstar Dolph Ziggler Because Their Sex Was Too Athletic


During an interview with Howard Stern Wednesday morning, comedian Amy Schumer revealed she previously had a relationship with WWE Superstar Dolph Ziggler. Schumer, who has been prominently featured in recent years in Comedy Central roasts, told Stern she broke up with Ziggler via text because the couple's sex was too "athletic" and he was channeling his wrestler persona, according to ProWrestling.net.


Khamis, 19 Julai 2012

Rajesh Khanna meninggal dunia..

NEW DELHI – Bintang filem Bollywood, Rajesh Khanna meninggal dunia di Mumbai.Beliau berumur 69 tahun. Media India melaporkan beliau meninggal akibat kanser.Rajesh Khanna yang berkahwin dengan heroin filem Bobby, Dimple Kapadia berlakon dalam lebih 160 buah filem termasuk yang terkenal Kati Patang, Aaradhana, Andaz, Haathi Mere Saathi dan Amar Prem.Khanna dan bekas isterinya Dimple mempunyai dua orang anak perempuan Twinkle Khanna yang berkahwin dengan aktor Akshay Kumar dan Rinke Khanna yang berkahwin dengan ahli perniagaan Sameer Saran.Badan Penyiaran British (BBC) turut menghasilkan filem mengenai beliau bertajuk Bombay Superstar pada 1974.Sebuah buku teks Universiti Bombay turut mengandungi esei mengenai beliau bertajuk The Charisma of Rajesh Khanna.
Hilang sudah lagenda yang suatu masa menjadi igauan dan ikutan muda mudi 70an yang mungkin dikalangan mereka kita dan ibu bapa kita sering berkunjung ke panggung wayang suatu masa dulu.. 

Isnin, 16 Julai 2012

‘Political Animals’ Series Premiere

“Political Animals” is going for inspired-by-reality drama and “West Wing”-style political uplift. Elaine Barrish Hammond (three names, just like Hillary Rodham Clinton, get it?) is a former first lady with a fondness for pantsuits who has a philandering but politically popular husband. In a bid to make her own national political mark (she’s also a former governor, shades of Sarah Palin), she runs for president, loses the nomination fight, and accepts the consolation prize of Secretary of State. Oh, and Elaine (played by Sigourney Weaver) asks for a divorce from her husband, Bud (Ciaran Hinds), now a former president. Bud is dating actress Eva Flores (played by Lucila Sola) who is clearly modeled after SofĂ­a Vergara on “Modern Family.”
A reporter named Susan Berg (played by Carla Gugino) blackmails Elaine into giving her an interview. (One thing Speakeasy likes about her subplot–Georgia Gibbons, the blogger in Susan’s office, is depicted as stylish, smart, and threatening to the status quo, to which we say, spot on good sirs).  Susan has the goods on one of her kids–Thomas aka T.J., the troublemaking First Son who is also an out homosexual–and in exchange for not doing a story, the reporter, who earned a Pulitzer for writing about the ex-President’s affairs, gets an all-access pass to hang around her for an in-depth profile. political-animals-series-premiere-tv

Sabtu, 16 Jun 2012

Lindsay Lohan's Crazy Week: Car Crash, Porn Star And Paramedics

If your week involved smashing a Porsche into an 18-wheeler, being linked in headlines to a porn star, and having the paramedics called to your hotel room, there's a pretty good chance you are probably James Bond. Or Lindsay Lohan.
Of course, one of those folks is fictional. The other is very much real — and just had a really crazy week. Yes, the Lind-sanity is still with us, as the actress wrapped an impressive seven-day stretch that began with a car wreck (and hospitalization), rolled right on with some salacious headlines and wrapped with some drama at the Ritz-Carlton (and a rumored hospitalization).
Here's a look back at Lindsay Lohan's rather hectic week, one that would give any mere mortal (or secret agent) pause. But not her. lindsay lohan jhtml

Isnin, 21 Mei 2012

No one can ramble like Justin Bieber

 Yeah, he performed his current hit “Boyfriend” in a very 1999 pop-music style that harkened to the boy-band days. But most weirdly notable was when he won the Billboard Music Award for Social Artist of the Year and literally gave the longest, most boring speech ever. First, he attempted to say something about how everyone had watched him grow up — this is very much his public narrative right now, how he’s so mature and all, Ă  la Justin Timberlake post boy band — and then he told the crowd: “The internet is where I got my start.” Yes, and on the internet you were performing. Stick to that, please — no more speeches. 2012-billboard-music-awards/

Ahad, 20 Mei 2012

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg weds one day after IPO

Zuckerberg wed 27-year-old Priscilla Chan, his girlfriend of nearly a decade, according to a guest authorized to speak for the couple. The person spoke only on the condition of anonymity.
The couple married at his Palo Alto, Calif., home in front of fewer than 100 stunned guests who thought they would be attending a party to celebrate Chan's graduation from medical school.
Zuckerberg gave his new bride a ring he had designed with a "very simple ruby" to end an incredibly eventful week, according to the guest.
On Monday, Zuckerberg turned 28 and Chan graduated from the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, where she'd studied pediatrics.
Then on Friday, Zuckerberg took his blue-and-white web behemoth public in one of the most anticipated stock offerings in Wall Street history.
The seemingly well-coordinated timing was largely a coincidence, the guest said. The wedding had been planned for months and the couple was waiting for Chan to finish medical school, but the date of the IPO was a "moving target" not known when the wedding was set. mark-zuckerberg-marries-girlfriend

Selasa, 8 Mei 2012

Linda Evangelista cuts a child support deal with billionaire

NEW YORK — In the midst of a trial that brought tales of the high life and high fashion to family court, supermodel Linda Evangelista and a billionaire French businessman have reached an agreement to end their child support fight, their lawyers said Monday. Evangelista, Francois-Henri Pinault and their attorneys were mum about the details, which they planned to give to a magistrate on Tuesday. “Everybody is very glad that it’s over,” Pinault lawyer David Aronson said.
The settlement came in the midst of a trial over how much, if anything, Pinault should pay toward the care of their 5-year-old son. Pinault is the CEO of a company that owns Gucci, Yves St. Laurent and other top-flight fashion lines; he’s now married to actress Salma Hayek. Both Pinault and Evangelista had testified at the trial, answering questions that delved into her career, his high-flying finances and his limited relationship with the boy. Evangelista had been due to continue testifying Monday.
The two sides negotiated all weekend and into Monday morning, according to a person familiar with the negotiations. The person spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the private talks.963-421/linda-evangelista-
Linda Evangelista (born May 10, 1965) is a Canadian model. She has been featured on over 600 magazine covers. Evangelista is mostly known for being the longtime muse of photographer Steven Meisel. She holds the record for her multiple appearances on the cover of Vogue Italia, all of which were photographed by Meisel.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Evangelista

Sabtu, 21 April 2012

Think Like A Man

The story line for "Think Like a Man" is nothing groundbreaking. Every rom-com touches on men wanting sex and women wanting a man to sweep them off their feet — with both unsatisfied until everything is tied into a neat bow in the last five minutes.
Based on the Steve Harvey book "Act like a Lady, Think like a Man," the film follows a group of men who realize their relationships are being infiltrated by Harvey's self-help book. The women are highlighting away at the pages and using every tactic to get what they want out of their affairs. And while many critics claim the movie looks more like an infomercial, what saves the film is the ensemble cast of attractive, talented actors — Michael Ealy, Meagan Good, Kevin Hart, Taraji P. Henson and Regina Hall, to name a few — who deliver mild lines with wit and perfectly hit the punch lines of every joke.
It remains to be seen whether "Think like a Man" will knock "The Hunger Games" off its box-office throne this weekend, but as the reviews pour in, it's looking promising.
The Story
" 'Think Like a Man' is a romantic ensemble comedy — an excessively populated and chatty two-hour one — spun from comedian and syndicated radio host Steve Harvey's 2009 self-help relationship bestseller 'Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man'...The fact that the movie adaptation uses just the latter half of Harvey's book title is your first clue to its slant. It centers around a fraternity of six friends — each designated in the intro as a particular 'type' (as per Harvey's book) — who regularly meet to play basketball, drink and talk about women. Four of them discover that the women they are involved with (who are also 'types') are applying Harvey's wisdom to the relationship dynamic, so the men study up and turn the game to the home-team advantage for what amounts to a temporary fix." — Jennie Punter, The Globe and Mail http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1683557/think-like-a-man-movie-reviews.jhtml

Isnin, 16 April 2012

Rock duniaku..

Dulu kita sentiasa teruja dengan penampilan artis glamer dan bertenaga terutama bintang rock dan pop. Pernah kami yang waktu itu dalam darjah enam berkeliling pekan dengan membawa sebuah radio kaset yang diletakkan di atas basikal. kami dalam kumpulan sepuluh orang yang masih berunifom sekolah memainkan lagu Micheal Jackson iaitu 'beat it'.. dan 'Billy Jim' hingga ke sekolah berhampiran dan berlagak 'break dance' di atas basikal masing- masing.


Bila di awal sekolah menengah pula kita begitu meminati rancangan gusti yang waktu itu disiarkan pada setiap malam rabu. Salah satu tarikan yang kita sentiasa turut menonton bersama bapa adalah sebilangan ahli gusti yang berpakaian rock iaitu 'The Rockers' dan 'Rock n Roll Express'. Gaya rockers sentiasa menjadi sebahagian hidup kita terutama penampilan, bukan sahaja kita rasa berkeyakinan tetapi juga kita terasa bebas dan punya pendirian biarpun kita sentiasa dipandang pelik dan low class.. pun begitu kita yakin kita bukanlah meniru apa yang keterlaluan dalam budaya rockers. Rasa dan jiwa rockers hingga kini masih terbawa dan hidup...

Roll Hall of Fame
For two of the most legendary bands in metal and hard rock history, it’s the good news / bad news routine, although when it comes to Axl Rose letting everyone down, it should never be any surprise. 


On the eve of the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame induction, Axl announced from his ivory tower that he won’t be coming, big surprise, much like Marlon Brando refused his Academy Award for The Godfather.
Of course, at the same time, that’s not going to stop everyone else from Guns N’ Roses from attending, and hopefully enjoying being inducted, despite Axl pulling his usual sulking sourpuss routine and trying to ruin the party yet again.
In a long, rambling, disingenuous, and stilted statement that Axl decreed to the L.A. Times, Rose claimed that he would "respectfully decline my induction as a member of Guns N’ Roses to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I strongly request that I not be inducted in absentia and please know that no one is authorized nor may anyone be permitted to accept any induction for me or speak on my behalf." 

Selasa, 3 April 2012

former UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar

The rumors are true: former UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar has returned to WWE and made his presence felt on Monday Night Raw in the show's final segment.
As the company's biggest star was doing an in-ring promo regarding his loss to Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson at Sunday's Wrestlemania 28, Lesnar came out to a thunderous ovation in front of the Miami crowd.
Dressed in a Lesnar cutoff t-shirt and windpants, he came down to the ring and offered his hand to Cena but gave him an "F-5", his finishing move. He didn't get on the microphone and reveled in the cheers as the show went off the air.
The rumors of Lesnar's return began in earnest as Sunday approached with Wrestling Observer founder Dave Meltzer reporting that MMA's biggest pay-per-view draw over the past few years was in Miami for the event under heavy security. Last week, Johnson was coy when asked if Lesnar could be a future opponent for him at the 2013 Wrestlemania which increased the buzz.
After eight pro bouts, Lesnar retired from MMA last December following a first round defeat to Alistair Overeem at UFC 141. According to Meltzer, UFC president Dana White had no issues with Lesnar returning and actually purchased the Wrestlemania pay-per-view to see his friend Johnson in action.
According to WWE, the Wrestlemania event in Miami did an $8.9 million gate and drew 78.363 in attendance./brock-lesnar-returns-to-wwe-ufc-monday-night-raw-john-cena-wrestlemania-28

Sabtu, 31 Mac 2012

Bangkitlah temanku..

Seharian bersama anak hari ini menyebabkan semua rancangan lain terpaksa ditangguhkan. Bermula sebelah pagi ambil anak di asrama ke pesta buku melihat dan membeli apa yang perlu, selepas itu menghantar ke kelas Violin, sementara kelas muziknya tamat saya berpusing – pusing dalam bandar mencari mesin DCM (Deposit Cash Mechine) membayar hutang tertunggak di Bank Islam dan Bank Rakyat tetapi tak sempat membayar Astro kerana setelah dua lokasi DCM BSN tergendala, keadaan yang sudah biasa jika hari cuti.  Setelah mengerjakan solat asar dirumah saya bergegas pula untuk menghantar anak ke asrama tetapi sebelum itu berhenti sebentar di restoran KFC untuk membeli kiriman rakan seasramanya.
Sesampai di depan pagar sekolah satu panggilan telefon saya terima dan suaranya amat saya kenali. Pengurus artis otai yang masih bertahan biarpun sudah ramai rakan seangkatan dan artis bimbingannya sudah meninggalkan lapangan glamer itu. Rakan ini banyak membantu saya  dan banyak juga saya terhutang budi dengannya sewaktu tinggal di Ulu kelang  lebih 10 tahun dulu.
Sapaan pertama yang ditanya selain perkembangan diri saya adalah keinginannya untuk berkunjung ke tempat saya. Saya mengalu- alukan kedatangannya dengan tangan terbuka dan senang hati
Dalam perjalanan pulang ke rumah saya masih teringat akan rakan itu yang mungkin sehingga hari ini belum lagi berumahtangga, saya teringat betapa kentalnya rakan itu mengharungi dunianya dengan pelbagai cabaran dari turun naik popularitinya hinggalah masalah kewangan dan karenah rakan serta anak buahnya. Saya percaya jika rakan saya itu terus dengan azam dan kekuatan mental dan strategi yang baik Insyallah suatu hari namanya akan meletup dan menjadi buruan semula.
Tetapi ada satu yang membuat saya pelik dan tertanya- tanya apabila saya menerima beberapa sms darinya dan salah satunya adalah “Miss u sayang”…. Opp

Ahad, 11 Mac 2012

“You’re one in a million; you’re once in a lifetime…”

Now how many of you have dreamt of appearing on the stage with a stunning evening gown on, with millions of flashlights flickering from the crowd below? Wouldn’t you feel like a million bucks? Well, we can assure you that most of the Nuffies have dreamt [...]

Isnin, 20 Februari 2012

Hapuslah Air Matamu, Al Fatihah abang Latiff..

Antara penerbit yang aktif menerbitkan filem satu masa dulu adalah Sabah Filem Production, salah sebuah filem yang begitu berkesan dalam ingatan penonton adalah filem Hapuslah Air Matamu yang ditayangkan pada tahun 1976 iaitu sewaktu saya berumur 2 tahun. Filem yang diarahkan oleh seniman M.Amin yang juga sewaktu hayatnya saya pernah bekerja dibawah arahannya yang saya kenali cukup penyanyang dan kemas cara kerjanya. Filem Hapuslah Air Matamu dibarisi oleh banyak nama- nama besar dan tersohor adunan angkatan P.Ramlee dan generasi selepasnya iaitu Normadiah, Aziz jaafar, Ahmad Nawab, A.R Ayappan dan AK Jailani. Penyanyi tersohor Broery Marantika dan penerbitnya sendiri iaitu Deddy M.Borhan juga memberi sumbangan kepada lakonan berkesan Sharifah Aini dan heronya Latiff Ibrahim. Sebahagian besar pelakon dan karyawan yang menghasilkan filem cereka 105 minit dengan format 35mm itu sudah meninggal dunia termasuklah hari ini 20 febuari 2012 pelakon utama Latiff Ibrahim juga telah menghembuskan nafas terakhir dua hari sebelum harijadinya kerana masalah jantung.
Saya tidaklah biasa sangat dengan Latiff Ibrahim tetapi bila dalam set yang sama saya dapati Latiff Ibrahim seperti juga kakaknya Sophia Ibrahim dan mungkin Kathy Ibrahim juga seorang yang sentiasa kritis dan menumpukan kepada kerjanya tidak banyak kita dapat mengesan ruang gembira dalam diri Latiff Ibrahim tetapi kita akan rasa tenang bila memandang ketenangan wajahnya. Latiff Ibrahim seperti juga angkatan 70-80anya tidak keterlaluan jika saya katakan kebanyakan mereka pandai jaga imej dan tidak terpengaruh dengan buruan glamor murahan.. Al Fatihah untuk abang Latiff.

Isnin, 13 Februari 2012

Singer Whitney Houston has died at age 48

Sources said Houston died at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles this afternoon, US entertainment news site TMZ reports. A police crime lab vehicle has been photographed outside the hotel.The singer was filmed leaving a restaurant in LA just last weekend with her on-again off-again boyfriend Ray-J — who is famous for making a sex tape with Kim Kardashian in 2007. The Emmy Award winning singer has one child, Bobbi Kristina, with husband Bobby Brown. She ended her 14-year marriage to Brown in 2006 after widespread media coverage of the couple's drug and alcohol abuse. Houston holds the Guinness World Record as the most awarded female act of all time. She is famous for her debut acting role in 1992 film The Bodyguard, which included the hit single "I will Always Love You". The song became the best-selling single by a female artist in music history at the time.
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/8417985/whitney-houston-dies-at-age-48

Isnin, 30 Januari 2012

Royal Rumble 2012

Kepada peminat- peminat gusti seluruh negara, sudah tentunya Royal Rumble 2012 adalah kemuncak kepada aksi sukan lasak yang digemari oleh kebanyakan orang lama dan anak- anak remaja yang sukakan aksi dan trick. Dalam zaman serba maju ini kita tak perlu lagi tertunggu tunggu siaran tertunggak atau CD di pasar malam.. ia boleh ditonton secara langsung hari ini di internet..

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Selasa, 10 Januari 2012

Alex Rodriguez Dating WWE Diva Torrie Wilson

Tabloids are buzzing amid speculation that former WWE Diva Torrie Wilson is now the squeeze of New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez. The $275 million man was spotted in Wilson’s hometown of Boise, Idaho over the holiday weekend and the pair has been seen biking around Miami, the site of WrestleMania XXVIII on April 1, 2012, according to USA Today. The paper also reported that the two vacationed in Mexico recently with George Clooney and another former WWE Diva, Stacy Kiebler. While A-Rod (not to be confused with Alex “A-Ry” Riley) no doubt knows of Torrie’s exploits in the squared circle, the sports world at large may not be familiar with the blonde bombshell’s in-ring career. Alex Rodriguez and wrestler Torrie Wilson  

Ahad, 1 Januari 2012

Brock Lesnar vs Overeem

LAS VEGAS — Brock Lesnar took one last kick to his stomach and crumpled at the side of the cage, unable to fight back when Alistair Overeem pounced.
Lesnar had been finished by a 6-foot-5 Dutch kick boxer in the first round at UFC 141. A few minutes later, the UFC's former heavyweight champion finished his own meteoric mixed martial arts career.
Lesnar retired from the UFC after Overeem stopped him with one vicious kick to the body at 2:26 of the first round in their heavyweight bout Friday night, leaving the UFC heading into 2012 without its biggest pay-per-view star.
"This is the last time you'll see me in the octagon," Lesnar said.
Largely thanks to his fame from a career in pro wrestling, the hulking Lesnar (5-3) played a significant role in expanding the UFC's profile and fan base over the past four years. He beat Randy Couture in 2008 to win the heavyweight title, defending it twice before losing the belt to Cain Velasquez last year.
But Lesnar has fought just three times in the past 2 1/2 years while dealing with bouts of a lower-intestinal ailment that nearly killed him. The accumulation of pain and rehabilitation finally undid Lesnar, whose famed strength and stubbornness couldn't overcome diverticulitis. brock-lesnar-retires-loss-alistair-overeem