Brock Lesnar, like a few others in the MMA today, made the majority of his money and fame as a professional wrestler.
People who don’t know that much about various types of fighting and sport will generally not see why that’s a problem, but a lot of MMA fighters feel that Lesnar and others like him haven’t paid their dues because wrestling is allegedly not as difficult as MMA.
When people get involved in mixed martial arts they usually train at schools like MMA Richmond and they work on a lot of different styles. Professional wrestlers are thought to work on only one set of very specific skills and not do as much work. In reality, these people work very hard and are competent and talented athletes, but that doesn’t mean that the people in MMA have to respect that or agree with it.
If people eventually begin to change their minds regarding the value of the training behind professional wrestling people like Lesnar won’t have as much of a problem fitting in where the MMA is concerned.