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Cole Konrad, who followed Brock Lesnar as a national wrestling champion at the University of Minnesota, has a chance to do the same thing in mixed martial arts when he defends his Bellator Heavyweight Championship against Eric Prindle tonight..

Fans of the Minnesota Golden Gophers wrestling program were probably pretty disappointed to see Brock Lesnar leave the UFC to head back to professional wrestling. All isn't lost, however, as the "U" still has an elite-level heavyweight competing in mixed martial arts.