Lesnar needs to change up his camp for Velasquez

Brock Lesnar may appear to be all brute force, but there's a lot more science to what he's been doing in the cage. He's not quite on the game-planning level of Randy Couture, but Lesnar has come up with and executed a few good ones early in his career.

Erik Paulson, who's worked with Lesnar heavily over the years, predicted the arm-triangle choke that got him the win over Shane Carwin at UFC 116. But he thinks Cain Velasquez is going to be a different animal and Lesnar will need his camp to implement something new for the Oct. 23 fight in Anaheim.

"He's gonna try to bring in quality guys and formulate a game plan," Paulson told FightHubTV.com (6:00  mark). "I already know a game plan that would work for him, [but] it's just a word of advice. Whether or not he follows through with that, it's up to him."

Lesnar works out of his gym in Minnesota and his head coach is former NCAA wrestling champ Marty Morgan. Before the Carwin fight, he had guys like Chris Tuchscherer, Jon Madsen, Cole Konrad in the camp along with a quick visit from Randy Couture. Those guys are all wrestlers by nature. Paulson suggests that the cardio first plan before the Carwin fight needs to be altered. 

"What Brock needs more than anything is good sparring partners who can kickbox and grapple. So he's got to get some guys in his camp that can throw down with good striking, good takedowns and good takedown defense," said Paulson. "I'm sure the goal for the camp will be to bring in some good strikers."

Paulson may not sound too bullish on his guy, but he does point out that Velasquez also has a big challenge in front of him.  

"There's a big size difference with Brock," Paulson said of the 240-pound Velasquez. "He's a good wrestler so he can stop stuff, get out of stuff, [but] I don't know if he's used to going with something who's as big and powerful as Brock. Finding someone that's actually equally as aggressive and powerful as Brock [will be tough]."

The 265-pound Lesnar defends his UFC heavyweight title against Velasquez at UFC 121.  

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