Brock Lesnar faces a tough task when he returns to the Octagon at UFC 200 in a fight with Kiwi knockout artist Mark Hunt.
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“If Dana White called me and said, ‘You have opponent X, Y and Z, who do you want?’ He never gave me those options”. It was a hard decision for me to make. Lesnar said that he was training for an MMA comeback when his WWE deal was set to expire, but said while he felt fine physically, mentally he wasn’t ready for that.
The former UFC heavyweight champion is booked to fight at UFC 200 in Las Vegas on 9 July, with an announcement regarding his opponent expected tomorrow. “Following this milestone event on July 9, Brock will return to WWE for SummerSlam Sunday, August 21, live on WWE Network”.
While he appeared on SportsCenter today, it was revealed that Brock Lesnar would be facing Mark Hunt at UFC 200. The latter result earned Hunt his sixth fight-night bonus in 12 career UFC fights.
During that brief time, he captured the UFC heavyweight championship by defeating UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture, and defended it against Frank Mir and Shane Carwin. The rumors started a week ago when the UFC website added Lesnar back to their active fighter roster but quickly removed him. Now, Lesnar said that he has been unable to live with the decision. It’s clearly about money, as UFC 100 – headlined by Lesnar – is still the highest grossing PPV in UFC history, but what does McMahon get? The 38 year-old heavyweight hasn’t fought since 2011 when Alistair Overeem put him away in the opening round.
Fast forward to 2016, we can now see “The Beast” in the octagon once again for the biggest pay-per-view of the UFC.
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Having not competed in over four and a half years, the former NCAA Division I All-American will have his hands full against Hunt.
