The 38-year-old then retired from MMA and returned to professional wrestling with the WWE. “It was a hard decision to make, and that decision has haunted me”. Lesnar said he had no hand in picking the opponent but he’s never turned down a fight either.
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“I couldn’t live with that decision [stepping away from MMA]”, Lesnar said.
Brock Lesnar faces a tough task when he returns to the Octagon at UFC 200 in a fight with Kiwi knockout artist Mark Hunt. 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 UFC didn’t announce an opponent for Lesnar, who turns 39 next month – three days after his July 9 bout at UFC 200.
Brock Lesnar is reportedly eyeing a return to UFC.
According to the odds makers at Bookmaker.eu, Hunt was instilled as a -195 favorite with Lesnar as the underdog at +166.
Lesnar has flirted with the idea of a return to mixed martials for a few years and revealed in October that he feels like he still has unfinished business in the Octagon.
Lesnar first came close to re-signing in 2012 when UFC president Dana White claimed the organisation were close to booking a Lesnar vs. Fedor Emelianenko at Cowboys Stadium.
UFC 200 will be headlined by the light-heavyweight title unification bout between champion Daniel Cormier and interim title-holder Jon Jones.
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Ariel Helwani, who mysteriously parted ways with FOX Sports 1 earlier this year, accurately broke the Lesnar news earlier Saturday evening on MMA Fighting. ‘I’ve got a big (WWE) event after that event, SummerSlam’. UFC 202 takes place on August 20, the night before SummerSlam. If Mark ends up on the ground, the fight’s over. Shortly after the UFC made the announcement of Lesnar’s return on Saturday night, WWE issued the following statement.
