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Time machine: The last time Brock Lesnar fought in the UFC
- Updated: June 5, 2016
Last night, the UFC announced the return of former heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar, whose opponent will be revealed on Monday. You’ll be seeing Lesnar back in the Octagon on July 9th at UFC 200, serving as the co-main to Cormier-Jones 2.
To briefly go away from the point of this article, I am sure most fans are thrilled that the former #1 PPV draw in the sport is making his return at UFC 200. Let’s face it, a good chunk of the rather harsh disapproval of this card is a combination of McGregor vs. Edgar not being made, plus the total lack of nostalgic value. MMA fans are different from boxing fans in the sense that MMA fans love nostalgia. PRIDE NEVER DIE and all of that jazz. UFC 200 didn’t have Anderson Silva, GSP, or Fedor, so the complaints rolled in. Brock’s here, so now that void has been filled.
Personally? Lesnar’s last 3 fights showed a clear downward trend. He almost lost but then won against Carwin, then was aggressive but lost to Cain, and then was tepid and had zilch for Overeem. That’s not a guy I’m itching to see fight again, but that’s just me. I’m sure I’ll be swept up in the moment like everyone else next month.
Anyway, let’s get to the main goal of today’s post. It has indeed been just under 5 full years since Brock’s last UFC appearance. December 30th, 2011 marked the supposed retirement from MMA for Lesnar, who returned to the WWE shortly after losing to Alistair Overeem. He’s still under WWE contract, so that won’t be going away, but incredibly, Lesnar is set to be fighting in the UFC in 2016. Five years is a pretty damn long time between fights, but he has been working on his kimuras in the WWE, so we could be seeing ADCC Lesnar next month.
I’m going to invite you all into my time machine and take you back to the very end of 2011 and give you an idea of what the MMA landscape looked like — everything from television deals to MMA promotions to major champions will be covered. Sound good? Let’s goooooooooooooo.
UFC The new insurance policy was just 7 months old. The UFC flyweight division had …
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