Earlier today on ESPN’s SportsCenter former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar announced that he would be returning to the octagon to fight Mark Hunt at UFC 200 on July 9 in Las Vegas.

“The Beast” sat down with his manager Paul Heyman to discuss what prompted his return to the octagon.

Lesnar has not competed in mixed martial arts since his 2011 TKO loss to Alistair Overeem at UFC 141. The former champions last win came via submission against Shane Carwin at UFC 116 in 2010.

Meanwhile, Mark Hunt is coming off back-to-back first-round knockout victories over Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva and Frank Mir respectively.

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