{"id":114284,"date":"2014-10-08T11:32:28","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T18:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=114284"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:21:05","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:21:05","slug":"jim-ross-scary-looking-brock-lesnar-could-make-octagon-return-in-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/jim-ross-scary-looking-brock-lesnar-could-make-octagon-return-in-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Ross: &#8216;Scary-looking&#8217; Brock Lesnar could make octagon return in 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/white-lesnar.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21361\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/white-lesnar.jpg\" alt=\"white lesnar\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFormer UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar (5-3 MMA, 4-3 UFC) will have an opportunity to return to the sport of MMA (if he so chooses), this after his current WWE contract expires in the Spring of 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The current WWE champion is now 37-years-old and has not fought since December of 2011, where he lost to former Strikeforce champion Alistair Overeem at UFC 141.<\/p>\n<p>Former WWE announcer turned MMA play-by-play man, Jim Ross, recently told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/ufc\/haymaker\/jim-ross-brock-lesnar-faces-big-decision-when-wwe-contract-runs-out-100614?cmpid=tsmtw:fscom:ufconfox\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FOX Sports<\/a> that he could see Brock Lesnar returning to the cage in 2015, his words:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;It looks to me like he&#8217;s gotten back on track. He looks phenomenal strength-wise. He&#8217;s just scary looking. He&#8217;s more scary looking than he was before he left [WWE the first time]. I could identify with that diverticulitis and diverticulosis. It&#8217;s not something you heal from very quickly. Your body has to make major adjustments. I see no reason he couldn&#8217;t have the potential to return to the UFC and sell pay-per-views.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A Lesnar return would surely help boost the UFC&#8217;s pay-per-view sales. Do you think we will see Brock back in the octagon next year? Sound off Penn Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar (5-3 MMA, 4-3 UFC) will have an opportunity to return to the sport of MMA (if he so chooses), this after his current WWE contract expires in the Spring of 2015. 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