{"id":197860,"date":"2016-07-01T20:10:53","date_gmt":"2016-07-02T03:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=197860"},"modified":"2016-07-01T20:10:53","modified_gmt":"2016-07-02T03:10:53","slug":"brock-lesnar-was-initially-negotiating-for-ufc-205","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/brock-lesnar\/brock-lesnar-was-initially-negotiating-for-ufc-205\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock Lesnar was initially negotiating for fight at UFC 205"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the co-main event of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-updated-ufc-200-promo-with-brock-lesnar-mark-hunt\/\">UFC 200<\/a>, former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar will make his highly anticipated UFC return against Mark Hunt after nearly 5 years away from the Octagon.<\/p>\n<p>The UFC announced Lesnar&#8217;s return during the broadcast of UFC 199, just over a month before his scheduled fight on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-updated-ufc-200-promo-with-brock-lesnar-mark-hunt\/\">July 9th at UFC 200<\/a>. With the fight being on short-notice, Lesnar was exempt from the first 3 rounds of USADA random drug testing. <\/p>\n<p>During the UFC 200 media conference call, Lesnar explained that he actually was planning on returning at <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-lorenzo-fertitta-unveils-ufcs-plans-for-first-event-in-new-york\/\">UFC 205.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI wasn\u2019t even sure if it was going to happen. But I\u2019ve been training four or five weeks, and before my call to Dana [White], I wasn\u2019t even sure this thing was going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had talked and maybe thought we could put something together by November for New York (UFC 205).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHell, I\u2019ll fight whenever the money\u2019s right, and we took it to the 11th hour, and that\u2019s where we\u2019re at,\u201d Lesnar said. \u201cIt was short notice for me and for him, so we\u2019ll see what happens on the 9th.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the co-main event of UFC 200, former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar will make his highly anticipated UFC return against Mark Hunt after nearly 5 years away from the Octagon. 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