{"id":273916,"date":"2018-04-05T06:14:46","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T13:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=273916"},"modified":"2018-04-05T06:14:46","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T13:14:46","slug":"dana-white-confirms-brock-lesnar-is-coming-back-to-the-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/brock-lesnar\/dana-white-confirms-brock-lesnar-is-coming-back-to-the-ufc\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White confirms Brock Lesnar is coming back to the UFC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brock Lesnar&#8217;s current WWE contract is expected to wrap up after WrestleMania 34 this Sunday, which has once again created a torrent of questions surrounding his possible return to the UFC&#8217;s Octagon, where he once wore heavyweight gold.<\/p>\n<p>On a Wednesday night episode of UFC Tonight, UFC President Dana White answered our Brock Lesnar questions with uncharacteristic straightforwardness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, Brock Lesnar\u2019s coming back,\u201d White told Daniel Cormier when asked about the WWE superstars return to the Octagon. \u201cI don\u2019t know when, but yes he is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The circumstances of Lesnar&#8217;s possible return to the cage, of course, are far from straightforward.<\/p>\n<p>After his UFC 200 decision defeat of Mark Hunt, Lesnar failed a pair of USADA-administered drug tests, which caused the bout&#8217;s result to be overturned and ruled a no-contest. He was than issued a year-long suspension, but this suspension was paused when he &#8220;retired&#8221; from MMA to return to the pro wrestling ring.<\/p>\n<p>Should Lesnar choose to lumber back to the cage, he&#8217;ll first have to serve the remaining six months of this USADA suspension, which means he won&#8217;t be eligible to compete again for some time.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dana White talks Conor McGregor, Brock Lesnar, and more ahead of UFC 223 | INTERVIEW | UFC TONIGHT\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W8FdvWRbdEU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Prior to his disappointing no-contest against Mark Hunt, Lesnar was away from the Octagon for almost five years. He lost his next two most recent bouts, succumbing to first-round strikes dealt by Alistair Overeem and Cain Velasquez. Lesnar&#8217;s last win occurred in July of 2010, when he defeated Shane Carwin with a second-round arm-triangle choke after nearly being finished in the first round of the fight.<\/p>\n<p>White&#8217;s latest comments about Lesnar are in keeping with <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/brock-lesnar\/paul-heyman-states-that-its-a-fact-that-brock-lesnar-wants-to-return-to-the-ufc\/\">a recent statement made by Lesnar&#8217;s manager Paul Heyman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don\u2019t think it\u2019s any secret that Brock is looking to get back into the octagon,&#8221; he said. &#8220;He is obviously eyeballing another fight in UFC. There\u2019s no secret. He\u2019s posing for pictures with Dana White wearing a UFC shirt in the UFC offices in Las Vegas. That\u2019s not a negotiating tactic, Brock Lesnar wants to compete inside of the octagon. There\u2019s no leveraging that; it\u2019s a fact.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If Brock Lesnar does return to the Octagon, who do you want to see him fight?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 4\/4\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brock Lesnar&#8217;s current WWE contract is expected to wrap up after WrestleMania 34 this Sunday, which has once again created a torrent of questions surrounding his possible return to the UFC&#8217;s Octagon, where he once wore heavyweight gold. 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