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Alistair Overeem doubts that his former opponent Brock Lesnar, who recently became a free agent, will ever return to mixed martial arts.<\/p>\n

After Lesnar’s latest WWE contract concluded, he’s been linked to several massive fights, most notably a heavyweight clash with former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones in the UFC.<\/p>\n

Overeem, who will take on Augusto Sakai<\/a> in the main event of UFC Vegas 9 this Saturday night in Las Vegas, doesn’t see it happening.<\/p>\n

The former Strikeforce, Dream and K-1 heavyweight champ notes that last time Lesnar fought, he ended up failing a drug test, which sparked a massive lawsuit between his opponent Mark Hunt and the UFC.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think he\u2019s gonna come back,\u201d Overeem told\u00a0TMZ Sports<\/a> (via MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cHe\u2019s 43 years old. To be honest, I don\u2019t think he\u2019s gonna come back. The last time he came back, it was a debacle so I don\u2019t think he\u2019s gonna come back. I was wrong about the last time though, because I predicted the same thing. It actually did become a debacle, but we\u2019ll see what happens.”<\/p>\n

Overeem defeated Lesnar by first-round knockout at UFC 141 back in 2011. While he believes that Lesnar might be interested in a rematch, he has no interest in chasing that rematch himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cI beat him up,\u201d Overeem said. \u201cSo if somebody wants a rematch, it would be him. I already did it. Why would I chase him? Who cares about Brock? Which fans? He\u2019s not coming back. He\u2019s 43 years old, he\u2019s flunked tests, it\u2019s over with him. He\u2019s not coming back. Last time the waived the testing for him and still he got into trouble. It\u2019s been a debacle. He\u2019s not gonna come back. Listen, if he does, all hats off to him, but I don\u2019t think he\u2019s gonna come back.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the MMA world has plenty of questions about a Brock Lesnar comeback at present, Alistair Overeem is focused on his imminent fight with the dangerous Sakai. Heading into the fight, he feels the best he’s ever been.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I\u2019m the best that I ever was because I\u2019m still learning, I\u2019m still growing,\u201d Overeem concluded. \u201cBut at the same time, I\u2019m 40 years old. I still have a couple more fights but probably one, two, maybe three years and then I\u2019m gonna call it quits.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alistair Overeem doubts that his former opponent Brock Lesnar, who recently became a free agent, will ever return to mixed martial arts. After Lesnar’s latest WWE contract concluded, he’s been linked to several massive fights, most notably a heavyweight clash with former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones in the UFC. 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