{"id":80901,"date":"2014-01-08T06:13:56","date_gmt":"2014-01-08T14:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=80901"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:17:58","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:17:58","slug":"brock-lesnar-rumors-arent-dead-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/brock-lesnar-rumors-arent-dead-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock Lesnar rumors aren&#8217;t dead yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/lesnar_edited-2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-34612\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/lesnar_edited-2-300x207.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/lesnar_edited-2-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/lesnar_edited-2.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speculation that former UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar was returning to the octagon started back in December. It seemed that those rumors were put to rest when it was discovered that Lesnar&#8217;s current contract with the WWE <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/brock-lesnar-is-set-to-make-his-return-just-not-in-the-ufc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">does not allow him to fight in the UFC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, thanks to Lance Pugmire of the LA Times, the Lesnar rumors have once again surfaced.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danawhite\">@danawhite<\/a> told me last week he was &#8220;talking&#8221; to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DCBROCKLESNAR\">@DCBROCKLESNAR<\/a> but wouldn&#8217;t announce anything until a signing.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lance Pugmire (@latimespugmire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/latimespugmire\/statuses\/420310443169550337\">January 6, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lesnar didn&#8217;t leave the sport on a very high note. He was finished in the first round of his last two fights. The UFC could benefit due to their current superstar conundrum. But do the fans really want to see him fight again? Lesnar definitely knows how to hype up fights, but his last two were anything but competitive. Stay tuned to <a href=\"staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BJPENN.COM<\/a> for the latest on Lesnar&#8217;s return..or not return.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speculation that former UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar was returning to the octagon started back in December. It seemed that those rumors were put to rest when it was discovered that Lesnar&#8217;s current contract with the WWE does not allow him to fight in the UFC. Now, thanks to Lance Pugmire of the LA Times, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":34612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[169,255,11,649,15,16,1083],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Brock Lesnar rumors aren&#039;t dead yet | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/brock-lesnar-rumors-arent-dead-yet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Brock Lesnar rumors aren&#039;t dead yet | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Speculation that former UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar was returning to the octagon started back in December. 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