It was only a few months ago that speculation was rampant as to whether or not Brock Lesnar would ever fight again, following his ‘that’s it?’ defeat to Cain Velasquez in October. According to some, the UFC was about to lose one of, if not, its biggest draw.
Well, of course, not only is “The Minnesota Monster” not ready to hang up the 4 oz gloves, Lesnar has jumped square in the middle of the scalding spotlight, coaching the upcoming season of TUF, appearing on Jimmy Fallon, and writing a book. All this before the usually grumpy, ‘don’t talk to me’ former champ is set to fight Junior Dos Santos in June. People are talking lots of Brock again and Dana White couldn’t be happier.
In a recent interview with MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani, Lesnar finally talked about the vicious pounding he received from Velasquez at UFC 121, and he didn’t sugar coat what happened .
“I just watched the fight a week ago, and I think it boils down to last year I had a lot going on in my life. I fought through diverticulitis; made my comeback and fought through Shane Carwin, and then fought Cain Velasquez. As I watched the fight I could see that there was probably, I wasn’t able to overcome Cain’s…I really don’t know what happened. He beat my ass; that’s what happened. If I put it that way. It’s one of those things; I don’t like to lose and you dust yourself off, get back on the horse and here I am.”
Things are always interesting when Brock’s around no? Lesnar also discussed that whole bit with The Undertaker and coaching TUF; check out the entire interview here.