Brock Lesnar is a large man, in multiple ways.
Granted, none of his other largenesses happen without his physical largeness, but even so he looms over both pro wrestling and MMA as a bona fide superstar.
In the case of the latter, you can see how big of a deal he is by the way the UFC scrambled to clear a spot for him on their capstone UFC 200 card like a restaurant manager faced with Leonardo DiCaprio strolling in off the street.
By all accounts, the July 9 clash with Mark Hunt is a one-off situation. Lesnar remains under contract with WWE and doesn’t appear poised, at age 38, to make a full-blown return to MMA, which he left in 2011 after two straight losses and a serious intestinal disease.
It doesn’t matter, though. The big guy with the big sword tattoo is returning, and that’s big. To help you prepare for the big moment, here’s a look back at the defining moments of his MMA career to date.