All the speculation over the future of Brock Lesnar‘s UFC career ended on Tuesday, September 6 when news broke that the former UFC heavyweight champion would be facing Alistair Overeem on December 30 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV.
Before the LA Times broke the news of the fight, a fight between Lesnar and Overeem had been dreamed about by many MMA fans, but not many ever held out hope that it would ever come to fruition.
Lesnar has not fought since losing his title to Cain Velasquez in October of 2010. He had been scheduled to face Junior dos Santos at the conclusion of their coaching stint on season 13 of The Ultimate Fighter, but that fight was scratched due to medical reasons, as Lesnar was suffering from diverticulitis for the second time in his career.
In May, Lesnar underwent surgery for the condition, leading to an extended rehab.
Overeem’s MMA career had been on hold as he was recently released from the Strikeforce promotion with one fight remaining on his contract. That holding pattern ended when “The Reem” put his name to a UFC contract on Tuesday, paving the way for the fight with Lesnar at UFC 141.
The LA Times story also reported that the winner of this fight would be first in line to face the winner of the Cain Velasquez versus Junior dos Santos heavyweight title bout that will headline the first UFC on Fox card on November 12 from the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA.
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