Brock Lesnar Getting UFC Title Shot Isn’t Fair, But It Makes Sense

We’re just a few weeks away from the biggest MMA card of the summer. UFC 226 takes place Saturday, July 7 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the card is headlined by a superfight pitting UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic putting his …

We’re just a few weeks away from the biggest MMA card of the summer. UFC 226 takes place Saturday, July 7 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the card is headlined by a superfight pitting UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic putting his belt on the line against UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier. […]

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USADA Won’t Confirm Nor Deny Brock Lesnar’s UFC Return

Apparently, this is the first time USADA has ever done this:

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The rumors of former heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar’s latest return have begun to ramp up of late, with “The Beast” reported to be making an appearance at July 7’s UFC 226.

There, Lesnar will supposedly challenge the winner of the main event super fight between heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic and light heavyweight champ Daniel Cormier for a megafight later this year, with the speculated-upon target date December 29’s UFC 232.

Discussion of Lesnar possibly fighting longtime former light heavyweight champ Jon Jones is still circulating, but with “Bones” facing a possibly substantial USADA long suspension for his latest drug test failure, that fight could be on the backburner for quite some time if it ever happens.

And the coast isn’t exactly clear for Lesnar to return either, however, as the hulking fan favorite still has six months left on the one-year USADA suspension he was handed after testing positive for estrogen blocker clomiphene in conjunction with his UFC 200 win over Mark Hunt in 2016 that was eventually overturned. Lesnar would have to re-enter the USADA testing pool – something for which he made big headlines when he was granted a waiver to avoid prior to UFC 200 – for six months before returning to mixed martial arts.

He may have already done so, as MMA Weekly’s Damon Martin (via MMA Mania) recently revealed that he had called USADA and they could neither confirm nor deny that Lesnar was coming out of retirement, the first time they ever said they could not confirm if a competitor was un-retiring:

An interesting revelation to be certain – or lack thereof.

Regardless, it’s beginning to look like Lesnar’s Octagon return is more of an eventuality than a possibility, so perhaps the hardest part of getting him back in the UFC is him passing the drug tests, which became clear far after the fact when he faced “The Super Samoan.”

The fan favorite (or at least at one time) subsequently sued White, Lesnar and the UFC for conspiring against him against a fighter they knew was on PEDs, yet that was after Hunt said he knew Lesnar was “juiced to the gills.”

In a time where the UFC needs true pay-per-view stars arguably more than ever, the promotion most likely isn’t too concerned about the truth of that statement or not; bypassing the rules and regulations they put in place, ironically enough, could ultimately prove if they miss out on their biggest fight of 2018 or not.

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Brock Lesnar Reportedly In Negotiations For UFC 226 Appearance

The Beast is one step closer to an Octagon return.

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The hype surrounding a potential UFC return for Brock Lesnar continues to grow.

The former UFC heavyweight champion is currently the Universal Champion over in the WWE and is expected to drop that title as soon as the professional wrestling juggernaut’s upcoming SummerSlam event.

There have been rumors that, upon Lesnar’s WWE exit, he could be prepared for a full-time return to UFC competition. According to a report from Wrestling Observer Newsletter‘s Dave Meltzer, that could very well be the case as negotiations are underway to have Lesnar appear at UFC 226 next month.

That card is headlined by a heavyweight title fight between Stipe Miocic and Daniel Cormier. DC is looking to become the second man in UFC history to hold two division titles simultaneously, after Conor McGregor accomplished the task at UFC 205 in November of 2016.

Lesnar’s next UFC opponent would likely be named in a possible UFC 226 appearance. Given that the main event of the card is featured in Lesnar’s weight class, heavyweight, it’s possible Lesnar confronts the winner of the bout and challenges them for the title next.

Daniel Cormier has expressed a keen interest in sharing the Octagon with the WWE mega-star, and if he gets past Miocic he might just get his wish. It’s also possible that a bout between Lesnar and Jon Jones is announced as well, however, Jones currently has issues with the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) that need to be resolved first.

If Lesnar does intend on making an Octagon return it would likely occur at the end of this year or sometime early 2019 as he must re-enter the USADA drug testing pool and deliver six months worth of clean testing.

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Brock Lesnar Could Reportedly Make An Appearance At UFC 226

Former UFC heavyweight champion and current WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar could be getting set to make his return to UFC programming at the upcoming UFC 226 pay-per-view (PPV) event in Las Vegas next month. According to a report from Dave Meltzer…

Former UFC heavyweight champion and current WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar could be getting set to make his return to UFC programming at the upcoming UFC 226 pay-per-view (PPV) event in Las Vegas next month. According to a report from Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter (via The Mac Life), there are currently talks […]

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Curtis Blaydes Predicts Stipe Miocic vs. Daniel Cormier

Curtis Blaydes has a prediction for Stipe Miocic vs. Daniel Cormier. On July 7, Miocic and Cormier will do battle inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The heavyweight title clash will serve as UFC 226’s main event. Cormier is the light…

Curtis Blaydes has a prediction for Stipe Miocic vs. Daniel Cormier. On July 7, Miocic and Cormier will do battle inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The heavyweight title clash will serve as UFC 226’s main event. Cormier is the light heavyweight champion, but he’s moving up for this “super fight.” One man […]

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UFC 226 Preview: What Are the Biggest and Best Fights Set for Las Vegas?

The first half of 2018 has been a rough one for the UFC and its fans, but things have finally started to turn a corner. After five months of underwhelming pay-per-views, the UFC is set to follow the stacked UFC 225 with a similarly loaded UFC 226…

The first half of 2018 has been a rough one for the UFC and its fans, but things have finally started to turn a corner. After five months of underwhelming pay-per-views, the UFC is set to follow the stacked UFC 225 with a similarly loaded UFC 226…