Brock Lesnar was one of the UFC’s highest selling athletes at one time, and there is some evidence he might be making a return.
Only an hour before this writing, Dana White posted a picture of himself and Brock Lesnar — who was wearing a UFC shirt — on his Facebook page:
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Posted by Dana White on Sunday, February 25, 2018
Veteran MMA reporter and The MMA Hour host Ariel Helwani took to Twitter shortly afterwards. Though he didn’t say anything about a definite reutrn, he did say, at the very least, Lesnar and White had a “mutual interest” in each other:
Dana White tweeted a picture with Brock Lesnar earlier. Lesnar was wearing a UFC shirt. WWE is in Vegas tonight for a pay-per-view. Lesnar's WWE contract expires after WrestleMania in April. There is mutual interest, that’s for sure.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) February 26, 2018
Also worth remembering, no one negotiates better than Lesnar. He does this every time and is very open about it. Most recently, he showed up at UFC 184 in the midst of contract talks but re-signed with WWE. Of course, he later did the UFC 200 fight. But the door ain’t shut.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) February 26, 2018
Brock Lesnar has not had the best of luck in the UFC. He is riding a three-fight no-win streak in mixed martial arts, and his last fight was ruled a no contest (originally a unanimous decision win in Lesnar’s favor) when he tested positive for clomiphene, an estrogen blocker.
However, as Helwani correctly pointed out, the UFC is hurting for talent now. Ronda Rousey is in the WWE, GSP will probably not return again, and Conor McGregor may decide to hang up his gloves, despite his recent Instagram post.
The UFC is in a position where it needs Brock Lesnar far more than Brock Lesnar needs the UFC, so if the pro-wrestling star is looking to make a return to the octagon, Dana White would no doubt take him back with open arms and a huge wad of cash.
So might Joe Rogan for that matter:
